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VANCOUVER — Goalie Thatcher Demko believes the 3-2 overtime win his Vancouver Canucks gutted out Tuesday is a result that can galvanize a struggling team.

WINNIPEG — After missing five games in COVID-19 protocol, Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele returned with a bang.

LAS VEGAS — Montreal welterweight Yohan (White Lion) Lainesse earned a UFC contact Tuesday after making short work of unbeaten English fighter Justin Burlinson on Dana White's Contenders Series The Contender Series, held at the UFC Apex production fa

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mamadou Fall scored in first-half stoppage time and LAFC played the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday night. The result means the Portland Timbers have clinched a playoff berth.

MONTREAL — Jake Allen's second shutout in as many weeks felt less frantic than the first. The Montreal Canadiens' starting goalie blocked 22 shots in a 3-0 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.

HAMILTON — Forge FC made history Tuesday and did so in style.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball was especially good to Fox, with the Atlanta-Houston World Series lifting the network to its first weekly ratings win in the young TV season.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs' stars took advantage of the depleted Vegas Golden Knights with a 4-0 win Tuesday. Auston Matthews scored twice for Toronto (5-4-1) in the Leafs' third victory in a row.

LORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY — Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a New York Jet. The Kansas City Chiefs dealt the veteran offensive guard to New York on Tuesday before the 4 p.m. ET NFL trade deadline for backup tight end Daniel Brown.

Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff says he was "not aware" until this year of the severity of the sexual assault allegations made more than a decade ago against a former Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach.