Sports in brief

ice hockey

In Montreal, linemates Tyler Seguin and David Krejci scored in the opening 2:05 of the third period, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night. The victory moved the Bruins (7-1-1) into sole possession of first place in the Northeast Division and kept Montreal (6-3-0) from taking over the division lead. Other NHL games (home team in CAPS): Anaheim 3 COLORADO 0; Dallas 3 EDMONTON 2 (OT).

american football

Gregg Williams, who was banned indefinitely for orchestrating the New Orleans Saints’ bounty scandal, has been reinstated by the NFL and hired as a defensive coach with the Tennessee Titans, the team said yesterday. Williams was hired by the St. Louis Rams before the 2012 NFL season but missed it due to the ban and was subsequently fired.

soccer

Jerry Bengtson took advantage of a defensive mix-up to score the winning goal in the 79th minute as Honduras beat the United States 2-1 on Wednesday night in the opener of the final qualifying round for next year’s World Cup. Other opening results: Mexico 0 Jamaica 0, Panama 2 Costa Rica 2.

tennis

The fourth singles in a Fed Cup tie will be scrapped if a team has an unassailable 3-0 lead, under new rules brought in to make the competition “more player-friendly.” The doubles will be brought forward and played instead of the fourth singles. If a tie is decided after the fourth singles, the doubles will still be played and a first-to-10 match tiebreaker will replace the third set. This will apply in group play but not in the final, when the doubles won’t be played.