EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers will start Calvin Pickard in net tonight for Game 4 of their playoff series with the Vancouver Canucks. The 32-year-old journeyman netminder replaces Stuart Skinner, who was pulled in the third period of Edmonton's 4-3 loss to Vancouver on Sunday after giving up four goals on 15 shots. ...

TORONTO - The second phase of renovations at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena has begun. Keith Pelley, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sport and Entertainment, did a ceremonial groundbreaking at the downtown arena this morning. Construction could not begin until the NHL's Maple Leafs and NBA's Raptors, the venue's primary oc...

SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. - Veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon is on the field at Montreal Alouettes training camp Tuesday despite facing a suspension for sports gambling. The CFL indefinitely suspended Lemon on April 24 for betting on league games, including one the league says he played in. The league said a...

Will the sun set on the Boston Bruins' playoff season in Sunrise tonight? Will Artus Silovs let his posts or pads make all the saves tonight in Edmonton? And will we see the day when officials have to explain their suspect calls that leave coaches fuming and shaking like bobbleheads? Here are five things to know about ...

The sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is due back in a London, Ont., court today. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault earlier this year in connection with an alleged sexual assault at a London hotel in 2018...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jordan Staal and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored 3:06 apart in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes got four goals in the final period for a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the second-round playoff series on Monday night, staving off elimination for the second straight game. Jordan Marti...

DENVER (AP) - Wyatt Johnston scored twice on the eve of his 21st birthday as the Dallas Stars pushed Colorado to the brink of elimination Monday night with a 5-1 win in Game 4 that came hours after Avalanche standout Valeri Nichushkin was suspended for at least six months. Johnston had short-handed and power-play goals...

DALLAS (AP) - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a Dallas franchise playoff-record 13 blocks, rallying for a 100-96 victory Monday night to even their Western Conference semifinal series at 2-2. Chet Holmgren and Lu Dort hit clutch 3-pointers late, and Jalen Williams drove f...

EDMONTON - Stuart Skinner has been here before. Like every professional hockey player, the Edmonton Oilers goalie has weathered periods of patchy play over his career. Now he's looking to those experiences as he fights to regain his form. "I think going through those adversities have really helped me, especially t...

BALTIMORE (AP) - The Toronto Blue Jays are having a hard enough time this year when their lineup is healthy. So Monday's 3-2 win in 10 innings over the American League's top team - with several Toronto players battling illness - was a potential turning point. "You don't want to say May 13 is a huge game, but this ...