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CHICAGO (AP) — It was a sleepy first period for Vancouver. The second was more like the usual Canucks. Brock Boeser, Ilya Mikheyev and Dakota Joshua scored in the middle period, and Vancouver beat the depleted Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Sunday.

SASKATOON — Ottawa's Rachel Homan won the women's title at the Grand Slam of Curling's WFG Masters with an 8-4 victory over Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni in Sunday's final. Homan's team scored four in the third end to take a 4-1 lead.

HAMILTON — Forward Woobens Pacius, who tied Terran Campbell to lead Forge FC with 10 goals last season, is leaving the Canadian Premier League champion. "After three seasons the time has come for to say goodbye to this great club.

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — William Dandjinou won the gold medal and fellow Canadian Steven Dubois took the bronze in a men's 1,500-metre race Sunday at a short-track speedskating World Cup stop in Seoul.

LONDON — Canadian Matt (The Ginga Ninja) Campbell defeated Lourence Ilagan of the Philippines on Sunday in first-round play at the 2.5-million-pound ($4.25 million) Paddy Power World Darts Championship.

LAS VEGAS — UFC middleweight champion Sean (Tarzan) Strickland and challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) du Plessis got a head start on their main-event showdown in Toronto next month when they exchanged blows Saturday night in the crowd at UFC 296.

LONDON — England's Jamie (Yozza) Hughes defeated Canada's David (Excalibur) Cameron 3-1 Saturday in first-round play at the 2.5-million-pound ($4.25 million) Paddy Power World Darts Championship.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Leon Edwards successfully defended his welterweight belt Saturday night, unanimously outpointing Colby Covington at UFC 296.

CALGARY — Yegor Sharangovich continued his hot streak on Saturday. Sharangovich scored for the fifth consecutive game as the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game winless skid with a 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

EDMONTON — The Florida Panthers rediscovered their scoring touch on Saturday.