WASHINGTON (AP) - Aliaksei Protas and Connor McMichael each scored in the final minute of a period, Charlie Lindgren made 23 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Friday night to halt their losing streak at two. Lindgren was at his best in the second period, most notably a windmill save ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Matt Murray felt tingles in making sure to take in the moment during pre-game warm-ups and the national anthem before making his first NHL start in nearly 21 months. The 30-year-old, two-time Stanley Cup-winner felt an even bigger wave of emotion come over him once the fi...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points, Darius Garland added 16 and the Cleveland Cavaliers moved to 15-1 at home with a 124-101 win on Friday night over the Milwaukee Bucks, who played for the first time since winning the NBA Cup. Cleveland is 3-0 this season against Milwaukee, which was without All-Star g...

DETROIT (AP) - Patrik Laine scored a power-play goal with 7:58 remaining to lead the Montreal Canadiens past the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Friday night. Laine's shot from the left side broke defenceman Moritz Seider's stick and got past goaltender Cam Talbot's glove. Jake Evans scored a short-handed goal and added an as...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Matt Murray made 25 saves in his first NHL start in nearly 21 months, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Buffalo 6-3 to extend the Sabres' skid to 0-9-3 on Friday night. Third-liners Max Domi, Bobby McMann and Nicholas Robertson had a goal and assist each, and the Atlantic Division-leading Maple Leaf...

Expansion San Diego FC took UC Santa Barbara midfielder Manu Duah with the first pick in Friday's MLS SuperDraft. The six-foot-four freshman from Ghana started 14 games for the Gauchos. Duah also played for the Santa Barbara Soccer Club, helping it reach the MLS Next Cup playoffs in the under-19 age group. "First ...

OTTAWA - A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet: Rachel Bendayan, official languages minister and associate minister of public safety: A Montreal MP first elected in 2019. Built a legal practice, specializing in international trade law, and taught at the Université de Montréal. Élisabe...

Australian Steve Meehan has been named coach of the Canadian men's rugby team, succeeding Kingsley Jones. Meehan, whose coaching journey has taken him to France, England, Japan and Canada, was named head coach of the Toronto Arrows in October 2023 only to have the Major League Rugby franchise fold a month later. He pre...

BATHURST, N.B. - The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League's Acadie-Bathurst Titan are relocating to St. John's, N.L., starting next season, the league announced Friday. The QMJHL said the sale of the team to investors, John Harvey Patten, John R. Steele and Jason Sharpe has been approved, concluding a sale process tha...

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have signed Canadian receiver Jalen Philpot to a two-year contract, the CFL club announced Friday, Philpot had been scheduled to become a free agent in February. The 24-year-old from Delta, B.C., had 66 catches for 659 yards and three touchdowns as well as 15 carries for 115 yards over ...

They're celebrating the University of Vermont's men's NCAA soccer championship on both sides of the border. Vermont coach Rob Dow hails from Cole Harbour, N.S., and Montreal defender Nathan Siméon and Calgary forward Sydney Wathuta both started for the Catamounts in their 2-1 overtime win over Marshall in Monday...

BAKURIANI - Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury's streak of World Cup mogul victories ended at five on Friday. France's Benjamin Cavet, whose last victory was in Idre Fjäll, Sweden, in December 2020, scored 84.08 points, narrowly ahead of Kingsbury (82.93). Severi Vierela (80.80) took third, becoming the fir...

Dave Cameron had just hung up his skates. It was 1985 and he needed a new job after 168 NHL games, plus plenty more in the minors. He found his place working at a young offenders' facility and as a high-school guidance counsellor. There was passion for the craft - equalled only by what he felt for the sport ingrained i...

Jonathan David and Vanessa Gilles have been named Canada Soccer Players of the Year. David, who leads the French league this season with 11 goals for Lille, also won the award in 2019. This time he beat out fellow finalists Moise Bombito and Alistair Johnston. The 24-year-old from Ottawa scored five goals in 14 outings...

SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) - Marco Odermatt still can't win a race in Val Gardena. The three-time overall World Cup champion finished third in a super-G on the Saslong course Friday, a distant 0.43 seconds behind Italian winner Mattia Casse, who earned his first career victory. On an overcast day featuring interm...

ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has signed Netflix to a United States broadcast deal for the Women's World Cup in 2027 and 2031. The deal announced Friday is the most significant FIFA has signed with a streaming service for a major tournament. The value was not given. World Cups are typically broadcast on free-to-air public network...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. government is seeking the forfeiture of an eclectic haul of sports memorabilia, supersized luxury clothing, cash, jewelry and a gold tooth that were seized by Vancouver police in a criminal probe in March. There are XXXL jackets from Versace, Gucci and Dior, a 24-karat gold bar, $34,000 in cash and...

CALGARY - Nine stitches, one lost tooth, one overtime goal. That was Brady Tkachuk's stat line on Thursday night as Ottawa's captain scored 55 seconds into extra time to give the streaking Senators a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames. "Don't feel too good. Don't feel too good-looking either, right now. Thank God...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bryan Rust scored his second goal of the game 1:07 into overtime and Sidney Crosby had a season-high four points as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Thursday night. Rust also had two assists and Crosby finished with a goal and three assists. Rickard Rakell and Erik Kar...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - William Karlsson broke a tie early in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights went on to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Thursday night. Karlsson scored his sixth goal of the season when he skated in along the goal line, banked a shot off Canucks goalie Kevin Lankinen's stick blade, grabbed the...

EDMONTON - When Leon Draisaitl saw teammate Connor McDavid get a silver stick for hitting 1,000 points earlier this season, he clearly wanted one of his own. Draisaitl has been pounding the points of late, recording assists on all three goals Thursday to reach the 900-point plateau as the Edmonton Oilers came back for ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Australian breaker Rachael "Raygun" Gunn has tried to be a good sport about the jokes and criticism that poured in from around the globe after her controversial performance at the Paris Olympics. But maybe "Raygun: the Musical" was a bridge too far. Comedian Stephanie Broa...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors were cruising along, leading by as many as 10 points, when their offence ground to a halt. Cam Johnson went on a 13-4 run in the final 2:24 of the game as the Brooklyn Nets rallied past the Raptors 101-94 on Thursday for Toronto's sixth straight loss. Johnson had 15 points in the quarter, ...

CALGARY - Brady Tkachuk scored the overtime winner on Thursday night as the Ottawa Senators extended their win streak to five games with a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames. Nick Cousins and Ridly Greig, with his first goal in 20 games, also scored for Ottawa (17-13-2). The Senators are two games into a stretch of ni...

EDMONTON - Mattias Ekholm scored the overtime winner as the Edmonton Oilers overcame a shoddy start to emerge with a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday. Just 1:04 into overtime, Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman made the initial save on Leon Draisaitl, but Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was there to grab the rebound and dr...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Australian breaker Rachael "Raygun" Gunn has tried to be a good sport about the jokes and criticism that poured in from around the globe after her controversial performance at the Paris Olympics. But maybe "Raygun: the Musical" was a bridge too far. Comedian Stephanie Broa...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Cameron Dicker of the Los Angeles Chargers made the first successful fair-catch kick in the NFL since 1976 on Thursday night, connecting from 57 yards right before halftime against the Denver Broncos. Dicker and the Chargers took advantage of a seldom-used play called the fair-catch kick, which...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Santi Aldama had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies set a franchise record with 27 3-pointers in a 144-93 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night, the biggest win in the NBA this season. Stephen Curry was held without a field goal and finished with two points for...