National Sports

TORONTO — Having lost three of four and trailing their rivals by a goal through 40 minutes Saturday, the Canadiens were staring down an uncomfortable week filled with no games and lots of questions.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Vancouver's Rebecca Marino needed less than an hour to defeat German Mona Barthel 6-4, 6-3 in the Phillip Island Trophy's opening round Sunday.

HALIFAX — Charlottetown Islanders goalie Colten Ellis made 23 saves as his team earned a 3-0 victory over the Halifax Mooseheads at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax Saturday.

VANCOUVER — Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini says he has "no plans to make changes" despite the team's dismal run this season.

WINNIPEG — Brady Tkachuk gave the Ottawa Senators a reason - finally - to celebrate against the Winnipeg Jets. Tkachuk scored with 8.2 seconds left in regulation time to give Ottawa a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday afternoon.

IDRE, Sweden — Courtney Hoffos finished fifth at the women's ski cross world championship on Saturday while fellow Canadian Reece Howden took fifth place in the men's competition.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth holed out from 160 yards for eagle on the 16th hole at Pebble Beach, the start of a stunning turnaround that took him from two shots behind to a two-shot lead Saturday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Saturday's Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 1 Vegas at San Jose Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 7 p.m. Carolina at Dallas, 8 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 8 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.

LAS VEGAS — Illness forced Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson off the UFC 258 undercard Saturday night. The UFC did not specify the illness other than to say it was not COVID-19 related.

MONTREAL — Yannick Veilleux scored twice to lead the Laval Rocket to a 5-1 victory over the Belleville Senators on Saturday afternoon at the Bell Centre. Laurent Dauphin, Lukas Vejdemo and Rafael Harvey-Pinard had the other goals for Laval (2-0-0-0).