National Sports

Tuesday's Games NHL Toronto 8 Carolina 1 Minnesota 6 Ottawa 4 Detroit 6 N.Y. Islanders 3 N.Y.

NASHVILLE — Brandon Tanev scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:26 left, sending the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-4 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.

OTTAWA — Eric Staal had two goals, Nate Prosser had a goal and an assist as the Minnesota Wild snapped a two-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.

TORONTO — Chalk up another award for Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney. Vanney added CONCACAF coach of the year honours Tuesday to the MLS top coaching award he picked up Nov. 27. The former U.S.

OTTAWA — Canadian field lacrosse pioneer Dave Huntley died at the age of 60 on Monday, the Canadian Lacrosse Association has announced.

LONDON — Manchester City kept alive its hopes of a quadruple as it beat Leicester 4-3 on penalties to reach the semifinals of the English League Cup on Tuesday. Arsenal is also through after beating West Ham 1-0.

TORONTO — Mitch Marner's linemates know that at any moment he can create a scoring chance. Tuesday he seemed to do it every time he touched the puck.

It's been a streaky 2017 NFL season for Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and the Kansas Chief Chiefs. Kansas City (8-6) opened with five straight wins before losing four consecutive games and six-of-seven.

Toronto FC will kick off the 2018 season on March 3, opening defence of its Major League Soccer championship against Columbus Crew SC in a rematch of this year's Eastern Conference Championship.

TORONTO — The roots for Doug Gilmour's lengthy and in some ways unlikely NHL career were laid in Kingston, Ont., where he learned some tough but valuable lessons from his father.