National Sports

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.

TORONTO — Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard was named the NBA's Eastern Conference player of the week on Monday, the sixth time he's earned the honour and second time this season with Toronto. Leonard led the Raptors in scoring last week, averaging 30.