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The defending champion Panthers grabbed a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven championship that has seen three of the first four games decided in overtime.

EDMONTON — Lauren Kyle McDavid plans to stand by the fireplace in her downtown Edmonton bar while watching Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Game 5 was starting to look like Game 1 all over again. Oklahoma City, at home, takes a huge lead. Indiana comes roaring back in the fourth quarter. Indiana won that one.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Williams scored a career playoff-high 40 points, MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Hamilton, Ont.

PWHL Vancouver has signed former Toronto Sceptres forward Hannah Miller as a free agent. The expansion team announced the deal Monday, the first day of the league's free agency window.

VANCOUVER — One of Canada's brightest soccer stars doesn't believe the country should be favourites heading into the Gold Cup.

TORONTO — Dr. Ron Taylor, a two-time World Series-winning pitcher and longtime Toronto Blue Jays team physician, has died. He was 87. The Blue Jays confirmed Taylor's death in a statement Monday. A cause of death was not provided.

BUDAPEST — Canada's Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard took the silver medal in the under-63-kilogram weight class at the world judo championships Monday after losing the final bout in extra time.

The Future of Sport in Canada Commission launched its public survey Monday to gather opinions on safe sport and improving the sport system ahead of its fall summit.

WINNIPEG — Brady Oliveira was at Blue Bombers practice on Monday, but the star running back was an observer rather than a participant.