Argentina will try to put the failure of past David Cup campaigns behind it when it goes for its first title in its fifth finals appearance against Croatia in November.The Argentines, who previously lost in the finals in 1981, 2006, 2008 and 2011, got another shot at the trophy after Leonardo Mayer sealed his teams thrilling 3-2 win over defending champion Britain by beating Dan Evans in the deciding match of their semifinal tie on Sunday.Croatia advanced to the Davis Cup final for only the second time with Marin Cilics straight-set win over Frances Richard Gasquet, which gave his side an unassailable 3-1 lead over the French with one singles rubber left to play.Argentina is one of four countries, along with Belgium, India and Romania, that has yet to win the Davis Cup after reaching more than one final. The Argentines, however, have been on the losing end in championship rubbers more than anyone else, losing to Spain twice (2008, 2011), Russia (2006) and the United States (1981).Croatia, which beat Slovakia to win the title in 2005, will host the finals from Nov. 25-27.In front of a home crowd in Glasgow, Scotland, Andy Murray ensured that Britains semifinal against Argentina would go to the deciding match when he breezed past Guido Pella in straight sets in the opening singles match on Sunday, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.Evans expected to face Juan Martin del Potro, who beat Andy Murray on Friday, in the decider, but the former U.S. Open champion did not want to risk his fragile body after wrist injuries earlier in the year, so Mayer was named as a last-minute substitution.Mayer, who is ranked 114th, then rallied to defeat the 53rd-ranked Evans 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.Leos match was something we believed could happen, but I think it was a great effort from his part after playing a little nervous in the first set, Argentina captain Daniel Orsanic said.In Zadar, Croatia, Cilic beat Gasquet 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 in the first singles match on Sunday to clinch the tie for the hosts.Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion, won both of his singles matches and teamed up with Ivan Dodig on Saturday to stun top-ranked doubles pair Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert.Marin Draganja replaced Borna Coric for the meaningless final rubber and lost 6-4, 6-4 to Lucas Pouille.We are still pinching ourselves, thats how excited we are with the result, Croatia captain Zelko Krajan said.Nine-time champion France played without Gael Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who were both ruled out by knee problems.In other results, Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-1 to preserve Germanys World Group status with a 3-2 win over Poland in their playoff.Earlier, Marcin Matkowski upset Florian Mayer 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 as Poland came from 2-0 down to level the tie.Russia is also returning to the top level of the Davis Cup for the first time since 2012 after beating Kazakhstan 3-1.The schedule was backed up due to rain on Friday, leaving four potential matches to play Sunday. Kazakhstans Mikhail Kukushkin beat Russias Evgeny Donskoy to level the tie at 1-1 in the first match of the day, but Russia captured the doubles and then sealed the win when Andrei Kuznetsov beat Kukushkin 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.A Swiss team lacking stars Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka came back to defeat Uzbekistan in their World Group playoff 3-2, with 507th-ranked Antoine Bellier securing the final point with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3 win over Jurabek Karimov.The other teams returning to the World Group next year after winning playoffs this weekend are Spain, Belgium, Australia, Canada and Japan. New Orleans Saints Gear . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. That means that Marc Bartra will probably start again in the centre of the defence alongside Gerard Pique. 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OTTAWA, Ontario -- Kevin Labanc scored the lone goal in four rounds of a shootout to give the San Jose Sharks a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night.Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns and Chris Tierney scored in regulation for San Jose, and Martin Jones made 29 saves.On Tuesday night in Toronto, Logan Couture scored the only goal in a shootout in the Sharks 3-2 victory over the Maple Leafs.Bobby Ryan, Kyle Turris and Dion Phaneuf scored for the Senators, and Mke Condon stopped 26 shots. Ottawa has lost three straight, its longest losing streak of the season.Its definitely a solid game, Ottawa coach Guy Boucher. We had a lot of character. ... We showed the players were dedicated and they wanted to pay the price and they wanted to be better than our previous game.Ottawa was without Turris for much of the third as he sat in the penalty box after being handed a 10-minute misconduct at 19:40 of the second. Marc-Edouard Vlasic got tangled up with captain Erik Karlsson and appeared to spear him late in the second period. Turris went after Vlasic and ended up with a minor penalty for instigating, a major for fighting and a 10-minute misconduct.Im down in the corner battling and I lose my stick and the play is gone and Im reaching for it and he tries to pitchfork me in the face and Im lucky that Im looking down, Karlsson said. As ffar as Im concerned thats a dangerous play.dddddddddddd Its intentional and Ive got to give it to Turris for sticking up for me.Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said he had no update on Couture.Its the way it is sometimes, emotions get high, Sharks forward Joe Thornton said. Hopefully, (Couture) is OK. I havent seen him yet. Its an emotional game, what can I say.Patrick Marleau appeared to score on the power play, but the goal was challenged and upon review was ruled offside. The Sharks were 0 for 7 on the power play.Phaneuf gave the Senators the lead with a power-play goal with 3:46 to go, and Tierney beat Condon with a wrist shot to tie it with 2:28 left.Game notes The Senators recognized Chris Neil before the game for playing 1,000 NHL games. Neil is the third player in Senators franchise history to reach the milestone. It was an emotional night for me, admitted Neil. (The team) were all behind me doing their hardest to get the two points. ... San Jose RW Joonas Donskoi, D Mirco Mueller and D Dylan Demelo were healthy scratches.UP NEXTSharks: At Montreal on Friday night in the third game of the Canadian swing. They will finish the four-game trip Sunday at Chicago.Senators: Host New Jersey on Saturday night. ' ' '