National Sports

TORONTO — Mitch Marner had a smile from ear-to-ear following his milestone night. The only thing missing on Saturday was a hat-trick. "It's always in your mind. You know, it's always a pass mentality in my head.

MONTREAL — Ryan Ellis was the only scorer in a shootout as the Nashville Predators defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday night.

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — Canadian snowboarders Max Parrot and Mark McMorris have won Canada's first medals of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Parrot captured silver in men's slopestyle while McMorris took bronze.

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — Canadian snowboarders Max Parrot and Mark McMorris have won Canada's first medals of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Parrot captured silver in men's slopestyle while McMorris took bronze.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pat Parfrey scored the only try of the day for Canada as the men's national rugby squad dropped a 29-10 decision against the United States on Saturday in the Americas Rugby Championship. Parfrey, from St. John's N.L.

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — A rare invitation to Pyongyang for South Korea's president marked Day Two of the North Korean Kim dynasty's southern road tour Saturday, part of an accelerating diplomatic thaw that included some Korean liquor over l

CHICAGO — The winter-long dance is over. Yu Darvish is joining the Chicago Cubs.

LONDON — With a north London derby victory, Tottenham emerged from one of its most taxing runs in the English Premier League unbeaten and with its top-four pursuit reinvigorated.

CLUJ, Romania — Canada lost both its singles matches Saturday to go down 2-0 to Romania in their first-round World Group II Fed Cup tie. Sorana Cirstea started the day with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont.

Canada was still looking for its first medal after Saturday's competition at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, but big results from the country's snowboarders, curlers and lugers suggested that a trip to the podium would not be far off.