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​Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron was back on the ice on the team's off-day, and coach Bruce Cassidy said it will be a game-day decision whether he plays in Game 5 against Toronto on Saturday night.

Veteran NHL forward Scott Hartnell will make his 2018 Stanley Cup playoff debut Friday night for Nashville, 11 years to the day of his last post-season appearance for the Predators. The 17-year veteran draws into the lineup for the suspended Ryan Hartman.

Washington Capitals head coach Barry Trotz said on Friday that forward Andre Burakovsky needs minor surgery and will be sidelined for the remainder of the team's first-round series against Columbus.

Eugenie Bouchard will take on Kateryna Bondarenko in the opening singles matches of Canada's Fed Cup tie against Ukraine on Saturday in Montreal.

The Maple Leafs left themselves little room for error after consecutive ugly road losses to open their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series with the Boston Bruins. That margin has dropped to zero entering Game 5 on Saturday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 8 p.m. ET).

The Toronto Blue Jays reinstated designated hitter Kendrys Morales from the 10-day disabled list Friday and recalled infield prospect Lourdes Gurriel Jr. from double-A New Hampshire.

Bill Peters has resigned as the Carolina Hurricanes' coach after four seasons and no playoff berths, saying "this is a good time to move on." The Alberta native had one season left on the contract extension he signed in 2016.

Winnipeg Jets defenceman Tyler Myers told reporters following Friday's morning skate that will play in Game 5 at 7:30 p.m. ET against the visiting Minnesota Wild. Myers suffered a lower-body injury in Game 3 when hit by Wild forward Marcus Foligno.

Winnipeg Jets defenceman Tyler Myers was back in the lineup for Friday's Game 5 after missing the previous game with an injury.

Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., was the low Canadian at 1-under 70 on Thursday to tie for 15th after the opening round of the LA Open in the LPGA Tour's return to Los Angeles after a 13-year absence.

Former USA Gymnastics women's national team coordinator Marta Karolyi and her husband Bela tell NBC they were unaware of the abusive behaviour by a former national team doctor now serving decades in prison.

CBC Sports will provide a live stream of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series women's tournament from Kitakyushu, Japan beginning on Friday, April 20 at 9:30 p.m. ET.

Arsene Wenger is leaving Arsenal after 22 seasons in charge against the backdrop of growing disillusionment from fans as the team struggles to compete for the Premier League title.

Coming off a disappointing fourth-place showing at the Commonwealth Games, Canada's women's rugby sevens team hopes to bounce back as it returns to Sevens Series action this weekend in Japan.

Canada enters the mixed doubles curling world championship as the top-ranked country, and yet it has never won the event. Laura Crocker and Kirk Muyres will try to snap the decade-long title drought starting this weekend in Sweden.

The Leafs find themselves down 3-1 in their opening-round series with the Boston Bruins after failing to take advantage of the absence of centre Patrice Bergeron.

Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and two assists, and Braden Holtby stopped 23 shots as the Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Thursday night to even their playoff series at two games apiece.

A masked Joel Embiid scored 23 points in his post-season debut, Marco Belinelli and Dario Saric each added 21 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Miami Heat 128-108 on Thursday night to take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series.

Aaron Judge hit his fifth home run, David Robertson pitched out of an eighth-inning jam and the New York Yankees overcame some shaky defence on a chilly night to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Thursday night.

Brad Marchand scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Tuukka Rask made 31 saves as the Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Thursday to grab a commanding 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Brad Marchand scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Tuukka Rask made 31 saves as the Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Thursday to grab a commanding 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

The Houston Astros Evan Gattis reached first base after grounding into a double play, but it appears he didn't realize there were only two outs. He was tagged out for the Mariners' 12th triple play in franchise history.

Boston Bruins centre Patrice Bergeron has been ruled out for Game 4 against the Toronto Maple Leafs with an upper-body injury.

Boston Bruins centre Patrice Bergeron was ruled out for Game 4 against the Toronto Maple Leafs with an upper-body injury.

Dwane Casey remembers the "powwow" he had with DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry. The Toronto Raptors were in Utah, wrapping up their uninspiring season-opening road trip, and Casey's all-stars weren't fitting into the team's new ball-sharing style of play as seamlessly as he would have liked.

Captain Blake Wheeler isn't too worried if rookie defenceman Sami Niku fills a hole in the Winnipeg Jets' depleted defence.