National Sports

CALGARY — With the playoffs approaching, John Gibson and the Anaheim Ducks are heating up. Gibson stopped 29 shots as the Ducks beat the Calgary Flames 4-0 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.

Thursday's Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Tampa Bay at NY Islanders, 7 p.m. NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Arizona at Carolina, 7 p.m. Florida at Columbus, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday's Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Arizona 4 Buffalo 1 Pittsburgh 5 Montreal 3 St.

CLEVELAND — The standings show the Eastern Conference's top team plays in Canada. The best player remains in Cleveland, Ohio. LeBron James reminded Toronto he's king.

PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby doesn't really have an explanation for how he does what he does. He just does it.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — South Korea's EunJung Kim and the Olympic darling Garlic Girls used a pressure-heavy style to reach the podium at the Winter Games.

Hank Ilesic was just 17 when he joined the Edmonton Eskimos in time for their record-setting Grey Cup dynasty, but pro football didn't force him to grow up quickly. Life did that eight years prior.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — The match ended with Serena Williams grinning at the net. She saved her worst shot for last, and after a rare first-round defeat she had to laugh.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico youth soccer league is investigating a teen soccer game where racial tensions erupted into a chaotic brawl in which a parent is accused of physically assaulting one of the female players.

BOCA RATON, Fla. — The NHL is about to hand the final decision on video reviews of goalie interference to its hockey operations department.