VANCOUVER - The NHL's two top scorers in the 2025-26 season will go head-to-head Saturday night as the Tampa Bay Lightning continue their four-game Pacific Division road trip in Edmonton. After a five-point night in Seattle, Nikita Kucherov added a goa...

EDMONTON - It doesn't matter how their own season has gone this year, the Florida Panthers weren't going to miss out on a chance to cause the Edmonton Oilers further misery. Sergei Bobrovsky recorded 21 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season an...

OTTAWA - On paper, Brady Tkachuk looks like he's having a great season, but the Ottawa Senators captain hasn't always been at his best. With 19 goals and 28 assists through 48 games, Tkachuk is producing at a point-per-game pace, but the edge that make...

CALGARY - Her teammates say she's either the life of the party or fast asleep. Karlee Burgess has been a workhorse on the broom given the volume of draws she's dragged into the rings at the women's world curling championship in Calgary. Canada's lead a...

LAVAL - Laura Stacey returned to the dressing room searching for answers. Some advice from her teammates - including goalie Ann-Renée Desbiens - helped her solve the problem. After coming up empty on a first-period breakaway, the Montreal Victoire forw...

Thursday's Scoreboard NHL Boston 6, Winnipeg 1 Ottawa 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Columbus 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 Detroit 3, Montreal 1 Chicago 2, Minnesota 1 Nashville 3, Seattle 1 Florida 4, Edmonton 0 Buffalo 5, San Jose 0 Tampa Bay 6, Vancouver 2 Utah 4, Vegas ...

VANCOUVER - Nikita Kucherov and Anthony Cirelli each had a goal and two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning routed the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Thursday at Rogers Arena. Jake Guentzel, Darren Raddysh, Yanni Gourde and Brandon Hagel also scored for the L...

HALIFAX - Ethan Ritchie scored in overtime as the Saint Mary's Huskies edged the Saskatchewan Huskies 4-3 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the U Sports men's hockey championship. Reid Valade, Ben Allison and Jake Uberti helped Saint Mary's build a 3...

EDMONTON - Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season as the Florida Panthers continued to plague Edmonton, emerging with a 4-0 victory over the Oilers on Thursday in a rematch of the last two Stanley Cup finals. Cole Reinh...

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - Hyo Joo Kim capped off a flawless round at Sharon Heights by holing out for eagle on the par-5 18th hole for a 9-under 63 that gave her a two-shot lead in the Fortinet Founders Cup. The best scoring came in the morning at the ...

DETROIT (AP) - Alex DeBrincat scored the go-ahead goal with 3:25 remaining and assisted on Detroit's two other goals, lifting the Red Wings to a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. DeBrincat scored the winner on a backhander afte...

BOSTON (AP) - Lukas Reichel had a goal and an assist in his Boston debut, Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves and the Bruins beat the Winnipeg Jets 6-1 on Thursday night to end a two-game losing streak. David Pastrnak scored his 27th goal of the season and ha...

OTTAWA - Brady Tkachuk put away the winner with 11.1 seconds left to play to lead the Ottawa Senators past the New York Islanders 3-2 on Thursday. Tkachuk grabbed a loose puck in the crease and squeezed it past Ilya Sorokin as Ottawa rallied from a 1-0...

LAVAL - Laura Stacey had two goals and an assist as the Montreal Victoire defeated the Seattle Torrent 4-1 in a dominant win without injured captain Marie-Philip Poulin on Thursday night in the Professional Women's Hockey League. Catherine Dubois - wit...

NEW YORK (AP) - WNBA players are having information sessions over the next day or two to learn more about the new collective bargaining agreement that was agreed to in principle early Wednesday morning. Through zoom calls and one-on-one conversations, ...

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) - Sungjae Im, who missed two straight cuts upon his return from a wrist injury, found his form Thursday in the Valspar Championship with two eagles that offset a few late mistakes in his round of 7-under 64 for a one-shot lead ov...

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Islanders plan on moving their American Hockey League affiliate from Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Hamilton, Ontario, for next season, the franchise announced on Thursday. The relocation requires approval by th...

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in a sexual assault case involving ex-Quebec junior hockey player Noah Corson. The victim, 15, was allegedly assaulted in 2016 in Drummondville during group sex involving Corson and two other ...

TORONTO - Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews underwent successful knee surgery on Thursday in New York, the NHL team said. He was expected to need about 12 weeks of recovery time, the Maple Leafs said in a post on social media. Matthews tore...

Devynn Cromwell's speed and athleticism will be on full display for the next week. The six-foot 200-pound defensive back was scheduled to participate in Michigan State's pro day Thursday and will head to Edmonton for the CFL's national combine March 27...

A 50 win season is a special milestone in junior hockey. There's usually one or two teams at the top of the league that get close to the mark, and even just last season the WHL's Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best team in the regular season was awarded to the Everett Silvertips with only 48 wins on the year.With two...

HAMILTON - Hamilton is set to get another American Hockey League team. The New York Islanders announced Thursday they plan to relocate their AHL affiliate from Bridgeport, Conn., to Hamilton's TD Coliseum for the 2026-27 season. The move requires app...

DUNEDIN - George Springer hit a grand slam to power the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-0 rout of a New York Yankees split squad on Thursday at TD Ballpark. Springer, who had three hits, scored twice on the afternoon. Daulton Varsho and Andres Gimenez als...

MIAMI - Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Liam Draxl were both eliminated in the first round of the men's singles tournament of the Miami Open on Thursday. Shapovalov dropped a 7-5, 6-3 decision to Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands before Draxl lo...

ZURICH (AP) - In a statement Thursday that did not mention Iran, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said soccer has a key role to "promote peace," though the sport's governing body took no action on its Palestinian member federation's complaints against I...

Canadian Akheem Mesidor is moving up in Daniel Jeremiah's latest mock NFL draft projection. Jeremiah still sees Ottawa's Mesidor as a solid first-round prospect, projecting the Miami Hurricanes defensive lineman to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at No. 15 ov...

NEW YORK - Major League Soccer has unveiled plans for the truncated season that will transition the league to a permanent summer-spring schedule, starting in July 2027. The "sprint season" will see each of the league's 30 teams play 14 regular-season g...

TORONTO - The Calgary Stampeders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Saskatchewan Roughriders were named finalists for the inaugural Ted Goveia football operations award, the CFL said Thursday. The winner will be recognized as part of the league's coach of the y...