National Sports

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Mao Saigo of Japan won the Chevron Championship on Sunday for her first major title, making a three-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a five-way playoff.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored three goals and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Sunday to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round National Hockey League playoff series.

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RIMOUSKI — Jacob Mathieu had two goals and two assists, netminder Mathis Langevin made 24 saves, and the Rimouski Oceanic whipped the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes 7-0 on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifin

MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens goalie Sam Montembeault is out, while Washington Capitals counterpart Logan Thompson avoided the worst. Both netminders exited with injuries in Montreal's 6-3 win in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series Friday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sebastian Berhalter started the scoring 10 minutes into the second half and Pedro Vite added two goals four minutes apart to propel the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 3-1 victory over Minnesota United on Sunday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brayden Schenn, Tyler Tucker and Justin Faulk each scored second period goals to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 on Sunday to tie their playoff series at 2-all after dropping the first two games in Winnipeg.

BURNABY — Montreal Roses FC jumped out to a 2-0 edge 14 minutes into the contest and never looked back en route to defeating Vancouver Rise FC 3-1 on Sunday in Northern Super League action.

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried won his fifth straight start, Austin Wells capped a six-run third inning with a three-run double off suddenly wild Kevin Gausman and the New York Yankees routed the Toronto Blue Jays 11-2 on Sunday in a doubleheader opener.

FREDERICTON — Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant remained undefeated with an 8-6 win over Sweden at the world mixed doubles curling championship on Sunday.