VANCOUVER - Joey Daccord stopped all 25 shots he faced as the Seattle Kraken blanked Vancouver 5-0 on Wednesday to deal the Canucks' playoff hopes a blow. Mikey Eyssimont, Chandler Stephenson, Shane Wright and Andre Burakovsky scored for Seattle (32-38-6), and Adam Larsson added an empty-net goal. Burakovsky also picke...

TORONTO - John Tavares put the puck in the net off a slick William Nylander feed. Mitch Marner then finished a nice setup from Auston Matthews before finding Matthew Knies with a breathtaking stretch pass that led to a breakaway goal. The Maple Leafs' stars rose to the occasion offensively in Wednesday's crucial tilt a...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps conceded a late goal and had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Pumas UNAM on Wednesday in the opening game of their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal. Striker Brian White gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead in the 71st minute but Pumas midfielder Adalberto Carrasquilla tied the match in the 87th...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Alex Ovechkin took another step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record by scoring his 892nd career goal in the Washington Capitals' 5-1 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night. Ovechkin moved two away from tying Gretzky and three from passing him. The 39-year-old Russian was disap...

TORONTO - Mitch Marner scored the goal-ahead goal in the third period and Anthony Stolarz made 29 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Florida Panthers 3-2 in a key matchup atop the Atlantic Division standings Wednesday. John Tavares and Matthew Knies had the other goals for Toronto (46-25-4), which clinched a p...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Alex Ovechkin moved three goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record after scoring the 892nd of his career in the Washington Capitals' game at the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night. Ovechkin beat Frederik Andersen on a 5-on-3 power-play with 34.5 seconds left in the second period. He ...

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - Defending champion Nelly Korda became the latest example of anything goes in the T-Mobile Match Play when she settled for a halve Wednesday against Brittany Altomare, No. 828 in the world and still building her game after an 18-month break from having a baby. Korda was 2 up with four holes ...

TORONTO - Easton Lucas was beaming Wednesday after limiting the Washington Nationals to one hit over five scoreless innings in his first major league start, a 4-2 interleague win for the Toronto Blue Jays. There was more work ahead, however, for the 28-year-old from California. "I got back (to the locker-room) and...

TORONTO - Easton Lucas held the Nationals to one hit over five scoreless innings in his first major league start as the Toronto Blue defeated Washington 4-2 in interleague play Wednesday. It was hardly baseball weather with snow falling outside Rogers Centre for the 3:07 p.m. local time start, dubbed "Work From Do...

The New Horizons Curling League winter season wrapped up last week at the Twin Rivers Curling Club and after 12 weeks of tight competition, Team Hoffman (Al Hoffman, Kate McHarg, Louie Uhrmann, Calvin Vogelsang) ended up taking home the hardware, finishing with an 8-4-0 (W-L-T) record for 16 points to get first place. ...

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Canada's Brad Jacobs defeated Norway's Magnus Ramsfjell 8-3 in the early draw at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship. Jacobs, vice Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert scored three points in the fourth end. The teams shook hands after Norway gave up a steal of two in the eighth...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Josh Samanski to a two-year entry level contract, the NHL club announced Wednesday. The contract will start next season. The six-foot-five, 190-pound Samanski has spent the past four seasons primarily with the Straubing Tigers of the top German league. He has 40 goals ...

QUÉBEC - The Canadian Premier League will host a regular-season game in Quebec City on May 31 featuring York United FC and Halifax Wanderers FC. The 2025 edition of the "On Tour" series marks the league's second neutral-site contest. Vancouver FC and Cavalry FC played to a scoreless draw in Kelowna, B....

Canada will play two test matches against the Springbok women in South Africa in July as part of its preparations for the Rugby World Cup. The matches will take place July 5 at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria and July 12 at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha. Both matches will see the women play ahead of men's ...

Macklin Celebrini had plenty to figure out. The talented centre selected first overall at last June's NHL draft by the San Jose Sharks would be playing close to his adopted home. The family had moved to the area in 2018 when Celebrini's dad, Rick, was hired by the NBA's Golden State Warriors to work in the team's sport...

TORONTO - The CFL has hired Stewart Johnston as its new commissioner. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. and the National Hockey League have announced a 12-year agreement valued at $11 billion for the national media rights to NHL games on all platforms in Canada through the 2037-38 season. More coming. Companies in this story: (TSX:RCI) The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - Defender Tristan Blackmon welcomes the challenge the Vancouver Whitecaps will face when they play Mexican powerhouse Pumas UNAM on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup at BC Place Stadium. "It's not familiar territory for the club, but we're going to embrace every moment," ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball's average salary broke the $5 million barrier on opening day for the first time, according to a study by The Associated Press. The New York Mets, with Juan Soto's record $61.9 million pay, led MLB for the third straight opening day with a $322.6 million payroll, just ahead of the W...

BOSTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal, moving him four away from passing Wayne Gretzky's NHL record, and Dylan Strome broke a third-period tie on Tuesday night to lead the Washington Capitals to a 4-3 National Hockey League victory over the Boston Bruins. Nic Dowd and Tom Wilson also scored for Washi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Andrei Kuzmenko, Adrian Kempe and captain Anze Kopitar each had a goal and an assist in the Los Angeles Kings' 4-1 victory over the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night. Trevor Moore also scored for the Kings, who moved two points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers for second place in the Pacific Div...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Leon Draisaitl added to his NHL-leading goal total by scoring on a 5-on-3 power play to put the Edmonton Oilers ahead for good Tuesday night, but the Vegas Golden Knights clinched a playoff berth despite the 3-2 loss. The Golden Knights, who had their season-high six-game winning streak snapped, were a...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Kevin Stenlund and Barrett Hayton scored for the Utah Hockey Club in a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. Clayton Keller had an empty-netter and Karel Vejmelka stopped 32 shots to help Utah get its second straight win. Rasmus Andersson scored for Calgary and Dustin Wolf finished wit...

MONTREAL - Nick Suzuki doesn't think the Montreal Canadiens' winning run - and run of good fortune - is a coincidence. The team's captain has another reason to believe after Tuesday's wild finish. "We all believe in the 'hockey gods,'" Suzuki said. "Keep doing the right things, and bounces will come.&quo...

MONTREAL - Montreal Victoire head coach Kori Cheverie sat in front of a microphone at her post-game press conference and used it to send a message to her team after a 1-0 loss to the New York Sirens on Tuesday night. Only it wasn't the message you would expect. "I celebrated so many positive things," Cheverie...

TORONTO - A team bunting contest in spring training took a bite out of Blue Jays manager John Schneider's wallet but proved to be a worthwhile investment Tuesday in a 5-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Will Wagner bunted his way on to first base as part of a three-run second inning. And, after George Springer singl...

OTTAWA - With the NHL playoff race tightening, the Ottawa Senators can't afford to let crucial points slip away. With just eight games remaining in the regular season, the Senators (39-29-6) need to make the most of a favourable schedule and lock up their playoff spot as soon as possible. The Senators, who hold the fir...

CHICAGO (AP) - Coby White scored 28 points, Talen Horton Tucker had 27 points and the Chicago Bulls locked in a spot in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament with a 137-118 win over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. Nikola Vucevic shot 9 for 12, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range to finish with 22 points, whi...