SUNDAY SPORTS

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche will be in Denver on Wednesday for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Lightning defeated the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night to win their Eastern Conference Final series 4 games to 2. Steven Stamkos scored both Tampa Bay goals against New York. Frank Vatrano scored for the Rangers. The Lightning will be looking to win their third straight Cup.

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The Shawinigan Cataractes are going to the Memorial Cup. Pierrick Dube’s unassisted goal 40 seconds into overtime on Saturday capped off a spirited comeback and eliminated the host Charlottetown Islanders in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League President Cup final in five games. Three of the Cataractes’ victories in the series came in overtime. Shawinigan will represent the QMJHL in the Memorial Cup, which goes June 20 to 29 in Saint John, New Brunswick.

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Detroit rookie Beau Brieske pitched into the sixth inning and earned his first Major League Baseball win, Victor Reyes came off the injured list and had three hits and the Tigers tripped the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Saturday. George Springer’s RBI single with two out in the ninth ended Detroit’s shutout bid. The teams will wrap up a three-game series tomorrow at Comerica Park.

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Tony Finau and 2019 winner Rory McIlroy are tied for the lead at the Canadian Open in Toronto at 11 under after three rounds. Finau shot up the leaderboard with a tournament-best round of 8-under 62. McIlroy had six birdies, including a clutch shot on hole 15, to post a round of 5-under 65. Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., is the top Canadian. He finished Saturday with a 3-under 67 round to tie for 15th.

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Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel has banked 4.75-million-dollars by winning the richest tournament in golf history. Schwartzel held on for a one-shot victory at the inaugural LIV Golf event outside London. Hennie Du Plessis earned 2.875-million-dollars for finishing second, one stroke behind Schwartzel.

(CP)