National Sports

NEW YORK — Washington Capitals left-wing Alex Ovechkin, Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews and Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid have been named the NHL's three stars of the week.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have signed guard Kobi Simmons to a 10-day contract. The six-foot-five, 180-pound Simmons has averaged 15.9 points, 4.9 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 31.

MADRID (AP) — Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves was released from prison Monday after paying 1 million euros ($1.2 million) in bail to be set free while appealing a rape conviction, a Spanish court said.

CALGARY — The Buffalo Sabres salvaged a road trip and kept their faint playoff hopes alive with Sunday's 4-1 win over the host Calgary Flames. Tage Thompson led the Sabres (34-33-5) with a goal and an assist.

Sunday's Scoreboard NHL Ottawa 5 Edmonton 3 Montreal 5 Seattle 1 Carolina 2 Toronto 1 Buffalo 3 Calgary 1 Washington 3 Winnipeg 0 Tampa Bay 3 Anaheim 2 (OT) Colorado 5 Pittsburgh 4 (OT) New Jersey 4 N.Y.

SEATTLE (AP) — Alex Newhook scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens sent Seattle to its eighth straight loss, beating the Kraken 5-1 on Sunday night. Kaiden Guhle had a goal and two assists for a career-high three points.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brady Skjei and Sebastian Aho scored as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Sunday night for their sixth win in seven games.

EDMONTON — Marc Lajoie scored twice and Skyler Bruce had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oil Kings defeated the visiting Red Deer Rebels 6-3 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday.

OTTAWA — In Jakob Chychrun’s opinion, his team’s performance Sunday night was no Picasso. But even though the Ottawa Senators may not have put a masterpiece together, they did enough to beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brady Skjei and Sebastian Aho scored as the surging Carolina Hurricanes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Sunday night for their sixth win in seven games.