Ireland full-back Jamie Osborne says the team face big challenges in their final two Six Nations games against France and Italy.

Osborne scored Ireland's second try on Saturday as they defeated Wales 27-18 to secure a 14th Triple Crown.

That victory made it three wins from three matches for the leaders as they chase a record third successive Six Nations title, and a potential Grand Slam.

France, who hammered Italy on Sunday, are up next in Dublin on 8 March before Ireland finish away against the Italians a week later.

"They're going to be two incredibly tough games," said the Leinster back.

"We'll take a week's break and concentrate on France, but it will be incredibly tough. We're not going to focus on that [breaking records], we'll focus on the France game first."

Ireland's Garry Ringrose was shown a 20-minute red card in the first half in Cardiff and visitors fought back from 18-10 down to earn victory.

"It shows how much belief we have as a team. We made a few errors in the first half and let Wales back into the game," added Osborne.

"We were down at the break, but there was no real panic in the dressing room, everyone just thought to go back to basics, clean up accuracy and errors and we did that thankfully.

"Most of the team are very experienced and there have been a number of games where they have had to overcome a bit of adversity, and it shows we have what it takes to overcome those kinds of things."

Baxter said it was "50-50" whether or not the injury required surgery and added it was a difficult first test case for the new agreement.

As part of England getting control of the country's best 25 players, the RFU agreed a deal to up their funding to the 10 Premiership clubs.

"He had two scans and an operation was decided upon initially 10 days post the injury, which would make him fit now," he added.

"I think that's the frustration - I think everyone can understand the various bits and pieces which led to some of the delays and that ended up being the rehab decision being the more sensible one.

"Ultimately now it doesn't look like the sensible one because the shoulder clearly needed an operation."

But Baxter said Feyi-Waboso still had a chance of being a "wildcard" to make the British and Irish Lions squad this summer.

The medical student burst onto the scene at the beginning of last season and opted to play for England rather than his native Wales.

He won his first cap in last year's Six Nations and has gone on to play eight times, scoring five tries including in each of England's two summer Tests in New Zealand.

"There often seems to be in a Lions year someone that comes in a little bit out of nowhere, they've either been injured or not quite broken through," said Baxter, who saw Jack Nowell make the 2017 Lions tour to New Zealand.

"He's going to be there or thereabouts with a shot of getting in there at some stage, but all we can do is work hard with him now.

"He'll be very focused on giving himself the best opportunity - bigger picture and longer term he's probably having the right treatment now that will look after him for a longer period of time rather than potentially leaving him with a grumbling shoulder that can last two or three years."

"Matt Sherritt's changed the narrative, he's changed the mindset of not only the Welsh team but the Welsh public.

"But it's a different story when you lift that Welsh team up and take them out of Cardiff. And I think, for Scotland, they have to exert what they would view as being this cohesion, this togetherness, this understanding of what it takes to win big test matches at Murrayfield.

"I think they've got to get into Wales and it is incomprehensible to think of Scotland being one from four after the Wales game.

"Scotland have to take all the frustration of Allianz Stadium from the weekend and say 'We're going to be ruthless. When we get the chance in the red zone, we're going to be patient, but we're going to be punchy and we're going to take our opportunities when they come'."

Even though the Scots' championship hopes are gone for another year, Lawson says there is still plenty to play for in the final two matches at home to Wales and away to France.

"We know with the Scotland team, they create opportunities, they can create field position and they have game breakers," he added.

"Scotland have to go into this game looking to deliver a result that takes us on the road to Paris with some element of hope of grabbing something from this championship, albeit only two wins from four after that Wales game, hopefully."

Alex Ovechkin reached 30 goals in a season for the 19th time in his 20-year NHL career, adding to the league record he set last season with his 18th.

The Washington Capitals captain notched his latest milestone goal Tuesday night at home against the Calgary Flames in a 3-1 loss. He beat Dan Vladar with a one-timer on the power play 4:52 into the third period, sending the crowd into chants of "Ovi! Ovi!"

"I was cheating a little bit, but there is a reason why he has so many goals like that," Vladar said. "It's going to be a story for my kids one day that a player like that scored on me, but obviously in that moment, you don't appreciate it. I'm happy we just play twice against them."

Ovechkin joined Teemu Selanne, Johnny Bucyk and Gordie Howe (who did it three times) as the only players in hockey history to score 30-plus goals in a season at age 39 or older.

