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MASTERS

Jordan Spieth continues to rewrite the Masters record book to stay atop the leaderboard at Augusta National.

Spieth fired a 2-under 70 that leaves him 16-under 200, the lowest 54-hole score in Masters history. He topped the 201 total registered by Raymond Floyd in 1976 and matched by Tiger Woods in 1997. But Spieth is just four shots ahead of Justin Rose despite the record-setting performance.

Speith’s lead would have been larger without a double bogey on 17. Rose is within striking distance following a 5-under 67 that included birdies on five of his last six holes.

Phil Mickelson shot a 67, leaving him five strokes back. Charley Hoffman is alone in fourth, six strokes back and four ahead of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Kevin Streelman, Kevin Na and Dustin Johnson.

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NHL

The Ottawa Senators were 20-22-9 and 14 points out of a playoff berth on Feb. 10. Two months later, they are in the Stanley Cup playoffs as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference.

The Senators completed their dramatic playoff charge with a 3-1 win at Philadelphia. Mark Stone scored twice and Andrew Hammond stopped 34 shots to help the Senators end up 23-4-4 in their final 31 games.

Stone and Hammond were Ottawa’s catalysts down the stretch. Stone is a Calder Trophy candidate after registering 14 goals and 35 points in the Senators’ last 31 contests. Hammond was sensational following his callup in mid-February, going 20-1-2 with a 1.79 goals-against average.

Ottawa’s opponent in the conference quarterfinals will be the Montreal Canadiens.

The eighth and final East playoff berth goes to the Pittsburgh Penguins, who got two goals from Brandon Sutter in a 2-0 shutout of Buffalo. Marc-Andre Fleury turned back 28 shots for his league-leading 10th shutout of the season.

Pittsburgh will take on the New York Rangers in the conference quarterfinals.

Elsewhere on ice:

– Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais scored shootout goals to give Montreal a 4-3 victory over Toronto, the Atlantic Division title and the second seed in the East. Desharnais, Tomas Plekanec and Jacob De La Rose scored the Canadiens’ regulation goals.

– Kevin Hayes and Dominic Moore each had a goal and an assist as the Rangers downed Washington 4-2. The Blueshirts finish the regular season with team records of 52 wins and 113 points.

– Anaheim secured the top seed in the West as Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and an assist in the Ducks’ 2-1 triumph at Arizona. Frederik Andersen stopped 22 shots in the Ducks’ playoff tuneup for the Jets.

– The New York Islanders blew leads of 3-1 and 4-3 in the third period before losing 5-4 to Columbus in a shootout. Cam Atkinson and Alexander Wennberg each scored once in regulation and once in the shootout as the Blue Jackets finished 12-0-1 in their last 13 games. The loss means the fourth-seeded Capitals will have home-ice advantage for their conference quarterfinal series with the Isles.

– Jori Lehtera scored twice and Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist as St. Louis knocked off Minnesota 4-2. The two teams will square off in the Western Conference quarterfinals.

– Jarome Iginla’s second power-play goal of the night was the tiebreaker with 34 seconds left in Colorado’s 3-2 verdict over Chicago. It was the Blackhawks’ last game before heading to Nashville for the start of their Western Conference quarterfinal series with the Predators.

– Petr Mrazek stopped 35 shots and Landon Ferraro scored 48 seconds into Detroit’s 2-0 shutout of Carolina. The Red Wings will travel to Florida to open their first-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

– The Lightning pulled out a 3-2 win over Boston on Victor Hedman’s shootout goal. Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist for the winners.

– Lee Stempniak provided a goal and an assist while Winnipeg scored four times in the third period of a 5-1 victory against Calgary. The Flames head to the Western Conference playoffs as the sixth seed and will open the playoffs against Vancouver.

– Alex Edler had two assists before netting the game-winner at 2:29 of overtime to give the Canucks a 6-5 win over Edmonton. The Oilers led until Jannik Hansen and Sven Baertschi scored in the first half of the third period.

– Jamie Benn won the Art Ross trophy by scoring three times and collecting four points in the Dallas Stars’ 4-1 victory over Nashville. Benn trailed the scoring race by one point to Islanders centre John Taveras before producing a goal and an assist in the game’s final 2:05.

– Third-period goals by Brayden McNabb, Marian Gaborik and Andy Andreoff gave Los Angeles a 4-1 win over San Jose, capping disappointing seasons for the Kings and Sharks.

– Florida beat New Jersey 3-2 on Jaromir Jagr’s goal with 7:37 remaining.

– The NHL playoff picture and schedule is set. The Montreal Canadiens host the Ottawa Senators and the Vancouver Canucks host the Calgary Flames in Game 1 action Wednesday. The Winnipeg Jets open their playoff series in Anaheim on Thursday when they face the Ducks.

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MLB

Ubaldo Jimenez struck out eight and allowed one single over seven innings as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1. Young right-hander Aaron Sanchez shouldered the loss in his first major league start. He gave up three runs in three-and-a-third innings. Todd Redmond allowed the other four runs on a grand slam.

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NBA

Lou Williams has done it again. For the second game in a row, he came up clutch, this time scoring 29 points as the Toronto Raptors slipped past the Miami Heat 107-104. DeMar DeRozan added 24. Toronto secured home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs with the win. Dwyane Wade scored 30 points for the Heat.