RALEIGH, N.C. >> Andrei Svechnikov pounced on a loose faceoff puck for his sixth postseason goal while Frederik Andersen had 21 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-0 on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series.

Svechnikov sprang into the circle to beat John Carlson to the puck and beat Logan Thompson at 12:34 of the second for the game’s first goal in what turned out to be the start of Carolina’s game-seizing surge.

Game 4 in the best-of-seven series is Monday night in Raleigh.

Pro football

QB Carr retiring >> New Orleans Saints veteran starting quarterback Derek Carr has decided to retire because of a labral tear in his right shoulder and “significant degenerative changes” to his rotator cuff, the team announced.

Carr, 34, has played for 11 pro seasons since being selected out of Fresno State by the then-Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft.

He was acquired by the Saints as a free agent in 2023 but had mixed results in New Orleans, going 14-13 as a starter while struggling through oblique, hand and head injuries that caused him to miss seven games last season.

Carr has career passing totals of 41,245 yards, 257 touchdowns and 112 interceptions.

College softball

Oklahoma and Texas A&M split title after rainout >> Four-time defending national champion Oklahoma and Texas A&M were declared co-champions of the Southeastern Conference softball tournament after rainfall forced the cancelation of the championship game.

The start time was moved ahead four hours with rain in the forecast, but it came sooner than expected and the game never got underway.

The top-seeded Sooners — in their first season in the SEC — won the regular-season title with a 17-7 record.

Tennis

Sinner wins in return from doping ban >> Top-ranked Jannik Sinner made a solid return from his three-month doping ban by beating 99th-ranked Mariano Navone 6-3, 6-4 before an adoring home crowd at the Italian Open.

It was Sinner’s first match in more than 100 days, since he won his third Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January.

In the women’s tournament, three-time champion Iga Swiatek was beaten by Danielle Collins 6-1, 7-5. The third-round loss marked Swiatek’s earliest defeat at a big WTA event in nearly four years.

Soccer

Angel City defender King is stable after collapsing during game >> Angel City defender Savy King was hospitalized in stable condition a day after she was stretchered off the field because of what the National Women’s Soccer League called a “medical event” during a match against the Utah Royals.

The NWSL released a statement saying that King also was stable when she was taken to the hospital after collapsing on the field during Friday night’s match. She will undergo further evaluation.

Golf

Straka, Lowry handle conditions at Truist >> Sepp Straka shot a 4-under 66 and Shane Lowry had a 67 in blustery conditions to share the lead heading into the final round of the Truist Championship.

Keith Mitchell, the leader after 18 and 36 holes, labored through a round of 1 over. He was 11 under with Justin Thomas, who charged up the leaderboard despite bogeys on the two par 5s in a 67. Hideki Matsuyama was another stroke back after a 63, the best score of the day.

Thitikul regains the lead at Liberty National >> Jeeno Thitikul handled a strong wind and a double bogey at the turn by making nine birdies for a 7-under 65 that gave her a one-shot lead over Celine Boutier going into the final round of the Mizuho Americas Open.

Defending champion Nelly Korda missed a pair of birdie opportunities on the back nine at Liberty National and settled for a 68, leaving her only two shots behind as the No. 1 player in women’s golf goes for her first win of the year.