National Sports

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have work to do to keep their hard-won advantage from withering away in their playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights.

STOCKHOLM — Marc-Andre Fleury came away with player-of-the-game honours in his world championship debut at 40 years old. The legendary goalie made 16 saves as Canada routed Latvia 7-1 on Sunday to remain undefeated in two games.

ROME — Canada's Bianca Andreescu is through to the fourth round of the Italian Open WTA 1000 tennis tournament after posting a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 11 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan on Sunday. Andreescu, a 24-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Matthew Tkachuk watched Chris Tanev block hundreds of shots and take even more hits in their time with the Calgary Flames.

HERNING, Denmark (AP) — The United States routed newcomer Hungary 6-0 for its second shutout victory at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday. Canada recorded its second win from two games by routing Latvia 7-1.

EDMONTON — An own goal gave the Edmonton Oilers a chance at another come-from-behind win in the NHL playoffs, but an own goal in the last second of the game took it away.

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona took a huge step Sunday to securing the Spanish league title with a 4-3 win over Real Madrid — despite Kylian Mbappé’s hat trick in a mesmerizing ‘clasico’ — and opened a seven-point lead over its second-placed rival with thre

MONTREAL — The UFC has a new welterweight champion. His name is Jack Della Maddalena (18-2).

EDMONTON — The Vegas Golden Knights have battled back from the brink. Reilly Smith scored his second goal of the game with just 0.

SEATTLE (AP) — Addison Barger hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 6-3 on Saturday night.