National Sports

Sunday's Scoreboard NHL Carolina 4 Winnipeg 2 Dallas 4 Vancouver 1 Washington 4 Seattle 2 New Jersey 3 Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 3 Minnesota 1 Columbus 7 N.Y. Rangers 3 Los Angeles 6 Vegas 5 Anaheim 4 N.Y.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, moving nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and helping the Eastern Conference

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Barely two years ago, Kaysha Love was finishing somewhere around last place in what would best be described as minor bobsled races. She’s now the world monobob champion.

VANCOUVER — Mikael Granlund scored his first goal for the Stars and Dallas dumped the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Sunday. Dallas picked up both the Finnish centre and Cody Ceci from the San Jose Sharks for first- and third-round picks back on Feb. 1.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Alberta's Brad Jacobs is the winner of the Montana's Brier. He beat Manitoba's Matt Dunstone 5-3 in tonight's final of the Canadian men's curling championship at Prospera Place.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Cameron Schmidt and Mazden Leslie each had a goal and assist, Burke Hood made 36 saves, and the Vancouver Giants edged the Prince George Cougars 3-1 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at Langley Events Centre.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mark Jankowski scored two goals and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Sunday. Logan Stankoven and Seth Jarvis also scored for the Hurricanes, who won their fourth straight game.

OTTAWA — Even when Mark Carney was still in high school, his friends bugged him about whether he would become prime minister one day. His answer was one fit for a future politician: to never confirm nor deny.

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Mathieu Cataford scored three goals, Jonathan Fauchon and Eriks Mateiko each had two assists, and the Rimouski Oceanic rolled past the visiting Charlottetown Islanders 5-1 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net Sunday to move nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record .