National Sports

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Brendan Gallagher and the Montreal Canadiens rallied back to avoid playoff elimination with less than three weeks left in their season.

OTTAWA — The battle of the Tkachuk brothers went to the younger Brady in every sense Monday night. A goal and an assist by Brady Tkachuk helped the Ottawa Senators get past the visiting Florida Panthers and Matthew Tkachuk 5-2 on Monday.

TORONTO — After qualifying first in CONCACAF for the World Cup in Qatar, Canada coach John Herdman says his team's ambition is simple this year. "Kings of CONCACAF is the overarching theme," Herdman said Monday.

OTTAWA — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman had planned to be at the Canadian Tire Centre on Monday night for the game between the host Senators and the visiting Florida Panthers.

OTTAWA — Hockey Canada says players from the 2018 world junior hockey team will not be considered for international competition until an investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving members of the team is complete.

A gymnast says he was abused in his sport and then broken by a Canadian system that failed to address that abuse. Ryan Sheehan spoke Monday in Ottawa to a parliamentary committee on safe sport.

TORONTO — Ontario's labour ministry says it's reviewing concerns brought forward by the CFL Players' Association and other professional athlete unions.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Trea Turner hit a two-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 Monday in spring training baseball action.

TORONTO — Canada coach John Herdman paused when the issue of the men's and women's teams' ongoing labour dispute with Canada Soccer came up in his pre-game availability Monday ahead of a CONCACAF Nations League showdown with Honduras.

MIAMI — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Miami Open after being upset 6-2, 7-5 in a third-round match with Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo.