Saturday Sports: Stanley Cup Tied 1-1

EDMONTON (AP) – Brad Marchand had a pair of goals, including the winner in the second overtime, as the Florida Panthers evened their Stanley Cup final rematch with Edmonton, defeating the Oilers 5-4 in a wild Game 2 on Friday.

Marchand got a breakaway and was able to sneak a backhand shot through Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner’s legs 8:05 into the second overtime.

Sam Bennett, Seth Jones and Dmitry Kulikov also scored for the Panthers, who improved to 9-3 on the road in post-season play.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 42 saves to register the win in the Florida net.

Evander Kane, Evan Bouchard, Leon Draisaitl and Corey Perry replied for the Oilers who had a five-game win streak snapped and dropped to 7-2 at home.

Skinner made 37 saves in the loss.

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Game 3 takes place on Monday in Florida.

CFL

• Davis Alexander threw for one touchdown and 205 yards as the Montreal Alouettes defeated the visiting Toronto Argonauts 28-10 to open their CFL regular season on Friday. Montreal earned its revenge after the visiting Argonauts defeated the Alouettes 30-28 in last year’s East Division final en route to their 19th Grey Cup title.
• There are two games in the CFL Saturday, including one in Vancouver where the B-C Lions host the Edmonton Elks and a pre-game Snoop Dogg concert. Elsewhere, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats visit the Calgary Stampeders. The Montreal Alouettes opened their season last night with a 28-10 win over the visiting Toronto Argonauts.

MLB

The Toronto Blue Jays will be looking to extend their win streak to four games Saturday afternoon when they play the Minnesota Twins. The Jays opened a three-game road series Friday with a 6-4 win over the Twins. Right-hander Kevin Gausman will be on the mound for the Jays, while the Twins counter with right-hander Chris Paddack.

WCBL

Saskatoon Berries 22 Moose Jaw Miller Express 4
Regina Red Sox 5 Swift Current 57’s 0
Fort McMurray 8 Weyburn Beavers 4
Medicine Hat Mavericks 8 Brooks Bombers 1
Sylvan Lake Gulls 12 Okotoks Dawgs 7
Lethbridge Bulls 9 Energy City Cactus Rats 5

PGA

Cameron Champ will take a two-shot lead into today’s third round of the R-B-C Canadian Open in Caledon, Ontario. Fellow American Andrew Putnam is in second, one shot up on Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B-C. Richard Lee of Vancouver, Victor Perez and Thorbjorn Olesen are also three shots back of the lead.

NBA

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Welcome to the Comeback Playoffs, led by the Indiana Pacers. Indiana’s rally from 15 points down in Game 1 of the NBA Finals was the 10th such comeback — from 15 or more — in this season’s playoffs. The Pacers and Tyrese Haliburton are responsible for five of those comebacks; the rest of the league, combined, have the other five. Since the NBA began keeping track of such things in 1997, there has never been a postseason with more 15-point comebacks or more by a single team than the Pacers have pulled off this spring. The NBA Finals resume Sunday with Indiana at Oklahoma City.

NHL

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer has been fired after three seasons with the team, getting to the Western Conference final each time but never advancing past that for a shot at the Stanley Cup. The move came Friday, a week since the Stars ended their season in a 6-3 loss at home to Edmonton in Game 5 of the West final. DeBoer made the curious and much-discussed decision to bench Jake Oettinger after his star goalie gave up two goals on two shots in the first 7:09. Two days later, the coach acknowledged he still hadn’t talked to Oettinger about that decision.

(With files from the Canadian Press)