National Sports

Montreal's Nick Suzuki was denied on a creative scoring opportunity early in the Canadiens' 4-2 win over Calgary on Thursday night. He tried the same move on Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom later in the game and it proved to be the game-winner.

DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored in his return from injury, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists and the Colorado Avalanche overcame the absence of star center Nathan MacKinnon to rout the Vancouver Canucks 7-1 on Thursday night.

OTTAWA — The Los Angeles Kings dealt another blow to the reeling Senators on Thursday night, shutting out the short-handed hosts 2-0 to extend Ottawa's winless skid to six games.

STOCKHOLM — An all-Canadian semifinal matchup was set at the Stockholm Open after Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov won their respective matches Thursday.

TORONTO — Bridget Carleton made the Transatlantic trip home from Israel for this week's Canadian women's basketball camp.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gary Trent Jr. and Fred VanVleet hit back-to-back 3-pointers over the final 1:10 to lift the Toronto Raptors past the Philadelphia 76ers, 115-109 on Thursday night.

BOSTON (AP) — Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, moving ahead of teammate Connor McDavid into the NHL scoring lead and leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Solheim Cup star Leona Maguire thrived in a star grouping Thursday with an 8-under 62 for a two-shot lead over defending champion Sei Young Kim in the Pelican Women's Championship. Maguire played alongside Kim and Lexi Thompson.

HOUSTON (AP) — Marc Leishman, Russell Henley, Talor Gooch and Luke List shared the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Houston Open, with List still on the course when darkness stopped play.

OTTAWA — Defenceman Nikita Zaitsev was placed by the Senators into the NHL's COVID-19 protocol late Thursday, the third Ottawa player to be added to the list in one day.