TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Steven Stamkos scored his fourth and fifth goals of the series and the Tampa Bay Lightning avoided elimination with a 6-3 victory over the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the first-round playoff matchup Saturday night. Game 5 is Monday night at Florida. Only four times in 206 tries has an NHL team rebo...

AVONDALE, La. (AP) - Former BYU teammates Patrick Fishburn and Zach Blair shot a 12-under 60 in better-ball play Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the PGA Tour's only team event. At 23-under 193, Fishburn and Blair had a one-stroke lead over Luke List and Henrik Norlander, with...

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse edged reigning Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs to win the 100 metres at the East Coast Relays on Saturday. The 29-year-old from Toronto posted a time of 10.103 seconds to Jacobs' 10.106 seconds at the University of Florida. Jacobs was born in the United States, b...

TORONTO - Mookie Betts went 3 for 5, including a triple and an RBI single, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday. Chris Taylor and Shohei Ohtani each had an RBI single in the second inning as Los Angeles (18-11) stretched its win streak to six. Canadian-American first baseman Freddie Fr...

NASHVILLE - Killing penalties hasn't always been a strength for the Vancouver Canucks. The team's penalty kill struggled through much of 2022-23 and threatened to be the worst in NHL history. After rebounding slightly late in the regular season, Vancouver still finished with a league-worst 71.6 per cent success rate. ...

DENVER - Winnipeg Jets coach Rick Bowness says defenceman Brenden Dillon is "day to day" after suffering a hand injury in Game 3 against the Colorado Avalanche. Bowness says team doctors did a "fantastic job" of stitching him up, adding there was no significant damage. Dillon appeared to suffer a de...

LONDON (AP-CP) - Kadeisha Buchanan was sent off and fellow Canadian Ashley Lawrence conceded a penalty as Chelsea's Women's Champions League run ended in the semifinal, dispatched 2-1 on aggregate by Barcelona after losing Saturday's second leg 2-0. Aitana Bonmati scored and won the penalty to lead Barca past the Londo...

LOS ANGELES - Kris Knoblauch is five months into watching Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl go to work. The Oilers rookie head coach witnessed the dynamic duo drag Edmonton back from a disastrous start to the regular season, and they've elevated their game even further this spring. McDavid leads the playoffs with nine ...

TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League will hold its second draft in Minnesota in June, though an exact date and location have yet to be announced. The six-team PWHL announced Saturday that its Minnesota club will be the host team of a draft of 42 picks over seven rounds. The first draft was held Sept. 18, 20...

OTTAWA - Ann-Renee Desbiens posted the first shutout of her Professional Women's Hockey League career in Montreal's 2-0 win over host Ottawa on Saturday. Desbiens, who backstopped Canada to a gold medal in the world championship final earlier this month, stopped all 28 shots she faced. Laura Stacey and Maureen Murphy s...

BERLIN (AP) - Bayer Neverlosing. Bayer Leverkusen escaped again with another stoppage-time goal to preserve its German record unbeaten season by drawing with Stuttgart 2-2 on Saturday. Robert Andrich scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time for Leverkusen to stretch its record to 46 games unbeaten across all competi...

SUZHOU, China - Canada's Sarah Mitton finished second in shot put in Diamond League track and field behind reigning world champion Chase Jackson of the United States on Saturday. Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., led after a first-round heave of 19.86 metres, which Chase bettered in the second round at 20.03. Mitton also fini...