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WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck thinks the Winnipeg Jets are starting to turn the corner at the right time.

Sunday's Games NHL Winnipeg 6 New Jersey 1 Detroit 5 Toronto 2 Los Angeles 4 Vancouver 1 Calgary 5 Anaheim 4 Columbus 4 Ottawa 3 (OT) N.Y. Rangers 5 Washington 2 Boston 4 St. Louis 3 (SO) Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 2 Carolina 2 N.Y.

OTTAWA — An opening weekend round-robin game was part of the usual buildup to the playoffs for a perennial curling contender like Canada's Brad Gushue. It was quite the opposite for New Zealand's Anton Hood.

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — Ruoning Yin became the second Chinese winner in LPGA Tour history Sunday, holding off Georgia Hall in the DIO Implant L.A. Open. “I dreamt about this for so many times and it finally came true today,” Yin said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kirill Marchenko scored 16 seconds into overtime to rally the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Sunday night to end a four-game losing streak and move out of the NHL basement.

SARNIA, Ont. — Nolan Burke's goal at 10:30 of overtime gave the Sarnia Sting a 5-4 win over the visiting Guelph Storm in Ontario Hockey League playoff action on Sunday.

SASKATOON — The Saskatoon Blades compiled an impressive 101 points this season to finish third in the Western Hockey League's competitive Eastern Conference.

SAN ANTONIO — When Corey Conners won the Valero Texas Open in 2019 he got a pair of cowboy boots instead of a trophy. Sometimes, especially during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, he would wear them around his Florida home.

SAN ANTONIO — Canada's Corey Conners has won the Valero Texas Open for a second time. Conners, from Listowel, Ont., saved par on the par-5 18th hole to secure the one-stroke win on Sunday.

It wasn't long ago that Manchester United was being talked up, somewhat optimistically, as a potential outsider for the Premier League title.