National Sports

Monday's Games NHL Edmonton 7 Buffalo 2 Colorado 6 Toronto 3 Montreal 3 Boston 2 (OT) Philadelphia 7 Minnesota 4 St.

EDMONTON — A couple of players in the midst of major scoring slumps broke out big time for the Edmonton Oilers on Monday.

BOSTON — Somewhere along the way, Canadiens defenceman Jeff Petry must have learned a little baseball, too.

TORONTO — The Maple Leafs talked ahead of Monday's game about how matching a reeling opponent's desperation level would be crucial. They didn't come close.

OTTAWA — The National Capital Commission has granted the parties involved in a dispute over a plan to build a community featuring a new downtown arena for the Ottawa Senators more time to resolve their differences before cancelling their development

Kyler Murray, the first-round Major League Baseball draft pick and Heisman Trophy-winning Oklahoma quarterback, declared himself eligible for the NFL draft on Monday.

PHILADELPHIA — Shawny Hill has been fired by the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League two days after he made racially insensitive comments about a First Nations player on the visiting Georgia Swarm.

TORONTO — Canada has been drawn in a group with Fiji, Ireland and Russia at the HSBC Sydney Sevens. The Feb. 1-3 tournament is the third round of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Diego Jair Viamontes will forever have a place in Canadian football history. The receiver with Mayas of Mexico's Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional was the first player taken in the first-ever LFA/CFL draft on Monday. Viamontes went No.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Free agent defenceman Josh Gorges retired on Monday after 13 seasons in the National Hockey League. The 34-year-old native of Kelowna, B.C.