National Sports

MINNEAPOLIS — The Toronto Blue Jays kick off their American League wild-card playoff series with the Minnesota Twins today at Target Field in Minneapolis. The Twins will host the best-of-three series after winning the AL Central division.

CALGARY — Matt Coronato continues to be the talk of the Calgary Flames training camp.

SEATTLE — Xavier Bourgault scored twice, Jack Campbell stopped 31 shots and the Edmonton Oilers snapped the Seattle Kraken's NHL pre-season unbeaten run with a 4-1 win at Climate Pledge Arena on Monday.

Monday's Scoreboard NFL Seattle 24 N.Y. Giants 3 --- NHL Pre-Season Montreal 5 Toronto 4 (OT) Ottawa 3 Pittsburgh 0 Calgary 5 Winnipeg 4 Edmonton 4 Seattle 1 New Jersey 6 N.Y. Islanders 5 Columbus 5 St.

TORONTO — Nick Suzuki knows exactly what his team will face in the Atlantic Division. The Montreal Canadiens captain is also confident the group is up for the challenge.

MINNEAPOLIS — A reward for clinching a playoff spot on the eve of the regular-season finale was that the Blue Jays could avoid a short-rest scenario for ace Kevin Gausman in the wild-card series.

HALIFAX — Joonas Korpisalo is making a good impression with his new teammates.

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — European captain Luke Donald was delivering his Ryder Cup victory speech in front of a giddy crowd at Marco Simone when his celebrating players standing beside him started a chant that quickly swept through the grand

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Stewart-Haas Racing said Monday it will not appeal Kevin Harvick's disqualification at Talladega despite claims from the crew chief that cheating did not cause their loose windshield.

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in nine years, baseball's post-season won't include a New York team. Neither one even came close, really. Back in March, such a monumental flop by the Mets and Yankees would've been difficult to envision.