DENVER (AP) - Winnipeg forward Vladislav Namestnikov suffered a fractured cheekbone when a puck hit him on the left side of his face in Game 4 against Colorado, the team said Monday. Jets coach Rick Bowness said that Namestnikov stayed overnight in Denver and was returning to Winnipeg on Monday. Bowness added there was...

The greatest goal-scorer of his generation was held without a point for the first time in a series in his nearly two-decade NHL career. The best goaltender in the league this season has given up a first round-high 19 goals. Vancouver has lost a Vezina Trophy finalist, used three different guys in net and taken a 3-1 se...

SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Kraken fired coach Dave Hakstol on Monday after the third-year franchise took a significant step back following a playoff appearance in their second season. Hakstol was a finalist for the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year last season as Seattle finished with 100 points and reached the Wes...

CALGARY - Canadian linebacker Charlie Moore retired Monday following three seasons with the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary selected Moore in the third round of the 2021 CFL draft. The former Calgary Dino appeared in 45 regular-season games with the Stampeders, registering 32 special-teams tackles and two blocked punts. M...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Nikita Grebyonkin to a three-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Monday. The contract, which comes into effect immediately, carries an average annual value of US$875,000. The 21-year-old recently helped Metallurg Magnitogorsk win the Kontinental Hocke...

MADRID - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the fourth round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament Monday in a walkover after Czech opponent Jakub Mensik retired. Auger-Aliassime was up 6-1, 1-0 through a brisk 35 minutes when Mensik conceded after being broken on the first game of the second set. The 23-year-...

TORONTO - Auston Matthews will be alongside his teammates in Boston. Whether the Maple Leafs sniper is on the ice with Toronto facing elimination is a massive question mark. Matthews didn't practise today as the Leafs prepared for tomorrow's must-win Game 5 down 3-1 in their first-round playoffs series against the Br...

Major League Baseball plans to modify its Nike uniforms by the start of the 2025 season following complaints this spring from players and fans, according to a report from ESPN. The changes will include restoring larger lettering on the nameplates and correcting for mismatched gray tops and bottoms, pants that are somet...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Tributes continue to pour in for Bob Cole as his family has confirmed a funeral will be held for the legendary broadcaster Friday in St. John's, N.L. Wayne Gretzky says it was Cole's passion for the game of hockey that made him a great one. Gretzky shared his memories of Cole on Hockey Night in Canad...

NEW YORK - Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets, Thatcher Demko of the Vancouver Canucks and Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers are the finalists for this season's Vezina Trophy. The trophy is awarded each year to the NHL's top goaltender in the regular season. Hellebuyck posted a 37-19-4 record with a 2.39 goa...