Travis Hamonic

Hamonic, Stutzle score 2 each, Senators beat Blue Jackets

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Travis Hamonic and Tim Stutzle each scored twice and the Ottawa Senators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 Saturday night for their fifth straight win.

Ottawa Senators goaltender Mads Sogaard (40) loses his stick as Montreal Canadiens' Rafael Harvey-Pinard (49) moves in during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Montreal. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Watson, Batherson score in 3rd, Senators beat Canadiens 5-2

Ottawa Senators goaltender Anton Forsberg (31) is taken off the ice on a stretcher after getting injured during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Edmonton Oilers in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Sens’ Forsberg out indefinitely with MCL tear in both knees

FILE - Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Max Fried works against the Tampa Bay Rays in a spring training baseball game in Port Charlotte, Fla., in this Sunday, March 21, 2021, file photo. Lucas Giolito, Max Fried and Jack Flaherty were teammates nine years ago at Harvard-Westlake, a prestigious prep school in Los Angeles. On Thursday, April 1, all three will be opening day starting pitchers in the major leagues. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

The Latest: NHL postpones 3 more Vancouver Canucks games

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2019, file photo, Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos (91) looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals in Washington.] Stamkos will be limited at the start of Tampa training camp because of a new lower-body injury, general manager Julien BriseBois said Saturday, July 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Oilers’ Green joins list of players opting out of NHL return

Canucks: Travis Hamonic isn’t opting out of the NHL season

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning said Friday that defenseman Travis Hamonic isn’t opting out of the NHL season, but has yet to join the team.

San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey carries his bats during a baseball practice in San Francisco, Sunday, July 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The Latest: Pac-12 Commissioner LarryS

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott has tested positive for COVID-19.

FILE - In this April 1, 2019, file photo, New Jersey Devils, left, and New York Rangers warm up for an NHL hockey game in Newark, N.J. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press on Sunday, July 5, 2020, that the NHL and NHL Players’ Association have agreed on protocols to resume the season. Daly said the sides are still negotiating a collective bargaining agreement extension. A CBA extension is still crucial to the process. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

NHL, players approve plan to resume season, extend CBA

Hockey became the latest sport to finalize a return during a global pandemic after NHL owners and players approved an agreement Friday to resume the season — and with it an assurance of labor peace through September 2026.