National Sports

DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin completed a hat trick with an empty-net goal after Nathan MacKinnon knocked in the go-ahead goal with 4:15 remaining and the Colorado Avalanche rallied from two goals down to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-4 on Saturda

CALGARY — Joel Farabee scored the only goal and Dustin Wolf made 26 saves as the Calgary Flames moved back into a playoff spot with a 1-0 NHL victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.

QUÉBEC — Captain Jordan Tourigny had a goal and assist, Julien Lanthier and Louis-Philippe Fontaine each had two assists, and the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the Quebec Remparts 5-1 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Satur

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Collin Morikawa left Bay Hill a year ago with an 80 on his scorecard and a second straight missed cut in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Take the season's biggest races in the sliding sports of bobsled, skeleton and luge, meaning either the Olympics or the world championships, and there have been 59 instances of sliders from one place sweeping the podium.

BOSTON (AP) — Cayla Barnes scored 21 seconds into overtime to lift the league-leading Montréal Victoire a 3-2 win over the Boston Fleet in front of a sell-out crowd Saturday at Agganis Arena.

OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk knew he had to fire the puck, and the shot paid big dividends. In his 500th career game, Tkachuk scored 33 seconds into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a hard-fought 4-3 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday.

OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning marker 33 seconds into overtime as the Ottawa Senators defeated the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday.

CLEARWATER — The Philadelphia Phillies took an early 5-0 lead and held on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Saturday in spring training action. J.T.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s home game against Osasuna has been postponed after the death of a member of Barcelona’s medical staff, the Spanish club said.