National Sports

OTTAWA — Defenceman Nikita Zaitsev was placed by the Senators into the NHL's COVID-19 protocol late Thursday, the third Ottawa player to be added to the list in one day.

This is pretty much how Ryan Dinwiddie saw his first regular season as a CFL head coach winding down. The Toronto Argonauts (8-4) host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7-5) on Friday night at BMO Field.

John Herdman inherited a men's team ranked 94th in the world when he took over from the fired Octavio Zambrano in January 2018.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions know what's at stake this week — win and the team's faint playoff hopes glimmer on, lose and they'll officially be snuffed out.

HELSINKI — Mélodie Daoust scored the winning goal as Canada downed host Finland 4-2 in women's hockey Thursday. Victoria Bach, Marie-Philip Poulin and Jocelyne Larocque also scored for Canada, while Rebecca Johnston had two assists.

Toronto FC's Nick DeLeon and Tsubasa Endoh and Vancouver's Tosaint Ricketts and Andy Rose are among the 127 MLS players eligible for free agency. All four are out of contract.

Bo Levi Mitchell and the Calgary Stampeders can extend their season Friday night while effectively putting an end to the B.C. Lions' 2021 campaign. Calgary (6-6) visits B.C.

STOCKHOLM — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semifinal of the Stockholm Open with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Botic van de Zandschlup of the Netherlands on Thursday.

TORONTO — Justin Bieber is being urged by an international human rights organization to abandon his upcoming concert in Saudi Arabia.

Wednesday's Games NHL Toronto 3 Philadelphia 0 Nashville 4 Dallas 2 Minnesota 5 Arizona 2 --- NBA Boston 104 Toronto 88 Brooklyn 123 Orlando 90 Washington 97 Cleveland 94 Milwaukee 112 New York 100 Detroit 112 Houston 104 Chicago 117 Dallas 107 Charl