National Sports

MONTREAL — Sam Montembeault is back on his game after a tough stretch in October. Montreal’s goaltender was pulled twice in eight days when the Canadiens lost 7-2 to the New York Rangers on Oct. 22 and 8-2 to the Seattle Kraken on Oct. 29.

TORONTO — Chants of "Jak! Jak! Jak!" could be heard coming through the doors of the Toronto Raptors' locker room as Jakob Poeltl turned in another stellar performance in the best season of his career.

TORONTO — While goals have been hard to come by for Canada under Jesse Marsch, Jonathan David has been at the centre of what offence there has been.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — NHL referee Mitch Dunning was fully communicative and could move all his extremities following a violent collision with Colorado defenceman Josh Manson in Monday night's game at Philadelphia.

MONTREAL — Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots as the Montreal Canadiens blanked Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Monday.

TORONTO — Jakob Poeltl and Canadian RJ Barrett continued to carry the injury-depleted Raptors in a 130-119 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday as Toronto snapped a seven-game losing skid. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont.

Hard-throwing Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes capped a remarkable season by winning the National League Rookie of the Year Award on Monday, while Luis Gil of the New York Yankees edged Baltimore's Colton Cowser to take the AL honor.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A piece of the roof at the home of the Dallas Cowboys fell to the field while the retractable portion of it was being opened at least three hours before a game against Houston on Monday night, officials said.

VANCOUVER — One day after surprising fans at the pinnacle of Canadian football in Vancouver, Prince Harry got down to ground level with a game of sitting volleyball with schoolchildren in the city.

TORONTO — A new study shows that more Canadian girls are participating in organized sports, but they are still lagging behind boys. More than 5,000 Canadians, including 2,000 girls and women, responded to the study by Canadian Women & Sport.