National Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin could not contain his happiness moments after scoring his 895th goal to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL record .

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — The first women's world hockey championship in Czechia has Canada's Carla MacLeod behind the bench of the host country.

MONACO — Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov are out of the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament after losing their first-round matches Monday.

NEW YORK — Forwards Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, Nick Suzuki of the Montreal Canadiens and Robert Thomas of the St. Louis Blues were named the NHL's three stars of the week Monday.

Toronto slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has consistently said he wanted to be a Blue Jay for his entire career. The two sides have agreed on a long-term megadeal that could very well make that happen.

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — Chloe Primerano continues to be ahead of her time. She's answered the bell at higher levels of hockey in recent months, and has the chance to do it again.

VANCOUVER — Victor Olofsson has marked a few big milestones in his first season with the Vegas Golden Knights. Now the Swedish winger is heating up offensively as he approaches another -- the first playoff run of his NHL career.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his record-breaking 895th career goal , but the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Sunday.

VANCOUVER — Victor Olofsson scored late in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights edged the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Sunday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin had not given up a goal to Alex Ovechkin in the first three games he played against the Washington Capitals superstar.