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TORONTO (AP) — Linus Ullmark made 29 saves for the first playoff shutout of his career as the Ottawa Senators beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Tuesday night to cut the deficit in the teams’ first-round NHL series to 3-2.

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LETHBRIDGE — Captain Oasiz Wiesblatt scored at 2:41 of overtime and the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers beat the Lethbridge Hurricanes 7-6 on Tuesday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Hockey League Eastern Conference Championshi

TORONTO — The Senators won't go away in the Battle of Ontario. The Maple Leafs — a team with a painful playoff past — now have 48 hours to regroup. And the questions after another blown opportunity to close out an opponent have already begun.

TORONTO — It was a fun night for Carly Jackson. The 27-year-old third-string goaltender from Amherst, N.S.

TORONTO — For a team in true must-win mode, the Ottawa Senators showed no signs of desperation on Tuesday night. They didn't need to.

OSHAWA — Luke Torrance scored at 8:44 of the second overtime period and lifted the Oshawa Generals to a 7-6 victory over the visiting Barrie Colts in Ontario Hockey League playoff action on Tuesday night at Tribute Communities Centre.

TORONTO — Daulton Varsho was tracking a deep fly ball off Jarren Duran's bat near the warning track at Rogers Centre when he tried to turn to his right and ended up tripping over his own feet.

SHAWINIGAN — Yoan Loshing scored twice and added an assist, Jordan Tourigny had a goal and three assists, and the Shawinigan Cataractes beat the visiting Rimouski Oceanic 5-2 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff action on Tuesday at Centr

TORONTO — Damien Alford can get back to being a football player. The Calgary Stampeders selected the Utah receiver first overall in the CFL draft Tuesday. Alford said hearing his name called was exciting but also a huge relief.