National Sports

MONTREAL — It's a goal Alex Chiasson won't soon forget. Chiasson scored the third-period winner to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-2 comeback victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night, extending their win streak to three games.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Noel Acciari just keeps getting the puck in the net during the best scoring streak of his career.

BOSTON — The Bruins used a barrage of different scorers to snap a three-game losing streak at Nashville earlier this week. Goals from two of their youngest stars were sufficient to help them get past the Jets.

Canada has been drawn in a pool with Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti for the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying tournament in Mexico in March. Group A features Mexico, the U.S., Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

TORONTO — Utilityman Brandon Drury and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $2.05 million, one-year contract on Thursday, a raise of $850,000. The 27-year-old hit .

Ryan Raposo has always had his eye set on pro soccer. On Thursday the Vancouver Whitecaps opened the door to his dream, taking the Syracuse attacking midfielder fourth overall in the MLS SuperDraft.

The University of Guelph says it's "deeply concerned and troubled" by new information about Dave Scott-Thomas, including details that it says would have seen the longtime track and field coach fired more than a decade ago.

Toronto FC went local and then global in Thursday's MLS SuperDraft, choosing Canadian defender Nyal Higgins before picking players from Nigeria, Senegal and Denmark. The 21-year-old Higgins, a native of Ajax, Ont.

The Moncton Wildcats showed this week they are serious about chasing the Memorial Cup.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — The Canadian junior team's golden goal scorer is the centre piece of a major deal just prior to the Ontario Hockey League trade deadline.