Sunday Sports

CFL

• Eugene Lewis caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Tre Ford with 69 seconds left in the game to lead the visiting Edmonton Elks to a 23-18 CFL victory today over the Calgary Stampeders. Edmonton has defeated Calgary all three times the provincial rivals played each other this season. The last time the Elks accomplished that feat was in 2002.
• The BC Lions are hosting the 2024 Grey Cup, but they’ll have to win on the road if they hope to appear in the CFL’s championship game next month. The Lions were crushed 39-8 by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina today, meaning the Lions will finish third in the West Division and have to play either in Regina or Winnipeg in the West semifinal on November 2nd. The Roughriders and Blue Bombers are still battling for top spot in the West with two weeks left in the regular season.

NHL

• Cole Caufield scored twice and Juraj Slafkovsky chipped in with two assists as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the visiting Ottawa Senators 4-1 in NHL action. Emil Heineman and Alex Newhook also scored for the Canadiens, who improved to 2-and-1. Tim Stutzle scored for the Senators, who slipped to 1-and-1.
• The Toronto Maple Leafs spotted the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins an early 1-0 lead, then stormed back with three goals en route to a 4-2 NHL victory. William Nylander scored twice, and Matthew Knies and Mitch Marner netted singles for the Maple Leafs, who improved to 2-and-1. Kris Letang and Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins, who slipped to 1-and-2.
• Teuvo Teravainen had two goals and two assists, and Connor Bedard and Seth Jones each scored once and added two assists as the visiting Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday. Philipp Kurashev also scored for the Hawks, who wom their first game in three starts. Corey Perry and Leon Draisaitl scored for the Oilers, who are 0h-and-2 to start the season.
• Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice and added an assist and Nazem Kadri scored twice as the Calgary Flames burned the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 in NHL action Saturday night. MacKenzie Weegar and Mikael Backlund also scored for the 2-and-Oh Flames. Travis Konecny scored twice for the Flyers, who slipped to 1-and-1.
• Clayton Keller’s second goal of the game, scored at 4:05 of overtime, lifted the visiting Utah Hockey Club past the New York Rangers 6-5 for its third win in three games. Barrett Hayton, Jack McBain, Kevin Stenlund and Dylan Guenther also scored for Utah.

WHL

The Victoria Royals spotted the Wenatchee Wild an early 2-0 lead before turning on the jets and beating the visitors 6-3 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena.

Tanner Scott and Nate Misskey each scored twice for the Royals, who outshot the Wild 32-18.

Brayden Boehm and Nolan Stewart also scored for the Royals, who improved to 5-1-1-1.

Miles Cooper, Hayden Moore and Zane Saab scored for the Wild, who slipped to 3-3-2-0.

The Cougars went 2-for-5 on the power play, while the Wild were 2-for-7.

Elsewhere in the WHL:

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TIGERS 5 GIANTS 2

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Oasiz Wiesblatt and Hunter St. Martin each scored twice and Andrew Basha had four assists as the Medicine Hat Tigers defeated the visiting Vancouver Giants 5-2.

Gavin McKenna also had a goal and three assists for the Tigers (4-4), who trailed 2-1 heading into the third period.

Tyson Zimmer and Adam Titlbach scored for the Giants (5-3), who g ave up three power-play goals in the third period, and four in the game.

The Tigers outshot the Giants 28-23.

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OIL KINGS 5 REBELS 1

EDMONTON, Ont. — Gracyn Sawchyn had a goal and assist, and Ethan MacKenzie chipped in with two assists as the Edmonton Oil Kings defeated the visiting Red Deer Rebels 5-1.

Gavin Hodnett, Landon Hanson, Roan Woodward and Cole Miller also scored for the Oil Kings (2-3-0-1), who led 3-0 after the first period and 5-0 heading into the third.

Hunter Mayo scored for the Rebels (4-3-1-0), who were outshot 30-29.

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HURRICANES 5 WHEAT KINGS 3

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Logan Wormald scored twice as the Lethbridge Hurricanes defeated the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings 5-3.

Cameron Norrie, Kooper Gizowski and Logan McCutcheon also scored for the Central Division-leading Hurricanes (5-1-1-0).

Nolan Flamand scored twice while Marcus Nguyen netted a single for the Wheat Kings (4-4-0-1).

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BLADES 2 WARRIORS 0

SASKATOON, Sask. — Rowan Calvert’s goal 47 seconds into the third period snapped a scoreless tie and lifted the Saskatoon Blades to a 2-0 win over the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors.

Ben Riche added an empty-net goal for the East Division-leading Blades (6-1-1-0), who got a 20-save shutout from Evan Gardner.

Jackson Unger stopped 30 of 31 shots in the Warriors’ (3-4-1-0) net.

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AMERICANS 5 BLAZERS 4 (OT)

KENNEWICK, Wash. — Jackson Smith scored 2:02 into overtime as the Tri-City Americans edged the visiting Kamloops Blazers 5-4.

Brandon Whynott, Nick Anisimovicz, Carter Savage and Gavin Garland also scored for the Americans (2-3-1-0).

Emmitt Finnie, Layton Feist, Harrison Brunicke and Oren Shtrom scored for the Blazers (2-4-1-0).

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COUGARS 5 RAIDERS 4

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Riley Heidt scored three goals as the Prince George Cougars edged the visiting Prince Albert Raiders 5-4.

Bauer Dumanski and Borya Valis also scored for the B.C. Division-leading Cougars (5-2-2-1).

Aiden Oiring, Doogan Pederson, Niall Crocker and Brayden Dube scored for the Raiders (1-4-2-0).

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SILVERTIPS 6 BRONCOS 3

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Carter Bear and Tyler MacKenzie each scored twice as the visiting Everett Silvertips beat the Swift Current Broncos 6-3.

Dominik Rymon and Eric Jamieson also scored for the U.S. Division-leading Silvertips (7-2).

Luke Mistelbacher, Ty Coupland and Brady Birnie scored for the Broncos (4-5).

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THUNDERBIRDS 6 WINTERHAWKS 5

SEATTLE, Wash. — Kazden Mathies scored the game-winning goal at 15:09 of the third period as the Seattle Thunderbirds edged the visiting Portland Winterhawks 6-5.

Nathan Pilling and Mathies scored twice, while Simon Lovsin and Matej Pekar netted singles for the T-Birds (4-41-0).

Tyson Yaremko scored twice for the Winterhawks (6-3), while Diego Buttazzoni, Jordan Duguay and Tyson Jugnauth scored singles.

MLB

The Detroit Tigers post-season run is over. Lane Thomas hit a grand slam off ace Tarik Skubal (tare-ick sku-bl) and Cleveland beat the visiting Tigers 7-3 in Game 5 of their American League Division Series on Saturday, sending the Guardians into another post-season matchup against the Yankees. Cleveland will play New York in the ALCS, starting Monday in the Bronx. 

(Canadian Press)