National Sports

PARIS — The new coaching voice in Denis Shapovalov’s ear is a fellow Canadian he’s known since he was a young boy, who hails from the same hometown. Peter Polansky is also a coaching newbie, who still considers himself an active player.

If you disregard high-flying water bottles, bad blood and crunching collisions for a moment, you might notice that the next toughest thing to scoring on Andrei Vasilevskiy is correctly spelling the surname of Tampa Bay's gifted goalie.

EDMONTON — Evander Kane didn't have a team four months ago. The controversial winger lugging around plenty of off-ice baggage was confident of an NHL return at some point. He just didn't know when or where.

Sunday's Games NHL Playoffs Second Round (Best-of-seven series) Tampa Bay 5 Florida 1 (Tampa Bay leads series 3-0) N.Y.

EDMONTON — If the Calgary Flames thought their second-round series was going to be a cakewalk after scoring nine goals in the opening game, they forgot the firepower of their opponent.

DALLAS (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 31 points, Andrew Wiggins added 27 while posterizing Luka Doncic on a dunk and the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 109-100 Sunday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

PARIS — Montreal-based tennis aces Leylah Fernandez and Felix Auger-Aliassime shook some early jitters and then bounced their rivals in first round action Sunday at the French Open.

LAVAL, Que. — The Laval Rocket's offence launched a potent attack Sunday in the opening game of the North Division Finals and quickly grounded the Rochester Americans 6-1 at Place Bell.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Justin Thomas didn't pay attention to any score but his own Sunday in the PGA Championship, knowing he was seven shots behind but with only six players ahead of him on a Southern Hills course where anything could happen.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Bulldogs have taken a big bite out of the North Bay Battalion in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. The Bulldogs defeated the visiting Battalion 5-0 on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Final.