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MONTREAL — Moments after scoring his first NHL goal —an overtime winner — Cole Caufield walked, bewildered, into a silent Montreal Canadiens' locker-room. "We were all waiting for him. And we gave him the silent treatment . . .

TORONTO — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner have been close friends off the ice since arriving in the NHL. Their connection on it has reached new heights in 2021.

Chuba Hubbard made it a record-tying NFL draft for Canada on Saturday. The Oklahoma State running back from Sherwood Park, Alta., was taken by the Carolina Panthers in the fourth round, No. 126 overall, of the draft.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — John Velazquez was in a familiar place, in the lead aboard Medina Spirit in the Kentucky Derby and holding off the stretch bid of three challengers. This time, Bob Baffert couldn't believe what he was seeing.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Busch blew a restart in overtime that should have cost him a race he'd dominated at Kansas Speedway. Given a second chance, Busch corrected his mistake and earned the 61st Truck Series win of his career.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Scott Dixon finished first in a race of two New Zealanders, the veteran six-time IndyCar champion ahead of the series rookie racing in his debut on an oval track.

LAS VEGAS — Veteran Canadian strawweight Randa (Quiet Storm) Markos lost by disqualification Saturday after stunning Brazilian Luana Pinheiro with an illegal kick on a UFC Fight Night card.

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Christopher Merisier-Ortiz scored and added an assist as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada downed the Gatineau Olympiques 5-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday afternoon to take a 2-1 series lead.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Keegan Bradley hit one of his worst shots of the round and it led to eagle. Sam Burns hit a pair of tee shots right where he wanted and they cost him bogeys.

TORONTO — Jean-Christophe Beaudin scored twice Saturday, lifting the Bellville Senators to a 5-3 win over the Toronto Marlies. Egor Skokolov added a goal and an assist for the Sens (11-15-1), while Cole Reinhardt and Jonathan Aspirot also scored.