National Sports

WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor scored on the power play 51 seconds into overtime to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. It was Winnipeg’s third consecutive victory to start the NHL season, a first in franchise history.

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OSTRAVA — Canada earned a third consecutive silver medal after falling 5-3 to the United States at the International Para Hockey Cup on Sunday. Auren Halbert, Dominic Cozzolino and James Dunn scored for Canada, which got 22 saves from Adam Kingsmill.

MONTREAL — Davis Alexander will try to do what he’s done all season when he starts at quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes on Monday: win. Alexander starts under centre for the first time since Aug.

LIVERPOOL — Canadian international Olivia Smith made history in a losing cause Sunday, scoring the first-ever goal for the Liverpool women at storied Anfield. The 20-year-old from Whitby, Ont.

TORONTO — Jamie Knight-Lebel's first Canada senior call-up has proved to be a real homecoming. Knight-Lebel was five when his family moved from Montreal to England, where he now plays his club football for Crewe Alexandra on loan from Bristol City.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya smashed the world record by nearly two minutes at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, winning in 2:09:56.

NEW YORK (AP) — “Big Spender” is the theme music for baseball’s final four. The New York Mets, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers are in the League Championship Series with the sport’s top three payrolls, joined by Cleveland at No. 23.

EDMONTON — Teuvo Teravainen has fitted the Chicago Blackhawks to a T in his return to the NHL club that originally drafted him.