National Sports

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.

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.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed American receiver/kick-returner Papi White on Tuesday. White appeared in five regular-season games with Hamilton last year, starting four.

EDMONTON — Quarterback Khalil Tate, who threw for over 6,000 yards during four seasons at Arizona, was among four players signed by the Edmonton Elks on Tuesday. Tate amassed 6,318 passing yards with 57 TDs at Arizona (2016-19).