National Sports

DENVER (AP) — Cale Makar had his first career hat trick, Nathan MacKinnon extended his home points streak to 31 games with a goal and three assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 7-2 on Wednesday night.

GUELPH, Ont. — Leo Serlin had the game-winning goal at 13:16 in the third period as the Storm edged the Knights. Leo Serlin, Braeden Bowman, Vilmer Alriksson, Ryan McGuire and Brody Crane all scored for Guelph.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Andy Murray began what is expected to be his final appearance at the BNP Paribas Open with a smooth performance and a straightforward victory, beating David Goffin 6-3, 6-2 on Day 1 in the desert Wednesday.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have traded defenceman Noah Hanifin to the Vegas Golden Knights for draft picks and defenceman Daniil Miromanov.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen was a playoff early bird at the Canadian men's curling championship on Wednesday.

Toronto head coach Troy Ryan wants his team to send a clearer message to its opponents going forward.

TORONTO — Ilya Samsonov didn't have a lot to do early. The Maple Leafs goaltender made up for lost time late to secure one point. Auston Matthews then ensured their team also grabbed the second.

QUEBEC — Justin Larose scored a goal and recorded two assists in the Victoriaville Tigres' win over Québec Remparts. Maël Lavigne, Egor Goriunov, Maxime Pellerin and Justin Gendron all scored once for Victoriaville.

The NHL's department of player safety says Martin Pospisil of the Calgary Flames has been suspended for three games for boarding Seattle’s Vince Dunn.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Iditarod officials on Wednesday imposed a two-hour time penalty on musher Dallas Seavey for not properly gutting the moose he killed during the race earlier this week.