National Sports

Thursday's Games NHL Washington 3 Toronto 2 New Jersey 4 Ottawa 0 Montreal 5 Philadelphia 1 Edmonton 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 (OT) Arizona 3 Vancouver 2 (OT) Carolina 4 Florida 3 San Jose 4 Pittsburgh 0 Minnesota 4 N.Y.

TORONTO — Alex Ovechkin scored the 650th goal of his career and Braden Holtby made 40 saves as the Washington Capitals defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday night.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers finally feel like they got the result they deserved from the work that they put in on Thursday.

MONTREAL — The Bell Centre fans were urging Brendan Gallagher to complete his hat trick after scoring two quick goals in the opening period.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs liked a lot of elements in their game Thursday. Unfortunately the end result wasn't among those positives.

NEWARK, N.J. — The Ottawa Senators' decision to sell off talent heading into the NHL trading deadline worked very well for Cory Schneider and the New Jersey Devils.

LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Canada's Tyler Tardi clinched a semifinal spot with a 9-5 victory over Sweden's Daniel Berggren on Thursday at the world junior curling championships. With its fourth win in a row, the B.C.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Sarah Wark's curling team from British Columbia isn't used to cross-country travel, arena ice, top-flight competition or the national spotlight. You wouldn't know it by Wark's debut performance at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Brady Heslip had a team-high 14 points and Kyle Wiltjer added 12 points and 14 rebounds as Canada downed Chile 85-46 on Thursday in a FIBA World Cup qualifier.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Team Canada's Jennifer Jones did not look like a six-time Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion during the preliminary round at Centre 200. The arrival of the championship round Thursday afternoon appeared to change things.