Svechnikov's tiebreaking goal sends Jets past Canadiens
Evgeny Svechnikov scored a tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Monday night.
Morgan Barron had a goal and an assist and Paul Stastny also scored for Winnipeg. Adam Lowry added an empty-net goal, and Dylan Samberg had two assists. Starting backto-back games, Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves.
Josh Anderson scored his 100th career goal for Montreal, and Joel Armia added a goal against his former team. Samuel Montembeault kept the Canadiens in the game with 31 saves, including 15 in the second period.
After a scoreless first period, the Canadiens got on the board 29 seconds into the second. Armia backhanded the puck out of mid-air and past Hellebuyck for his sixth goal of the season
Winnipeg responded when Nikolaj Ehlers made a backward pass for Barron, who tied the score with a wrist shot.
The Jets scored the goahead goal 4:00 of the second period when Stastny scored on a one-timer from the right faceoff circle.
NFL
GARY BROWN, FORMER RUNNING BACK AND COACH, DIES AT 52 >> Gary Brown, who rushed for 4,300 yards while playing on three NFL teams in the 1990s before going on to coach running backs in the pro and college ranks, has died. He was 52.
Wisconsin's athletic department and the Dallas Cowboys announced that Brown died Sunday. No cause of death was disclosed. Brown had battled cancer on multiple occasions.
Brown had coached Wisconsin's running backs last season before departing for health-related reasons. He coached the Cowboys' running backs from 2013-19.
MLB
LERNER FAMILY EXPLORING SELLING MLB'S WASHINGTON NATIONALS >> The Lerner family that has owned the Washington Nationals
since 2006 is exploring the possibility of selling the Major League Baseball franchise.
The Lerners are hiring a firm to find potential investors to buy part or all of the Nationals was first reported by the Washington Post.
Forbes valued the team at $2 billion. Hedge fund manager Steve Cohen bought the New York Mets in 2020 for $2.4 billion.
Soccer
FOX TO TELEVISE 35 OF 64 WORLD CUP MATCHES ON MAIN NETWORK >> Fox will televise 35 World Cup matches on its main Fox broadcast network, including all three U.S. firstround games in Qatar and all from the quarterfinals on.
The total on the Fox network is down from 38 at the 2018 tournament in Russia. There will be 29 on the FS1 cable network, an increase of three, Fox said.
This year's tournament was shifted from its usual June-July period until Nov. 21 to Dec. 18 because of the summer heat in Qatar. With the NFL in season, the four Sunday group matches on Nov. 27 and the two Sunday roundof-16 matches on Dec. 4 will be on FS1. Twenty-seven of the FS1 matches are in the group stage.
Tennis
BUBLIK CUTS SHORT WAWRINKA'S RETURN TO TOUR AFTER INJURY >> Alexander Bublik cut short Stan Wawrinka's return to the tour, defeating the Swiss 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters in his first singles match in 13 months.
Wawrinka started off confidently against the Kazakh, winning the first set with ease. He staved off three set points in the second to hold for 5-5 but appeared tired. In the decisive third, Bublik pulled ahead early and wrapped up the match in just over two hours.
Wawrnika, 37, last competed on tour in March 2021 when he lost his opening match at the Qatar Open. He's had two surgeries on his left foot since then and months of difficult recovery.