National Sports

BOCA RATON, Fla. — NHL general managers came to Florida looking for clarity and consistency on goalie interference calls. With the playoffs just around the corner, they might wind up getting both.

TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack will face Barrow Raiders in the fifth round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup. The rugby league match is scheduled for the weekend of April 21-22 at Craven Park in Barrow-in-Furness, England.

CALGARY — Kevin Koe has revamped his curling team for next season, adding B.J. Neufeld at third and Colton Flasch at second. Koe, third Marc Kennedy, second Brent Laing and lead Ben Hebert finished fourth at the Winter Olympics in February.

Not even Ellen DeGeneres could get Canadian ice dance sensations Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to say they are more than friends.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — There was a time in J.A. Happ's career when he wouldn't have been considered to start an opening day game. And even if he was, he wouldn't have remembered.

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his country's diplomats on Tuesday to seek changes to international doping rules in the wake of the nation's drug scandals.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Oliver Ekman-Larsson and the Arizona Coyotes aren't going to the NHL playoffs this season. However, that doesn't mean they're taking it easy against contending teams.

Monday's Games NHL Florida at Montreal Arizona 5 Calgary 2 Columbus 5 Boston 4 (OT) Nashville 4 Buffalo 0 Los Angeles 4 Minnesota 3 (OT) --- AHL Rockford 5 Iowa 2 --- NBA Cleveland 124, Milwaukee 117 Indiana 110, L.A.

MONTREAL — The Florida Panthers are inching closer to a playoff spot. Roberto Luongo's 28-save shutout lifted the Panthers to a 2-0 victory over the injury-riddled Montreal Canadiens on Monday night.

STORRS, Conn. — UConn's opponents in this NCAA Tournament have tried to speed up the Huskies and they've tried to slow them down. Neither approach has worked.