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Mason Marchment's goal at 3:41 of the third period snapped a 1-1 tie and lifted the Dallas Stars to a 3-1 win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers in N-H-L playoff action last night. Jamie Benn and Esa Lindell (EH'-suh lihn-DEHL') also scored for the Stars, who tied the best-of-seven Western Conference final at a game apiece. Connor Brown scored for the Oilers. Game 3 is Monday in Edmonton.
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Canada will play for bronze at the men's world hockey championship today in Czechia. Sven Andrighetto (SVEHN' an-drih-GEH'-toh) scored the shootout winner as Switzerland slipped past Canada 3-2 in Saturday's semifinal. The Swiss play host Czechia in today's gold-medal game. The 28-time champion Canada faces Sweden for third place.
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Visiting Inter Miami, playing without superstar Lionel Messi, Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez and Spanish midfielder Sergio Busquets (SER'-hio BOOS'-ketz), still beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 in Major League Soccer action last night. Robert Taylor and Leonardo Campana (kum-PUH'-nuh) scored for the visitors. Ryan Gauld (GAWLD) scored for Vancouver.
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Jayson Tatum scored 36 points and had 10 rebounds as the Boston Celtics rallied from 18 points down to edge the host Indiana Pacers 114-111 on Saturday to grab a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven N-B-A Eastern Conference finals. Jaylen Brown added 24 points for the visitors, who can sweep the series on Monday. Andrew Nembhard (NIMB'-hard) led the Pacers with 32 points. The Celtics outscored the Pacers 33-21 in the final quarter.
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The Toronto Blue Jays, who headed to Detroit on Friday coming off 9-2 and 9-1 wins at home against the Chicago White Sox, can't seem to buy a run against the Tigers. Detroit beat the Blue Jays 2-1 on Saturday and 6-2 on Friday. So the Jays will be looking to snap a two-game losing skid and to score some runs when they play the Tigers today in the final game of their three-game series. Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (YOO'-say kee-KOO'-chee) is scheduled to pitch for the Jays.
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The Ottawa Redblacks, Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Montreal Alouettes all registered pre-season wins in C-F-L action yesterday. The visiting Redblacks defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31-22, the visiting Roughriders edged the Elks 28-27, the Stampeders beat the visiting B-C Lions 30-6, and the defending champion Alouettes beat the visiting Toronto Argonauts 30-13.
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The Canadian Press
