• The Canadian Press

    Mitchell has 33 points, but Cavaliers can't contain Tatum and Brown in Game 3 loss to Celtics

    CLEVELAND (AP) — Slouched in a chair in front of his corner locker, Donovan Mitchell's white leggings were torn and there was a blood stain near his right knee. His healthy knee. Mitchell scored 33 points in another stellar performance, but Cleveland's All-Star guard didn't get nearly enough help as the Cavaliers were outgunned by the Boston Celtics, who won Game 3 106-93 on Saturday night t o take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Mitchell appeared to aggravate a left knee injury

  • The Canadian Press

    Seguin, Stankoven each score twice to power Stars' 4-1 win over Avalanche

    DENVER (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and added an empty-netter in the third, and Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger made it all hold up, powering the Stars to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference second-round series. The Avs pulled goaltender Alexander Georgiev with just under 2 minutes remaining and Seguin scored an empty-netter with 1:37 to go to make it 3-1, and Logan Stankoven, who scored Dalla

  • The Canadian Press

    Hurricanes avoid being swept with late power play goal in 4-3 victory

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series. Skjei’s shot from the the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen, with the puck zipping past Igor Shesterkin to catch the post and bang into the net. That was Carolina’s first goal with the man advantage in 17 tries in the series, and it finally pushed Carolina ahead

  • The Canadian Press

    Boston beats Montreal 2-1 in triple overtime to take 2-0 lead in PWHL semifinal

    LAVAL, Que. — As the clock struck midnight, the scoreboard art Place Bell marked the arrival of Mother's Day by showing a picture of Marie-Philip Poulin and her mom. A few minutes after the sellout crowd of 10,1723 celebrated the holiday, there was a moment of shock as Taylor Wenczkowski scored at 11:44 of triple overtime to give Boston a 2-1 win over Montreal in Professional Women's Hockey League playoff action. Amanda Pelkey gave Boston a 1-0 lead at 6:48 of the first period, and Kristin O'Nei