{allcanada} Raptors drop down into play-in spot with loss to Celtics

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BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum had 23 points and 13 rebounds and the Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors 115-101 on Sunday.

Neemias Queta had 18 points and seven rebounds, and Payton Pritchard scored 17 points for the Celtics, who won their third straight to move closer to clinching second place in the Eastern Conference.

Ja'Kobe Walter led Toronto with 16 points, and Brandon Ingram and RJ Barrett each had 15.

Celtics center Nikola Vucevic returned after missing a month following surgery for a broken right ring finger. He looked a bit rusty, scoring just four points in 13 minutes with four rebounds.

Coming off consecutive games of putting up at least 43 points in the opening quarter, the Celtics looked a bit sluggish and were cold from long range early, missing 13 of their initial 16 shots from 3-point range. The teams were tied at 26 after one.

Fighting for a top-six spot in the Eastern Conference to avoid the play-in tournament, the Raptors were outscored 35-24 in the final quarter that was filled with their turnovers and breakdowns defensively. Walter even missed all three free throw attempts on one trip to the line.

Boston led by just three points entering the final quarter before going on a game-breaking 16-6 spree that was started by a long 3-pointer from Pritchard 18 seconds into the period.

The Raptors trailed by 10 with just under four minutes left before Boston scored 10 of the next 12 points. Brown had three baskets, including a pair a few seconds apart when he missed his free throw trying for a three-point play but grabbed the rebound and converted a layup.

Toronto won its previous game against Memphis by 32 points.

Up next

Raptors: Host Miami on Tuesday.

Celtics: Host Charlotte on Tuesday.

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{allcanada} Blue Jays’ offence struggles again as White Sox complete series sweep

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CHICAGO (AP) — Davis Martin tossed six innings of four-hit ball to lead the Chicago White Sox past Toronto 3-0 on Sunday for their first three-game sweep of the Blue Jays in 10 years.

Miguel Vargas had an RBI triple, and Lenyn Sosa and Austin Hays each drove in a run as the White Sox opened 3-0 at home for the first time since 2004. Luisangel Acuña got two hits for Chicago (4-5), which last swept the Blue Jays in April 2016 at Toronto.

Martin (2-0) struck out six and walked two in his second consecutive sharp start. Chris Murphy, Chicago's third reliever, worked around a walk in the ninth for his first save this season and the second of his career.

Ernie Clement had two of Toronto's six hits as the AL champion Blue Jays (4-5) dropped their fourth straight game and were shut out for the first time this season.

Eric Lauer (1-1) pitched the first two innings for Toronto, yielding two runs and three hits while walking three. Three relievers followed.

Tanner Murray made his major league debut at shortstop for the White Sox after getting called up from Triple-A. Murray ranged to his left to snare Addison Barger's grounder up the middle with the bases loaded in the third, then threw out Barger at first to end the threat.

Toronto catcher Brandon Valenzuela singled in the first at-bat of his big league debut. He was called up Saturday from Triple-A Buffalo after Alejandro Kirk got injured.

The White Sox took a 1-0 lead in the first. Chase Meidroth scored when Vargas' sinking liner skipped past center fielder Daulton Varsho for a triple.

Sosa's run-scoring double in the third made it 2-0. Hays singled home run in the fourth.

Up next

Blue Jays: RHP Max Scherzer (1-0, 1.50 ERA) faces Dodgers LHP Justin Wrobleski (0-0, 6.75) on Monday in Toronto.

White Sox: RHP Erick Fedde (0-1, 5.40) starts Monday at home against Baltimore.

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{allcanada} Senators beat the Hurricanes 6-3 to move into the second wild-card spot in the East

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) Brady Tkachuk scored twice and the Ottawa Senators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Sunday night to move into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Ottawa moved a point ahead of the New York Islanders for the last playoff spot with five games left. The Senators are five points behind Boston for the first wild card.

Carolina leads the East, two points ahead of Tampa Bay. The Hurricanes missed a chance to clinch the Metropolitan Division.

Both teams were playing the second half of back-to-back games, with Ottawa scoring twice in a 3:42 span in the third to take a 5-2 lead.

Shane Pinto made it 4-2 on a power play, beating Frederik Andersen to the short side. Ridly Greig then won a race to the net and, while Andersen made the initial save, the side was wide open for Tkachuk to bury his second of the game.

Carolina's Taylor Hall wristed a shot past Linus Ullmark with 2:30 remaining to make it 5-3, but Claude Giroux added an empty-netter for Ottawa.

Dylan Cozens and Tim Stutzle also scored for Ottawa, and Ullmark stopped 25 shots. Defenseman Jake Sanderson played his 300th NHL game. He had an assist.

Logan Stankoven and Andrei Svechnikov also scored for Carolina, and Andersen made 25 saves.

Hurricanes: Host Boston on Tuesday night.

Senators: Host Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.

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{allcanada} Hyman could miss 2 weeks for Oilers with injury

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Zach Hyman (undisclosed) and could miss up to two weeks, Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said before a 5-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. Hyman, a forward, had been playing through a lingering injury, including 16:40 of a 3-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. "If this was a playoff game, he'd be playing," Knoblauch said after the morning skate. "We feel it's best to give him some rest and let him be healthy and not aggravate anything. A lot of our players are going through something, but it's something that wasn't getting better and we wanted to give him some rest and can heal and then he can be 100 percent for the playoffs. Whether that's five days or 14 days, something in that window, then we should be good." Hyman has 51 points (31 goals, 20 assists) in 57 games. … Knoblauch also said forward Leon Draisaitl (lower body) is expected to start skating next week while Edmonton is on a three-game road trip that begins at the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday. Draisaitl was injured during a 3-1 win against the Nashville Predators on March 15 and was expected to be out for the remainder of the regular season. He has 97 points (35 goals, 62 assists) in 65 games.

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