National Sports

TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe's team held onto the puck for what seemed like an eternity. The first-period game of keep away — rarely seen for that long in the NHL — was easy on the eyes.

Monday's Games NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Washington 6 Vancouver 4 Montreal 3 Pittsburgh 2 (OT) Arizona 4 Toronto 2 Dallas 4 Winnipeg 1 Los Angeles 5 Detroit 4 (OT) N.Y.

DALLAS (AP) — Jani Hakanpaa and Joel Kiviranta scored during a frenzied two-minute span in the second period, and the Dallas Stars went on to a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets, who were still without new coach Rick Bowness on Monday night.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Canada's Bianca Andreescu cruised her way to a 6-2, 6-4 opening-round win over Jil Teichmann of Spain at the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open on Monday. The Mississauga, Ont.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens will have a lot of growing pains this season retooling with a young squad. However, the Habs found a way Monday night to please their fans by maintaining an undefeated home record through their first two NHL games.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin and Washington's best players got going just in time to put together their best period of the season and avoid what would have been the Capitals' worst four-game start in nearly a decade.

If Hockey Canada is going to truly change its culture then it must break from its old governance processes, say three experts.

OTTAWA — American receiver Jaelon Acklin was a full participant in practice Monday for the Ottawa Redblacks. Acklin missed Ottawa's 34-30 home loss to the Montreal Alouettes on Friday night with head/shoulder issues.

PARIS (AP) — Karim Benzema won the men’s Ballon d’Or for the first time on Monday after a brilliant season with Real Madrid capped by the Champions League and Spanish league titles.

Toronto FC has taken MLS pay to new heights with Italian star Lorenzo Insigne making US$14 million annually, according to new figures released by the Major League Soccer Players Association.