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MONTREAL — The New Jersey Devils were swift to score on Saturday and played their cards right to record back-to-back wins on a two-game road trip.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Shane Wright scored three goals as the Windsor Spitfires defeated the visiting Kitchener Rangers 6-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday. Oliver Peer, Matthew Maggio and Jacob Holmes all scored for the Spitfires (40-16-4-2).

LONDON, Ont. — The final rock thrown and handshakes complete, Brent Laing stood with his hands on his hips and took a slow look around Budweiser Gardens.

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Israel Mianscum scored twice, Anthony Munroe-Boucher had two assists and the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated the Drummondville Voltigeurs 7-4 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps came in to Saturday’s match against FC Dallas searching for their first win of the Major League Soccer season, but it failed to materialize after a 1-1 draw.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Laura Donovan scored a game-high 21 points to lead the third-seeded Queen’s Gaels to a 72-62 win over the second-seeded Alberta Pandas in the first semifinal of the 2023 Protocase Women’s Final 8 on Saturday.

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DUNEDIN, Fla. — George Springer's two-run homer lifted the Toronto Blue Jays over the Baltimore Orioles 8-6 on Saturday in spring training action. Springer's blast capped off a four-run sixth inning for Toronto (9-6), driving in Kevin Kiermaier.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Canada's Félix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Annie Fernandez are on to the next round of the Indian Wells Masters tournament.

Bud Grant, who won four Grey Cups as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach and would later lead the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl losses, has died. He was 95. The Vikings confirmed Grant's death on social media on Saturday.