National Sports

Tyler Toffoli had just filled the net on back-to-back nights against his former team.

LACOMBE, Alta. — Canada has to win a berth in the 2022 world men's curling championship because of a challenge from Brazil and Mexico.

Canadian welterweight Mike (Proper) Malott is headed to the UFC after a 39-second submission win on Dana White's Contender Series. The 29-year-old from Burlington, Ont.

VANCOUVER — Special teams were the difference as the Seattle Kraken wrapped their pre-season with a 4-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.

CRANBROOK, B.C. — Jessie Eldridge scored with 15 seconds left to play but Canada's women's national hockey team still lost to the Cranbrook Bucks 8-3 on Tuesday. Mélodie Daoust and Julia Gosling also scored for Canada in the exhibition game.

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Blake Stevenson scored and added two assists to power the Red Deer Rebels past the Swift Current Broncos 5-1 on Tuesday in the Western Hockey League.

Cavalry FC and Valour FC played to a 0-0 draw in Canadian Premier League action on Tuesday. Both teams had solid chances on net in the opening 10 minutes of the match but neither club could score.

TORONTO — Nick Ritchie has already developed some nice chemistry with Mitch Marner. Watch out for what happens when Auston Matthews eventually joins the party.

BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, and Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 Tuesday night in the AL wild-card game.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have rescheduled an upcoming match against LAFC. Originally scheduled for Nov. 1 at Banc of California, the match will now take place on Nov. 2 at the same venue.