SUNDAY SPORTS

Connor McDavid is back. The 17-year-old hockey prospect scored his first goal since breaking a bone in his hand in November, and added two assists to lead Canada in a 4-0 win over Germany in round-robin play at the world junior championship in Montreal. Eric Comrie stopped 17 shots for the win.

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Johnny Gaudreau scored twice to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers. The Flames have won two straight games. Edmonton, meanwhile, has one win in its last 21 games.

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Earlier, the Red Wings needed overtime to get past the Senators in Ottawa. Gustav Nyquist scored 4:12 into the extra period as Detroit edged the Sens 3-2. And in Minnesota, Andrew Ladd scored in O-T to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 win over the Wild.

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Around the NHL, Tyler Ennis scored in a shootout as the Sabres beat the Islanders 4-3, Kevin Connauton had a goal and two assists to lead the Blue Jackets in a 6-2 win over the Bruins, Derek Stepan had a hat trick to give the Rangers their eighth straight victory, 3-1 over New Jersey, and Shane Doan scored the only goal in the shootout with a broken stick as Arizona edged Anaheim 2-1.

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The LA Clippers lost at Staples Center for the first time since mid-November, and it was the Toronto Raptors that handed them the rare defeat. Kyle Lowry had 25 points and Jonas Valanciunas added 22 points and 11 boards in the 110-98 win.

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Michael Sam said in a TV documentary that aired tonight that coming out as gay was the right thing to do. The Oprah Winfrey Network says the 90-minute program, followed by a one-on-one with Winfrey and Sam, was the player’s first TV appearance since being cut by the Dallas Cowboys in mid-October. After one day of filming last spring, the St. Louis Rams pulled the plug on the network’s plans for a Sam documentary during training camp.

(Canadian Press)