Your midday sports snack. Toast points • Auston Matthews will be a game-time decision for the Maple Leafs’ 7 p.m. date with the Vegas Golden Knights. Head coach Mike Babcock said his star centre is dealing with “soreness” after Matthews departed early from the morning skate. Toronto’s contingency plan would be to shift right winger…
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The lack of NHL players in the coming Olympics means Canadians will be denied the winter tradition of arguing about rosters and line combinations, unless you feel quite strongly about whether Ben Scrivens or Justin Peters should get the Team Canada net. But to fill that void of intrigue and speculation, in a sport in…
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CHICAGO — Charlie Lindgren kept the Montreal Canadiens in the game until they finally solved Corey Crawford. Not bad for a 23-year-old goaltender making his first appearance of the season. Lindgren had 38 saves in his first career shutout, helping the Canadiens beat Crawford and the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Sunday night. “We needed a…
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If you’re looking for a winner in the blockbuster trade involving Matt Duchene, Kyle Turris and so many prospects and draft picks, don’t look at the Ottawa Senators or the Colorado Avalanche. While both those teams definitely made the most out of ugly situations, it was the Nashville Predators that came out of nowhere and…
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An emotional and exuberant Shalane Flanagan came to the finish line of the New York City Marathon and enveloped herself in an American flag, the magnitude of what she had accomplished bringing her to tears and to her knees. Flanagan became the first American woman to win the race since Miki Gorman won the second…
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CHICAGO — Charlie Lindgren kept the Montreal Canadiens in the game until they finally solved Corey Crawford. Not bad for a 23-year-old goaltender making his first appearance of the season. Lindgren had 38 saves in his first career shutout, helping the Canadiens beat Crawford and the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Sunday night. “We needed a…
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