BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Wyatt Johnston scored the decisive shootout goal and the Dallas Stars posted their third consecutive 50-win season with a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. Justin Hr...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Denisa Křížová, Maja Nylén Persson and Casey O'Brien scored three straight goals in the third period to help the New York Sirens rally past the Toronto Sceptres 3-2 on Wednesday night. New York (9-2-3-13) and Toronto (9-1-5-12) are ...

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - Jessie Eldridge scored two goals to go with an assist, Alina Müller had two assists and a goal, and the Boston Fleet beat the Minnesota Frost 3-2 on Wednesday night. Boston (15-5-2-5) moved within one point of first-place Montreal ...

MIAMI (AP) - Charlotte's LaMelo Ball should have been ejected for an uncalled flagrant foul when he reached out and tugged on the ankle of Miami's Bam Adebayo, causing a back injury that forced Adebayo out of a play-in tournament game, the NBA said Wed...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - William Contreras hit the only ball out of the infield during a two-run rally in the eighth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a six-game skid with a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. Toronto wasted a bril...

OTTAWA - Despite resting six players, the Ottawa Senators wrapped up their regular season with a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Wednesday night to head into the post-season riding a high. The loss ensures Toronto (32-36-14) will finish in the bot...

LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil sought to quell speculation about the league's financial future Wednesday evening with a memo to his staff that said the 2026 season will continue as planned without interruption and "at full throttle." The memo, a copy of whi...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Blackhawks extended general manager Kyle Davidson's contract Wednesday without providing the length of the deal for the Canadian sports executive. "We are committing to Kyle to continue the plan he has put in place," chairman...

ZURICH (AP) - A Swiss hockey coach who admitted he used a certificate falsely claiming he'd been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get around China's travel restrictions for the 2022 Winter Olympics has been fired. In a statement late Monday, head coach P...

VANCOUVER - Thomas Muller wants Vancouver Whitecaps fans to show their support by showing up at B.C. Place. "If I have a wish, I don't know how we can get it done, but it would be nice if the lower bowl is in every home game full full, not only almo...

MUNICH (AP) - Luis Díaz and Michael Olise scored late for Bayern Munich to beat Real Madrid 4-3 in the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday. The game ended in acrimony with Madrid's players furious that referee S...

It's back-to-back Champions League semifinals for Arsenal. A 0-0 draw with Sporting Lisbon at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday saw Arsenal advance 1-0 on aggregate to set up a clash with Atletico Madrid in the last four of European club ...

EDMONTON - For 65 games the Edmonton Oilers were just another mediocre team struggling to find a way into the NHL playoffs in the weak Pacific Division. Trade deadline acquisitions and a new-found dedication to defence, necessitated partly by the injur...

Logan Thompson stepped off the ice and headed up the tunnel before turning left. The Washington Capitals goaltender made a quick right into the visitors' locker room at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto before sitting down at his stall ahead of that night's...

The Arizona Cardinals are launching the Junior Cardinals Flag Football League in Calgary. The NFL team made the announcement Wednesday. Games are slated to begin Thursday. The launch comes with the Canadian men's and women's flag football teams looki...

TORONTO - The Toronto Tempo have signed guard Dara Mabrey to a training camp contract, the WNBA team announced Wednesday. Mabrey most recently played for the Norwood Flames in Australia's NBL1, where she averaged 20.75 points a game over four appearanc...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed left-winger Blake Montgomery to a three-year entry-level contract, the NHL team announced Wednesday. Montgomery will join the American Hockey League's Belleville Senators on an amateur tryout agreement before hi...

STUTTGART - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Hungary's Fanny Stollar were eliminated from doubles competition at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix following a 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 quarterfinal defeat to fourth seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the United States and...

TORONTO - The City of Toronto is proposing a $10 charge for admission to its World Cup fan festival after initially promoting it as a free event. A report presented to the city's executive committee Wednesday proposes a ticket tier for the soccer festi...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Flyers fans could have been excused for thinking they entered some kind of time warp as they grabbed their "Let's Go Flyers" rally towels on their way into the arena. The Grateful Dead cover band Splintered Sunlight jammed out to hi...

VANCOUVER - A new atmosphere is hanging over the Vancouver Canucks in the final days of the season. The team is anchored to the bottom of the NHL standings and at the tail end of a disastrous campaign - and yet a lightness seems to be permeating the lo...

VANCOUVER - Hannah Miller likes what she sees in Madison Samoskevich. Miller, the veteran, and rookie Samoskevich both reached milestones as the Vancouver Goldeneyes used a 4-1 win over the Seattle Torrent to keep their slim playoff hopes alive in a ba...

CALGARY - Cale Makar made an immediate impact Tuesday night in his return after a seven-game absence. Playing his hometown team, the reigning Norris Trophy winner assisted on all three goals as the Colorado Avalanche made it eight consecutive road wins...

OTTAWA - Finland's President Alexander Stubb is in Ottawa this week. On Tuesday he made stops at Rideau Hall and a hockey rink before his first official meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. On Wednesday he is holding public conversations on defenc...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Alex Ovechkin had an assist on the go-ahead goal in what perhaps will be the final game of his record-breaking career and the Washington Capitals defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Tuesday night in the season finale for bot...

VANCOUVER - Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the night in overtime and the Vancouver Canucks edged the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Tuesday. The winger collected a pass from centre Elias Pettersson and tapped a shot in to seal the victory 2:58 into t...

VANCOUVER - Centre Hanna Miller scored a milestone goal as the Vancouver Goldeneyes kept their slim Professional Women's Hockey League playoff hopes alive with a 4-1 win over the Seattle Torrent in a battle between two expansion teams on Tuesday night....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Nick Schmaltz scored twice as the Utah Mammoth beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Tuesday night and secured the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Schmaltz scored his first goal for the Mammoth 4:54 into the second period ...