National Sports

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Quinn Hughes had a goal and four assists, eight players scored and the Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks 10-1 on Thursday for their fifth win in six games.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Canada's Kerri Einarson dropped an 8-4 decision to South Korea's Eunji Gim in the women's semifinal at the Pan Continental Curling Championships on Thursday night. Einarson's team from Gimli, Man.

TEMPE, Ariz. — Nick Schmaltz scored two goals, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Thursday night.

LAS VEGAS — Jonathan Marchessault scored three goals for his sixth career hat trick, Logan Thompson made 28 saves, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Thursday night.

EDMONTON — The Dallas Stars needed to dig pretty deep to hang on for victory on Thursday night.

SANTIAGO, Chile — Canada's Pan Am Games team has made more trips to the top of the podium than it did four years ago, and there are still three days of competition to come.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Egor Sidorov had a goal and an assist to lead the Saskatoon Blades to a 7-2 rout of the Prince Albert Raiders on Thursday night.

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — William Rousseau made 36 saves for the shutout as Rouyn-Noranda downed Moncton 6-0 on Thursday night. Antonin Verreault scored twice while Samuel Rousseau, Thomas Verdon, Benjamin Brunelle and Andrei Loshko had the other goals.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani, Cody Bellinger, Jordan Montgomery, Blake Snell and Aaron Nola were among the 130 players who became free agents Thursday as baseball's business season began the day following the Texas Rangers' first World Series title.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators lost more than just a game Thursday night. The Senators, already missing three defencemen, dropped a 3-2 decision to the Los Angeles Kings and could be without two of their centres for a little while.