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TORONTO -- Team Canada fought off its poorest performance of the World Cup of Hockey and found a way to edge Europe 3-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-three final Tuesday night.A masterpiece this was not.Whether it was because the Air Canada Centre was lifeless and the players got spooked, or perhaps the Canadians had trouble getting fired up to face a Europe team that had never existed before this tournament, the Olympic champions looked unmotivated at times, were sloppy with the puck, and lacked the kind of four-line cohesion we had seen since the start of the tournament.And yet perhaps it just goes to show the disparity in talent between these two teams: Europe played a strong game Tuesday night, while Canada played well below its potential -- and still the result went in favor of the favorites.Carey Price had something to do with that. The 2014-15 Hart and Vezina Trophy winner made a number of difficult saves to keep Europe at bay.Its a also a reminder of how daunting it is to beat this Canadian side, which has now gone 11-0 since the start of the 2014 Sochi Olympics (and won 15 consecutive games in best-on-best hockey dating back to the Vancouver Olympics in 2010). Even when a team is able to finally wrestle the puck away from Team Canada and generate chances, like Europe did plenty of times on Tuesday night, it finds the best goalie in the world waiting for them. Its almost not fair.Brad Marchand and Steven Stamkos scored in the opening frame for Canada, but Europes?Tomas Tatar?made things interesting with a second-period goal for Europe.Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock looked none too pleased as the second period played itself out, Canada easily playing its worst 20 minutes of the tournament.Bergerons third-period tally -- how great has that Sidney Crosby unit been? -- ended the suspense.The crowd certainly didnt help. There were empty seats throughout the rink even though officially it was a sellout, which means lots of people paid for tickets but had better things to do on this night. Its worth noting the Toronto Blue Jays, trying to cement a wild-card spot in the final week of the baseball season, were opening a series with AL East rival Baltimore just down the street.The point was hammered home during a TV timeout when the giant scoreboard in the Air Canada Centre showed Mario Lemieuxs winning goal from the deciding game of the 1987 Canada Cup final, the crowd at Copps Coliseum that night in Hamilton absolutely delirious. It was electric.You got absolutely none of that on this night in the opening of this World Cup final. Perhaps that has to do with the opposition. Team Europe is a terrific story, but lets not kid ourselves, its hard for Canadian hockey fans to muster much animosity for a team that didnt exist before this tournament.Of course, had Europe prevailed on this night, that might have added all kinds of intrigue in this final. Maybe the Europeans can pull it off Thursday night in Game 2. But I suspect Team Canada, after a talking-to from Babcock, will be much better and energized to end the tournament.Three stars1.?Carey Price, G, Team Canada: Rarely during this Team Canada run that dates back to Sochi has the Montreal Canadiens star had to make the difference, but he certainly did on this night. Canada needed him. And he delivered with his usual poise and confidence.2.?Anze Kopitar, C, Team Europe: The Los Angeles Kings captain was all over the puck, having an impactful night that gave Canada fits.3.?Patrice Bergeron, RW, Team Canada: Had a beauty of an assist in setting up the opening goal and then scored the back-breaker midway through the third period to cement the win. Custom Erik McCoy Jersey . Schenn scored the game-winning goal and added two assists to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday. Stephone Anthony Jersey . 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DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. surely needed a break from his unsettled future in racing. Elliott Sadler provided the perfect distraction Saturday with his Xfinity Series win at Darlington Raceway.Sadler, who drives for Earnhardts JR Motorsports, held off Denny Hamlin over the final two laps to win at the track Too Tough To Time for the first time since first lining up here in 1996. It was also a joyous finish that Sadler and his team knew would please the boss, who announced Friday that his season behind the wheel was done because of concussion-like symptoms.It wasnt long after reaching victory lane that Earnhardt called Sadler with congratulations.To hear him talking on the telephone today, its neat to hear the excitement in his voice, Sadler said. It gives him something to cheer about when hes had so much bad news. This has got to be good for him.Earnhardt, wholl come to the race track Sunday to talk about his recovery, Tweeted his happiness at Sadlers win. Im so proud of (at)Elliott-Sadler and (at)JRMotorsports!!!!! A win (at)TooToughToTame is so hard to accomplish, Earnhardt posted.Sadler was second in this event in 2013 and 2014, trailing Sprint Cup star Kyle Busch both times. In this one, Buschs Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Hamlin, made a late charge and nosed in front two laps from the end.But Sadler held strong through the final turns and crossed in front to earn the checkered flag at Darlington for the first time in 32 career starts -- 18 in Sprint Cup, 13 in Xfinity and one in the truck series.Ive been wanting to win here for a long time, Sadler crowed after.Hamlin ended second after leading 47 of 147 laps. Daniel Suarez was third and Kyle Larson, last weeks Sprint Cup winner at Michigan, was fourth.Sadler, the series points leader, took the lead from Hamlin with 35 laps to go. He had opened a wide gap on the field until Hamlin,, whos won four Xfinity races at Darlington, steadily ran him down.ddddddddddddt looked like Hamlin would send Sadler to another second at Darlington as Sadler bobbled near the wall with two laps left and Hamlin ducked underneath and nosed ahead.But Sadler, who led a race-high 75 laps, found the power to keep in front.Hamlin closed in one last time on the final lap, but again Sadler maintained his position for the victory.Hamlin said his car struggled in second gear that cost him on restarts. It was exciting. Wish I was on the other end of it for sure, he said.Larson looked like he would make it two straight victories when he passed Hamlin with 57 laps left. But 13 laps later, Larson had a flat tire and slid trying to enter pit road.WHOS HOT: Hamlin continues to excel when he gets behind the wheel on the Xfinity Series. At Darlington, hes had four wins and three seconds in the past seven races. He won his only other Xfinity start of the season at Charlotte in May.WHOS NOT: Kevin Harvick had mechanical problems that put him behind the wall just 33 laps into the race. Harvick, who has 46 Xfinity wins, has now gone winless in his last 14 series starts dating to a victory at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, in March 2015. Harvick, though, is much hotter in the Sprint Cup series where he won two weeks ago in Bristol and will start up front after qualifying was cancelled due to Hurricane Hermine and the field was set by owner points.THEY SAID IT: I cant say that, Sadler said when asked what Earnhardt told him.THE BIG ONE: It was mostly a clean race with Larsons pit road spin the most game-changing caution.UP NEXT: Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia, Sept. 9. Chase Elliott is the defending champion. ' ' '