National Sports

Monday's Scoreboard NHL Toronto 4 Chicago 1 New Jersey 5 N.Y. Rangers 1 Dallas 2 Utah 1 --- NBA Boston 108 Miami 89 Atlanta 124 New Orleans 112 Chicago 128 Brooklyn 102 Minnesota 109 L.A.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews spent nearly a month on the sidelines.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored his first goal since returning from injury as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Monday.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey will not need surgery on his injured right knee but he will miss the rest of the regular season.

Canada's women have been drawn in Pool A with Australia and Brazil at this weekend's Cape Town Sevens with a new format further adding to their challenge. The South Africa event is the second of seven stops on the 2025 HSBC SVNS season.

NEW YORK — New York Sirens forward Alex Carpenter was named PWHL first star of the week Monday after a career-high three-point game in a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Frost.

EDMONTON — Mark Kilam, the newly hired head coach of the Edmonton Elks, grew up in Lethbridge, playing for junior high and high school football teams decked in green and gold — the same colours he wore with the University of Alberta Golden Bears.

Interim Canada coach Cindy Tye expects South Korea to provide a different look than Iceland did on Friday when the teams meet Tuesday in Spain in the Canadian women's last outing of the year.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin skated by himself before Washington Capitals practice on Monday as he works to return from a broken leg .

Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss revealed he's dealing with a health issue and asked fans to pray for him and his family.