National Sports

MONTREAL — Montreal Victoire head coach Kori Cheverie sat in front of a microphone at her post-game press conference and used it to send a message to her team after a 1-0 loss to the New York Sirens on Tuesday night.

MONTREAL — Nick Suzuki doesn’t think the Montreal Canadiens’ winning run — and run of good fortune — is a coincidence. The team’s captain has another reason to believe after Tuesday’s wild finish. "We all believe in the ‘hockey gods,’” Suzuki said.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kevin Stenlund and Barrett Hayton scored for the Utah Hockey Club in a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

TORONTO — A team bunting contest in spring training took a bite out of Blue Jays manager John Schneider's wallet but proved to be a worthwhile investment Tuesday in a 5-3 win over the Washington Nationals.

BATHURST, N.B. — Kassim Gaudet scored at 3:39 of overtime to lead the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens to a 4-3 victory over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff action on Tuesday.

OTTAWA — With the NHL playoff race tightening, the Ottawa Senators can’t afford to let crucial points slip away.

TORONTO — Bo Bichette drove home two runs with a two-out single in the eighth inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-3 win over the Washington Nationals in interleague play Tuesday.

CHICAGO (AP) — Coby White scored 28 points, Talen Horton Tucker had 27 points and the Chicago Bulls locked in a spot in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament with a 137-118 win over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

MONTREAL — Nick Suzuki scored his second of the game 29 seconds into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens came back for a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers in the second game of a home-and-home on Tuesday night.

OTTAWA — The Buffalo Sabres sit dead last in the Eastern Conference standings but they owned the Ottawa Senators this season.