National Sports

NEW YORK — Canadian junior hockey phenom Connor Bedard remains the No. 1 North American prospect for the upcoming NHL Draft, according to the final rankings released Tuesday by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.

VANCOUVER — As he prepares to leave his post, Tennis Canada CEO Michael Downey says there's still work to be done in growing the game — especially when it comes to getting more girls and women on the court.

You know "crazy season" is underway in the NHL when coaches "really blur" the truth about injuries, veteran TV pun-dit Ron MacLean rolls out a "marathon" of Boston one-liners, and the Vancouver Canucks' best hockey broadcasters — John Shorthouse and

EDMONTON — The "cleanup guy" scored the overtime winner for the Los Angeles Kings, who surged to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers for an early lead in their playoff series Monday. Anze Kopitar's power-play goal with 16.

Monday's scoreboard NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Los Angeles 4 Edmonton 3 (OT) (Los Angeles leads best-of-seven series 1-0) Minnesota 3 Dallas 2 (2OT) (Minnesota leads best-of-seven series 1-0) Boston 3 Florida 1 (Boston leads best-of-seven series 1-0) C

DALLAS (AP) — Ryan Hartman scored 12:20 into the second overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in their playoff opener Monday night that dragged into early Tuesday morning.

HOUSTON (AP) — Jake Meyers hit a three-run homer in Houston’s seven-run first inning, and the Astros beat Kevin Gausman and the Toronto Blue Jays 9-2 on Monday night.

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand has had his share of highlight goals in his career. His latest was more of a lowlight for Florida goalie Alex Lyon.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Antti Raanta felt ready when he got the start in net.

LAS VEGAS — The Winnipeg Jets can forget about their inconsistent regular season, a middling road mark and their winless record against the Vegas Golden Knights. A clean post-season slate starts Tuesday night. And despite being a No.