National Sports

The Flames are looking to finish the job, while the Leafs were unable to. And the Oilers will be playing a Game 7 at home for the first time in over 30 years.

LOS ANGELES — Evander Kane held up seven fingers to a disappointed crowd of L.A. Kings fans on Thursday night. The Oilers winger had just scored into the Kings' empty net -- his second goal of the game -- sealing Edmonton's clutch 4-2 victory.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Maple Leafs did everything they could to exorcise a long list of playoff demons.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Wyatt Johnston and Alex Christopoulos each scored two goals and added two assists as the Windsor Spitfires hammered the Kitchener Rangers 6-3 Thursday to take a commanding 3-1 series lead in their second-round OHL playoff series.

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Sebastian Munoz was standing in the middle of the fairway on the 18th hole thinking about his shot at a 59 in the first round of the Byron Nelson.

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Madelene Sagstrom shot a flawless 9-under 63 during a round she felt holes kept getting larger to take one-stroke lead over Megan Khang after the first round of the Cognizant Founders Cup on Thursday.

TORONTO — The Professional Referee Organization has acknowledged that officials erred in disallowing a goal by Jayden Nelson in Toronto FC's 1-0 weekend loss at the Vancouver Whitecaps.

CALGARY — When Canada takes to the pitch in Qatar in November to play its first World Cup game since 1986, it will be a proud moment for longtime men’s national team member Dwayne de Rosario.

The long-simmering Canadian curling residency issue has been raised to the front burner once again after a quadrennial that saw Canada largely come up short at major international four-player team events.

ROME — Dennis Shapovalov shocked Rafael Nadal on the Spanish legend's favourite playing surface Thursday to highlight a big day for Canadian tennis stars at the Italian Open clay-court tournament.