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TORONTO — Long after Brock Nelson scored on a breakaway to restore the New York Islanders' lead, he and his teammates hemmed the Washington Capitals in their zone for a long shift that can wear an opponent down.

TORONTO — Kirk Muller didn't have time to check his phone in the heat of the moment. He was too busy leading the Canadiens to their most convincing victory in recent memory.

EDMONTON — Bo Horvat and the Vancouver Canucks' power play are on fire, torching the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues in the NHL playoffs.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Teoscar Hernández hit two of Toronto’s six home runs, Bo Bichette connected for the fourth straight game and the Blue Jays kept knocking balls out of their new Buffalo park, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 12-4 Friday night.

LISBON, Portugal — The postmortem from Gerard Piqué was as brutal as the humiliation dished to Barcelona by Bayern Munich. “It’s a disastrous result," the defender said. "An embarrassment, that’s the word.” The numbers were 8-2. Another number? 74.

LISBON, Portugal — Bayern Munich inflicted on Barcelona the most humiliating defeat of the Lionel Messi era and among the worst in team history by 8-2 to reach the Champions League semifinals on Friday.

EDMONTON — The Colorado Avalanche expected a big push from Arizona after the Coyotes spent most of Game 1 on their heels.

EDMONTON — Officials with the Edmonton Oilers say it could be another week before they draw a winning ticket for a record-setting 50/50 raffle. The pot for the Aug.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Late in the Toronto Raptors' seeding-round finale Friday, Stanley Johnson fed Paul Watson for an alley-oop dunk that said plenty about the game — and even more about the defending NBA champions.

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid still wasn't ready to sift through the ashes of an early exit from the NHL post-season a week later.