National Sports

TORONTO — General manager Ali Curtis is happy to stay in the background as the MLS Cup final spotlight shines on Toronto FC.

VANCOUVER — It was something he had never seen before, but Jaden Schwartz made the most of the situation. Schwartz scored on a 3-on-0 breakaway at 3:28 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks Tuesday night.

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Veteran Michael Saunders was confident that Canada had the potential to pull off an upset or two at the Premier 12 Olympic qualifier. And that's exactly how the Canadians opened their tournament. No.

CALGARY — It wasn't an acrobatic between-the-legs overtime winner, but Matthew Tkachuk's second OT goal in as many weeks lifted the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday.

WINNIPEG — The New Jersey Devils are making up for a slow start to the season. Nikita Gusev and Jesper Boqvist scored in the shootout to lift the Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

TORONTO — Mike Babcock has been looking for a game the Maple Leafs can hang their hat on. Tuesday night's performance against the Los Angeles Kings wasn't heavy on style points, but for Toronto's head coach, it was a step in the right direction.

MONTREAL — A controversial video review left Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy seeing red.

NEW YORK — The New York Islanders don't spend much time discussing their winning streak. Their focus is always on the next game.

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — Ottawa's Rachel Homan scored a deuce in the eighth end to slip past Edmonton's Kelsey Rocque 7-6 on Tuesday in the first draw of the Tour Challenge.

PARIS — On a night of big comebacks in the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund came from two goals down to beat Inter Milan 3-2 Tuesday while Chelsea erased a three-goal deficit to draw 4-4 against nine-man Ajax.