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MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal fans chanted the late Guy Lafleur’s name Sunday night before Canadiens took the ice to play the Boston Bruins. The Canadiens played tribute to the Hall of Famer who died Friday at age 70 with a ceremony. A video of Lafleur’s goals and of him lifting the Stanley Cup played at

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin left the Washington Capitals’ game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night after crashing hard into the boards and was ruled out with what the team called an upper-body injury. Ovechkin tripped over goaltender Erik Kallgren’s stick on a breakaway and went left

MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal fans chanted the late Guy Lafleur’s name Saturday night before Canadiens took the ice to play the Boston Bruins. The Canadiens played tribute to the Hall of Famer who died Friday at age 70 with a ceremony. A video of Lafleur’s goals and of him lifting the Stanley Cup played at

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Jesse Winker capped an 11-pitch at-bat with a broken-bat single into right field to score Adam Frazier, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 in 12 innings to complete a three-game sweep. Winker had an 11-pitch at-bat in the 10th inning that ended

By The Associated Press Mets ace Max Scherzer is pitching back in his hometown, starting a three-game series at St. Louis. Scherzer is trying to become the first four-game winner in the majors. In his first season with New York since signing a $130 million, three-year contract, he is 3-0 with a 2.50 ERA, 12

CINCINNATI (AP) — Danny Musovski’s game-winning goal led Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 victory over Cincinnati. After the victory, LAFC moved to 6-1-1, while Cincinnati fell to 2-5-1.

NEW YORK (AP) — Utah center Rudy Gobert was fined $25,000 by the NBA for using profanity during a televised interview. Gobert made his comments Saturday after dunking down a lob pass from Donovan Mitchell for the go-ahead basket with 11 seconds left in a 100-99 victory over Dallas that evened their first-round series at

NEW YORK (AP) — Gabriel Pereira scored the game-winning goal in New York City FC’s 5-4 victory over Toronto. Following the victory, NYCFC improved to 3-3-1, while Toronto fell to 3-3-2.

By JAY PARIS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cody Bellinger homered twice and drove in four runs, leading Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Diego Padres 10-2. Freddie Freeman added a two-run homer as the Dodgers beat San Diego for the 11th time in 12 games. Bellinger, who struggled mightily

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Cole Irvin and three relievers combined on a four-hitter, Stephen Piscotty homered in his second game back from the COVID-19 injured list, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 2-0 to avoid a series sweep. Irvin allowed one hit in five innings to win his

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Tylor Megill threw 6 2/3 impressive innings, Francisco Lindor got two hits and the New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2. The Mets took two of three games against the D-backs for their fifth straight series win to start the season, matching a franchise record

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Cole Irvin and three relievers combined on a four-hitter, Stephen Piscotty homered in his second game back from the COVID-19 injured list, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 2-0 to avoid a series sweep. Irvin allowed one hit in five innings to win his

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Ross Chastain surged into the lead as he closed in on the checkered flag Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway to steal his second career Cup Series win. Chastain simply stayed in line over the final few laps as leader Erik Jones and reigning NASCAR champion

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Dillon Peters keyed a solid performance by Pittsburgh’s bullpen and Kevin Newman had two hits to help the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3. Peters pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of JT Brubaker and allowed one hit while running his season-opening scoreless streak to

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets aren’t fazed. They realize no team has ever won four elimination games in a single postseason series. They also know they’re the only team in league history to overcome back-to-back 3-1 playoff deficits. That’s where they find themselves after avoiding a sweep by

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Noah Cates had two goals and an assist, Martin Jones made 37 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1. Morgan Frost added a goal and an assist and Travis Konecny scored an empty-netter for the Flyers, who won their second straight after losing six

By MIKE COOK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton hit his second homer of the game, a 469-foot, three-run drive that overcame a 10th-inning deficit and lifted the Minnesota Twins over Chicago 6-4 andsent the White Sox to their seventh straight loss. Buxton hit a two-run, opposite-field homer to right in the seventh against