National Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada's Denis Shapovalov is on to the third round of the Australian Open. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., beat South Korea's Kwon Soon-woo 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-2 on Wednesday.

REGINA — Sean Tschigerl was the lone scorer in the shootout as the Calgary Hitmen edged the Regina Pats 4-3 on Tuesday in Western Hockey League action.

CALGARY — After spending most of the season on the Calgary Flames' fourth line Sean Monahan finally found his scoring touch.

Tuesday's Scores NHL Buffalo 3 Ottawa 1 Washington 4 Winnipeg 3 (OT) Carolina 7 Boston 1 N.Y. Islanders 4 Philadelphia 3 (SO) Vancouver 3 Nashville 1 Montreal 5 Dallas 3 Calgary 5 Florida 1 Tampa Bay 6 Los Angeles 4 Columbus at N.Y.

DALLAS (AP) — Christian Dvorak scored twice, Sam Montembeault made a career-high 48 saves for his second win of the season and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 5-3 Tuesday night for their third road win.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thatcher Demko made 31 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the skidding Nashville Predators 3-1 on Tuesday night. Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Juho Lammikko scored in Vancouver’s second consecutive victory.

GUELPH, Ont. — Riley Piercey scored in overtime as the Flint Firebirds fended off the Guelph Storm 5-4 on Tuesday in Ontario Hockey League action.

OTTAWA — Waiting for a whistle that never came cost the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Michael Houser made 43 saves in his season debut, earning a win in net as the Buffalo Sabres topped the Ottawa Senators 3-1.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin fumed after he thought the referees missed a penalty call and screamed obscenities from the bench after watching the replay.

Captain Phil Berna and vice-captain Jake Thiel return from injury to bolster Canada's squad for the HSBC Spain Sevens in Malaga, but coach Henry Paul still has a lengthy list of absent players.