Senators’ Gaborik has surgery
Ottawa Senators forward Marian Gaborik had surgery to repair a herniated disk in his back.
The 36-year-old Slovak had 11 goals and 10 assists in 46 games this season for the Kings and Ottawa. He last played March 22.
The Senators said Dr. Robert Watkins performed the surgery at the Marina Spine Center in California.
Gaborik has 407 goals and 408 assists in 1,035 career NHL regular-season games. He was traded to Ottawa on Feb. 14 with Nick Shore for Dion Phaneuf and Nate Thompson.
The Chicago Blackhawks are not making changes behind the bench after missing the playoffs for the first time in a decade.
Team president Joe McDonough told reporters that he plans to bring back both coach Joel Quenneville and general manager Stan Bowman after a dismal season for a team that has won three Stanley Cup championships since 2010 but stumbled to a last-place finish in the Central Division this season.
Top-seeded Caroline Garcia lost 12 of the last 17 games to fall to French countrywoman Alize Cornet 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston, S.C..
Defending champion Daria Kasatkina of Russia, No. 5 Julia Goerges of Germany and seventhseeded American Madison Keys moved into the quarterfinals with straight-set victories.
Alex Morgan scored twice and the U.S. women’s national soccer team got three goals in the space of four minutes early in the second half to beat Mexico 4-1 in Jacksonville, Fla., in the first of two exhibition matches between the teams.
Missouri freshman forward Jontay Porter is following brother Michael Jr. into the NBA draft. Porter said that he will enter the draft without hiring an agent, allowing him to pull out of the draft and retain eligibility . ... Montana junior guard Ahmad Rorie has announced his intention to declare for the NBA draft. Rorie isn’t hiring an agent, meaning he could withdraw from the process by May 30 and still return to the Grizzlies for his senior season . ... St. John’s forward Kassoum Yakwe plans to transfer and will not return to the Red Storm next season.