"My linemates, teammates do a pretty good job finding me out there, and I just have to finish it up," Ovechkin said.

Reaching the 30-goal mark in 42 games this season, according to ESPN Research, is the fifth-fewest games Ovechkin has needed to get there in his career. And he has now separated himself from the pack of 30-goal scorers on the NHL all-time list. Mike Gartner is in second place with 17 seasons, and Jaromir Jagr is third with 15.

Scoring his 883rd career goal also puts Ovechkin within 12 of breaking Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 that had long seemed unapproachable. Adding this to his hat trick Sunday against Edmonton, Ovechkin is now on pace to pass Gretzky in early April.

"He's obviously doing such special things," Calgary's Matt Coronato said. "Obviously, when you're competing against him, you don't want to see it but definitely cool to watch all season long."

Since returning from the 4 Nations Face-Off break, Ovechkin has four goals in three games for the Eastern Conference-leading Capitals, who, despite Tuesday's loss, are 4-2 in their past six games.

But the biggest winner of the night was Calgary, which moved into a playoff position in the Western Conference after goals by Coronato, Martin Pospisil and Jonathan Huberdeau. And Vladar made 26 saves for the Flames, who have won two in a row coming out of the league's break.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett authored a rare "Gordie Howe hat trick" in his team's 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.

Bennett was fresh off a memorable 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, where he scored the tying goal for Team Canada in its title-clinching win over the United States in Boston, and also took part in the fight-night opener in which he battled American forward Brady Tkachuk at center ice in Montreal. On Tuesday, he had a goal, an assist and a fight -- the Howe hat trick -- against the Predators at Bridgestone Arena.

Bennett, who opened the scoring in the first period with his 19th goal, a power-play tally that was assisted by Sam Reinhart and Aleksander Barkov, squared off Nashville forward Cole Smith in the Predators zone after a scrum in front of the net with 13:45 left in the third period.

"It's a part of the game, standing up for your teammates," Smith said of the fight. "So, yeah, it's part of the game."

Bennett capped off the trick with an assist on Mackie Samoskevich's ninth goal of the season, which concluded the scoring at 15:34 of the final period.

The headlines are coming at the perfect time for the 28-year-old Bennett, who has been to the Stanley Cup Final two straight seasons with Florida, and will be an unrestricted free agent in July. He is in the final year of a deal that carries a salary cap hit of $4.425 million, and the tough-minded forward figures to be in line for a major raise.

The winning goal, though, belonged to a newer Panther, prospect Justin Sourdif, promoted from the AHL while some of Florida's forwards, such as injured Matthew Tkachuk, work their way back into the lineup. Sourdif scored his first NHL goal in the second period.

"The thing that I enjoy the most is how happy the bench is when they score. The veteran guys cheer for those kids," Florida coach Paul Maurice said. "That's so important to make them feel comfortable and feel like they are a part of it and belong."

Spencer Knight made 18 saves for the Panthers, and Juuse Saros stopped 21 shots for the Predators. Michael McCarron scored the lone goal for Nashville.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Lawson Crouse scored the tiebreaking goal on a backhander with 7:48 left and the Utah Hockey Club rallied to defeat the struggling Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Tuesday night, a loss that stung one of the visiting team's longest-serving players.

Veteran defenseman Seth Jones, a popular name in this season's trade market and who is in his fourth season with Chicago, voiced his frustration after the Blackhawks lost their fourth straight (0-3-1) and extended a run in which they've now lost seven of eight (1-5-2).

"We're the exact same team right now as we were Game 1," Jones said at his locker. "It's pretty evident out there. We haven't made any strides to be a better, more simple hockey team, and it shows. We don't get a lot of wins because of that."

Clayton Keller scored in the second period and Karel Vejmelka finished with 21 saves to help Utah get its fifth win in seven games, including its third straight at home for the first time. Keller has a team-high 33 points in 29 home games.

"This has been almost four years of bottom of the league," said Jones, who scored for Chicago in the loss. "So, it's not just this year, for me, at least."

Arvid Soderblom, among one of few bright spots for Chicago, stopped 34 shots for the Blackhawks.

"Sodie was unbelievable," Jones said of his netminder. "We have zero chance of winning is he doesn't stand on his head."

Jones, 30, figures to attract quite a few suitors leading up to next week's trade deadline. But any move for Jones is going to be complicated considering the lofty contract he'd bring from Chicago. He's only in Year 3 of an eight-year pact that carries a whopping $9.5 million salary cap hit.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.