• The Canadian Press

    Sports scoreboard for Saturday, May 4, 2024

    Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs First Round Boston 2 Toronto 1 (OT) (Boston wins best-of-seven series 4-3) --- PWHL New York 5 Minnesota 2 Boston 4 Montreal 3 --- AHL Playoffs Division Semifinals Hershey 5 Lehigh Valley 1 (Hershey leads best-of-five series 2-0) Texas 4 Milwaukee 1 (Texas leads best-of-five series 2-0) Rochester 4 Syracuse 3 (OT) (Best-of-five series tied 2-2) --- MLB Interleague Chicago White Sox 6 St. Louis 5 (10) Toronto 6 Washington 3 Oakland 20 Miami 4 Baltimore 2 Cincinn

  • The Canadian Press

    Pastrnak scores OT winner, Bruins down Leafs 2-1 in Game 7 to send Toronto packing

    BOSTON — Sheldon Keefe told his players hockey history would remember them one way or another. Down 3-1 in their first-round playoff series a week ago, this iteration of the Maple Leafs — left for dead by fans and media alike — could roll over and book their tee times. Or push back and fight. Keefe had no complaints after his group battled injury and illness to stretch a patient, defensively stout opponent to its limit. In the end, however, that effort still wasn't enough. David Pastrnak scored

  • The Canadian Press

    Canada's Nurse helps lift Sparks past Storm on home soil in WNBA pre-season action

    EDMONTON — Canadian Kia Nurse had some nerves entering Saturday's WNBA pre-season contest at Rogers Place. The Hamilton native and Canadian national team star had nine points in 19 minutes of action as her Los Angeles Sparks held on to beat the Seattle Storm 84-79 in front of 16,655 fans. “I was nervous before, in all honesty,” Nurse said. “That’s a lot people, and I spent a lot of time building my career here in Canada, from the jump all the way through high school. And to be in an arena that i

  • The Canadian Press

    Pastrnak scores winner, Bruins down Leafs 2-1 in overtime in Game 7

    BOSTON — David Pastrnak scored at 1:54 of overtime as the Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Saturday. Hampus Lindholm scored in regulation and added an assist on the winner for the Bruins, who nearly blew another 3-1 series lead after losing out to the Florida Panthers at the same stage of the post-season last spring. Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves. William Nylander replied for the Leafs. Toronto battled back fr