National Sports

After finishing one game short of the post-season last year, the Toronto Blue Jays look to have the makings of a playoff team in 2022.

LAS VEGAS — Canada skip Brad Gushue got the match he wanted at the world men's curling championship, if not the result. Gushue suffered his first defeat in round-robin play Wednesday, a 7-5 loss to Sweden's Niklas Edin.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Elias Pettersson scored twice and had two assists to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-1 victory over Vegas on Wednesday night, snapping a five-game winning streak for the Golden Knights.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Michael Stone got his first goal of the season and an assist in his 500th NHL game, and Elias Lindholm scored his 36th goal in the Calgary Flames' 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.

WINNIPEG — Sam Gagner was complimented for more than the two goals he scored in the Detroit Red Wings' 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka won for the first time since late February, outlasting American Alison Riske 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Wednesday to start the weather-delayed Credit One Charleston Open.

TORONTO — Canadian welterweight Rory (The Red King) MacDonald will meet American Brett (Fudoshin) Cooper at PFL 3 on May 6 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and NBC agreed to a new Sunday morning package of broadcast streams that will start at 11:30 a.m. and noon EDT.

TORONTO — Brady Heslip, a former guard for Canada's men's national team, has been named the general manager of the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. The Burlington, Ont.

Corey Conners has been in contention at the Masters the past two years. This week, he's ready to finally don the green jacket. Conners, from Listowel, Ont., is one of three Canadians competing at Augusta National Golf Club starting on Thursday.