National Sports

MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal was picked to play singles for Spain against the Netherlands on Tuesday at the Davis Cup Final 8 , the 22-time Grand Slam champion's last event before he retires.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cale Makar scored two goals, Casey Mittelstadt scored one and Justus Annunen had 24 saves to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night in a game where a referee was stretchered off the i

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Derek Barnett forced the first fumble and returned the second for a touchdown on the definitive defensive play of the game for the Houston Texans. Joe Mixon did his thing, and C.J.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin tied one NHL record in his pursuit of another before leaving during the third period with an apparent left leg injury.

MONTREAL — Sam Montembeault is back on his game after a tough stretch in October. Montreal’s goaltender was pulled twice in eight days when the Canadiens lost 7-2 to the New York Rangers on Oct. 22 and 8-2 to the Seattle Kraken on Oct. 29.

TORONTO — Chants of "Jak! Jak! Jak!" could be heard coming through the doors of the Toronto Raptors' locker room as Jakob Poeltl turned in another stellar performance in the best season of his career.

TORONTO — While goals have been hard to come by for Canada under Jesse Marsch, Jonathan David has been at the centre of what offence there has been.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — NHL referee Mitch Dunning was fully communicative and could move all his extremities following a violent collision with Colorado defenceman Josh Manson in Monday night's game at Philadelphia.