National Sports

WINNIPEG — Brady Tkachuk gave the Ottawa Senators a reason - finally - to celebrate against the Winnipeg Jets. Tkachuk scored with 8.2 seconds left in regulation time to give Ottawa a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday afternoon.

IDRE, Sweden — Courtney Hoffos finished fifth at the women's ski cross world championship on Saturday while fellow Canadian Reece Howden took fifth place in the men's competition.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth holed out from 160 yards for eagle on the 16th hole at Pebble Beach, the start of a stunning turnaround that took him from two shots behind to a two-shot lead Saturday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Saturday's Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 1 Vegas at San Jose Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 7 p.m. Carolina at Dallas, 8 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 8 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.

LAS VEGAS — Illness forced Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson off the UFC 258 undercard Saturday night. The UFC did not specify the illness other than to say it was not COVID-19 related.

MONTREAL — Yannick Veilleux scored twice to lead the Laval Rocket to a 5-1 victory over the Belleville Senators on Saturday afternoon at the Bell Centre. Laurent Dauphin, Lukas Vejdemo and Rafael Harvey-Pinard had the other goals for Laval (2-0-0-0).

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — The Canadian men's water polo team finalized its roster Saturday for the upcoming Olympic qualification tournament at the Zwemcentrum Rotterdam. Head Coach Giuseppe Porzio will guide the 13-player team at the Feb.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Canada's Ivanie Blondin won silver and Laurent Dubreuil took bronze Saturday at the ISU world speedskating championships. Blondin, an Ottawa native, was second in the women's mass start in eight minutes 43.260 seconds.

Edmonton forward Jesse Puljujarvi has been deemed eligible to resume all team activities, the Oilers said Saturday in a release.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Ryan Dzingel from the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday in exchange for forwards Alex Galchenyuk and Cedric Paquette.