National Sports

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Eeli Tolvanen, Filip Forsberg, Matt Duchene and Yakov Trenin each had a goal and an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

MONTREAL — Two of the most popular words around the Canadiens locker room lately are “confidence” and “swagger" – and Montreal played with both in its most recent victory.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Scotland called in another player ahead of its Saturday opener at the women's world curling championship because the skip and alternate have tested positive for COVID-19.

GATINEAU, Que. — Eve Gascon didn’t get a win on the ice Saturday, but she definitely felt like a winner.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Davis Riley was expecting a big stage Saturday in his rookie year on the PGA Tour. He was playing with fellow Alabama alum and close friend Justin Thomas, both of them in the mix on the weekend in the Valspar Championship.

ATLANTA (AP) — Thiago Almada and Brooks Lennon scored late goals and Atlanta United rallied to earn a 3-3 draw with CF Montreal in MLS play on Saturday. Trailing 3-1, Almada's first career MLS goal came in the 85th minute.

In an effort to avoid distraction, reigning national men's curling champion Brad Gushue was hoping to keep his team's roster developments in-house until after the upcoming world championship.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are certainly not having troubling finding the back of the net at the moment.

TORONTO — It was a day of milestones for Toronto FC — the 50th goal for Jonathan Osorio in all competitions for the club and the 25th for Alejandro Pozuelo. But more importantly Saturday's 2-1 decision over D.C. United was a first win of the season.

PARIS (AP) — The French rugby renaissance has reached the next stage: Les Tricolores are the kings of Europe once again. France won the Six Nations for the first time in 12 years after beating England 25-13 to complete the Grand Slam on Saturday.