National Sports

NEW YORK — Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov, Chicago Blackhawks centre Connor Bedard, and Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Philadelphia Flyers star Wayne Simmonds announced his retirement Monday, ending a 15-year career that included NHL All-Star Game MVP honours.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have assigned prospect David Reinbacher to the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket. The 19-year-old defenceman had a goal and 10 assists with Switzerland's Kloten HC over 35 games this season.

LONDON (AP) — Nottingham Forest was handed a four-point deduction on Monday for overspending, dropping the team into the Premier League's relegation zone with two months left in the season.

Sunday's Scoreboard NHL Winnipeg 6 Columbus 1 Carolina 7 Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh 6 Detroit 3 N.Y. Rangers 5 N.Y. Islanders 2 Chicago 5 San Jose 2 Vegas 3 New Jersey 1 St.

SASKATOON — The Concordia Stingers are back on the mountain top of U Sports women’s hockey. On Sunday night at Merlis Belsher Place, the Stingers beat the Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1 in the final of the U Sports women’s hockey championship.

FREDERICTON — With Canadian Sports Hall of Fame inductee Colleen Jones serving as coach, the team of Luke Saunders and Marlee Powers opened the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship on Sunday with a 6-5 Pool B victory at the Aitken Centre.

EDMONTON — Ryan Gould scored two goals and added an assist as the visiting Swift Current Broncos defeated the Edmonton Oil Kings 5-4 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at Rogers Place.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paolo Banchero scored 29 points and the Orlando Magic pulled away from Toronto for a 111-96 victory on Sunday night, handing the Raptors their seventh straight loss.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonny Brodzinski scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and the New York Rangers defeated the New York Islanders 5-2 on Sunday.