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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — John Herdman figured if Canada could weather an opening push from a revamped Suriname side, his team's quality would show through in a do-or-die World Cup qualifying match. The Canadian coach read it right.

CHICAGO (AP) — Andrew Vaughn homered in the seventh inning and delivered a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 on Tuesday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brayden Point and Ross Colton scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy controlled the crease, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Tuesday night to win the second-round playoff series in five games.

After a strong regular season, Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov found himself on the bench while rookie Ilya Sorokin was shining in the first round of the playoffs.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump reached less than a million measurable television viewers over the weekend in his return to the public stage at a North Carolina political event. Newsmax averaged just under 700,000 viewers between 8 p.m.

RIMINI, Italy — The Canadian women's volleyball team fell to 2-7 at the Volleyball Nations League tournament after dropping a 3-0 decision to the Netherlands on Tuesday. Set scores were 25-19, 25-12 and 25-21.

MONTREAL — Quebec diver Meaghan Benfeito lost everything in a fire earlier this year, but recovered some prized possessions on Tuesday as she gets ready to compete in the Tokyo Summer Games next month.

Quality goaltending. Overtime success. Steady defensive play and a well-rounded offensive attack. There are many similarities between the Canadiens and the 1992-93 Montreal team that was the last Canadian-based squad to win the Stanley Cup.

NEEPAWA, MANITOBA — A junior men's hockey team in Manitoba is the latest to change its name following a push against the use of Indigenous names and caricatures as mascots.

OTTAWA — The Minto Cup, Canada's junior A lacrosse championship, has been cancelled for 2021.