National Sports

VANCOUVER — The Canucks persevered for a 5-2 win over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday but the victory wasn't enough to keep Vancouver's faint playoff hopes alive.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews looked a little sheepish after scoring his 50th goal into an empty net last month. How the Maple Leafs sniper bagged No. 60 was a lot more like it.

TORONTO — All smiles after a wild 6-5 walkoff victory, Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo wanted to punctuate his post-game comments with some spice after his team delivered the dramatics on Tuesday night.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Lleyton Moore scored with eight seconds left to play as the Oshawa Generals rallied past the Kingston Frontenacs 4-3 on Tuesday in Ontario Hockey League playoff action. Kingston holds a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven first-round series.

MONCTON, N.B. — Elliot Desnoyers and Zack Jones both scored in the shootout as the Halifax Mooseheads rallied past the Moncton Wildcats 6-5 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Five strides. That's all it took for Connor McDavid to race by two Pittsburgh Penguins and deliver a magnificent goal in what is becoming another masterpiece of a season for the Edmonton star.

OTTAWA — Drake Batherson scored his second of the night in overtime to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. Tim Stutzle, with a pair of goals, and Thomas Chabot also scored for Ottawa (32-41-7).

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert is stepping down after 12 tumultuous years of leading an association that has become marginalized while college sports has undergone massive changes and been besieged by political and legal attacks.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Rosa Maalouf scored twice off the bench to raise her tournament total to six in two games as Canada dominated Bermuda in a 5-0 win Tuesday at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship.

LANDSHUT, Germany — Tomas Hamara scored his second goal of the game in overtime to complete a four-point night as Czechia came back to defeat Canada 6-5 at the world men's under-18 hockey championship.