National Sports

WASHINGTON (AP) — Garnet Hathaway scored his third goal in two games, Alex Ovechkin added two assists and the Washington Capitals spoiled Sidney Crosby's return Sunday night, routing the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-1.

OTTAWA — A mid-November game won’t likely stand out for too many players, but for Dan Vladar this will be one to remember. The Calgary Flames netminder made 27 saves to post his first career shutout in a 4-0 win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.

PHOENIX — Phil Mickelson birdied three of the final holes Sunday to win the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship, and Bernhard Langer held on to win his sixth PGA Tour Champions season points title.

CHICAGO — Semyon Der-Arguchintsev scored at 4:58 of overtime Sunday as the Toronto Marlies beat the Chicago Wolves 2-1 in American Hockey League action.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys had already answered their worst showing of the season when the star quarterback took off on a fourth-down scramble near the goal line.

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Strong serving and consistent baseline play propelled U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev to a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 win over first-time qualifier Hubert Hurkacz in the opening match of the ATP Finals on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Capitals resigned forward Nic Dowd to a three-year contract extension with an average annual value of $1.3 million. The Capitals announced the move Sunday before their game against Pittsburgh.

Spain, Serbia and Croatia are heading to next year's World Cup. Sweden, Portugal and Russia aren't — not yet, anyway.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills heard it all after an embarrassing loss last week to Jacksonville. Maybe they're not as good as everyone thought. Maybe they're overrated. Maybe they're pretenders.

HOUSTON — Jason Kokrak had reason to believe he shot himself out of the Houston Open on the back nine Saturday morning.