National Sports

VANCOUVER — It had been awhile since the Vancouver Canucks held an opponent off the scoresheet — 133 games, to be precise.

OWEN SOUND, Ont. — Brett Brochu stopped all 23 shots he faced as the London Knights blanked the Owen Sound Attack 5-0 on Thursday to sweep their Ontario Hockey League playoff series. London won the best-of-seven series 4-0.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Celina Haider had two goals and two assists as Germany beat Sweden 6-2 at the women's world hockey championship on Thursday.

MONTREAL — Joel Armia needed three games to find his scoring touch after missing 19 with an upper respiratory infection.

OTTAWA — Minutes after dropping a third game at the world men's curling championship on Thursday night, Brad Gushue and his Canadian teammates returned to the ice at TD Place.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Alex Lyon set a franchise record for saves in a regulation game and Aleksander Barkov scored twice as the Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 7-2 on Thursday night for their fifth consecutive victory.

BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored his 57th goal of the season at 2:30 of overtime to give the history-chasing Boston Bruins a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka shared the lead Thursday in the Masters, and that's about all they had in common. Not the way they started their rounds at Augusta National.

HUMBOLDT, SASKATCHEWAN — Church bells rang Thursday in Humboldt, Sask.,at the same time as the deadly bus crash brought unimaginable tragedy to the small city five years ago. The bells at St.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kevin Gausman pitched six scoreless innings, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.