National Sports

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks showed their embarrassment from their playoff-opening shutout loss with every bone-crunching hit they landed on the San Jose Sharks throughout Game 2.

GOLD COAST, Australia — After the euphoria of a buzzer-beater semifinal win over New Zealand, there was a reality check for Canada on Sunday in the men's basketball gold-medal game at the Commonwealth Games.

GOLD COAST, Australia — Mamadou Gueye banked in a three-point buzzer-beater to move Canada into the gold-medal game at the Commonwealth Games with a wild 88-86 win over New Zealand on Saturday.

NIPAWIN, Sask. — The Estevan Bruins made a pit stop on their way into Nipawin, Sask., on Friday night to pay their respects to members of the Humboldt Broncos who were killed in a bus crash.

Saturday's Games NHL Playoffs First Round Nashville 5 Colorado 4 (Predators lead series 2-0) Tampa Bay 5 New Jersey 3 (Lightning lead series 2-0) Boston 3 Toronto 7 (Bruins lead series 2-0) San Jose 3 Anaheim 2 (Sharks lead series 2-0) --- AHL Toront

BOSTON — Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock says he's never seen a line score 20 points in two games. Until his team's six-period horror show at TD Garden, that is.

KAPOLEI, Hawaii — For the final two days of the Lotte Championship, it was pretty clear that the only player who could beat Brooke Henderson was Brooke Henderson.

WASHINGTON — The first time that Dr. Anthony Bianchi came onto a patient, California's medical board alleged, the gynecologist placed a chair against the exam room door, put his fingers into the woman's vagina and exposed his erect penis.

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid used some body english as he scampered down the baseline and tried to will Marco Belinelli's off-balance 3-pointer through the net. Belinelli buried it, because of course he would.

TORONTO — Calgary's Kevin Koe scored a single in an extra end to beat Winnipeg's Mike McEwen 5-4 on Saturday night in the Players' Championship semifinal.