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The Montreal Canadiens lead the New York Rangers 2-1 in their Eastern Conference quarter-final series following a dominant 3-1 Game 3 victory. Game 4 is set for Tuesday night in New York, and Claude Julien wants his team prepared to press their advantage.

Celtics coach Brad Stevens says Isaiah Thomas plans to play in Game 2 Tuesday night against the Chicago Bulls, then head to Washington state to be with his family and help complete funeral arrangements for his sister.

Despite a sore ankle, power forward Serge Ibaka got the start for the Raptors against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.

Toronto head coach Dwane Casey says power forward Serge Ibaka's availability for Game 2 of the Raptors' playoff series with Milwaukee on Tuesday night will be a game-time decision. Ibaka sprained his ankle in the series opener on Saturday.

Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka says it would be "tough" to play if Game 2 of the opening round of the playoffs was Monday. But Ibaka believes he'll be ready to play Tuesday, when the Raptors host the Bucks in Game 2.

The 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs are only five days old, and already impact players and stunning trends have emerged. Here are five facts we have learned in less than a week.

Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman Zach Werenski will miss the rest of the Stanley Cup playoffs because of a broken cheekbone suffered in the second period of Sunday's 5-4 overtime loss to Pittsburgh after taking a puck to the face on a Phil Kessel shot.

John Terry will leave Chelsea at the end of the season after spending his entire career with the London club, but the veteran defender is keen to continue playing. The 36-year-old Terry made the last of his 713 appearances for Chelsea in February.

While the Raptors lost Game 1, the MLSE staff came to play. The ACC was dressed in swaths of red and black to create a jumbo-sized buffalo plaid pattern. Raptors have arguably led the league in branding since the 2014 playoffs.

Kenya's Geoffrey Kirui won the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, pulling away from American Galen Rupp with about two miles to go and clocking an unofficial two hours nine minutes 37 seconds. Kenyan policewoman Edna Kiplagat won the women's race in 2:21:52.

There are signs that Leafs rookie Auston Matthews is set for a playoff breakout as series shifts back to Toronto. After registering one shot in Game 1, Matthews got going in Game 2 finishing with four shots on 10 attempts.

Canada's national para-hockey team fell a goal short of victory against the unbeaten Americans on Monday at the 2017 IPC world championships in Gangneung, South Korea.

Toronto Maple Leafs rookie defenceman Nikita Zaitsev told reporters he will be in the lineup Monday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET) after missing the first two games of an Eastern Conference quarter-final against Washington with a suspected concussion.

In 1907, Tom Longboat went down to Boston and stunned the field in a snowstorm by winning the already famous marathon, arriving back in Toronto at night to a torchlight parade from Union Station to the Y.

Zack Kassian scored midway through the third period, Cam Talbot made 23 saves in his second straight shutout and the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 1-0 Sunday night in Game 3 of their first-round series.

Zach Werenski took a puck in the face moments before Evgeni Malkin tied the game.

Winnipeg skip Jennifer Jones downed Edmonton's Val Sweeting 8-4 in the final to capture her sixth Players' Championship title at a Grand Slam of Curling event in Toronto on Sunday.

Carey Price made 20 saves to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference quarter-final series on Sunday.

Jake Guentzel had a hat trick, including a goal at 13:10 of overtime, to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-4 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night and give them a 3-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Werenski put Columbus up 3-1, despite Fleury's best attempts to hide the puck that was already trapped inside the net

Marc Methot isn't letting the Ottawa Senators' Game 2 win against the Boston Bruins get to his head because he'll need another three victories before he can truly celebrate.

A Toronto Maple Leafs superfan became an overnight Twitter sensation after appearing with an unlit cigarette in his mouth during Saturday's game on the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.

A Toronto Maple Leafs superfan became an overnight Twitter sensation after appearing with an unlit cigarette in his mouth during Saturday's game on the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.

Stephen Ames won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions victory, easily holding off Bernhard Langer at TPC Sugarloaf.

Jaden Schwartz scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Jake Allen made 40 saves to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday for a 3-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Canadian Graham DeLaet shot a 2-over-par 73 on Sunday at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, S.C., and finished in a tie for 6th place. The Weyburn, Sask., native entered the weekend as the co-leader and ended up at minus-10, three shots back of winner Wesley Bryan.