National Sports

EDMONTON — Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill says interim head coach Rick Bowness has "earned the right" to come back behind the bench, but says the decision will come after the Stanley Cup final.

TORONTO — For the first time this year, Starship Jubilee will have home-track advantage.

Peter Laviolette sees the Washington Capitals as another opportunity to take a team to the Stanley Cup Final and try to win it all again.

TORONTO — It was a post-championship season unlike anything Nick Nurse could have predicted. A No. 2 record in the league despite a slew of injuries and no Kawhi Leonard. An unprecedented four-month layoff due to COVID-19.

When a southwestern Ontario public health unit declared a COVID-19 community outbreak this weekend after five students in the area tested positive, some on social media scoffed at the seemingly low number.

MAMARONECK, N.Y. — An all-Canadian threesome will play the first two rounds of the U.S. Open together. Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., and Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., will tee off at the major at 8:49 a.m.

EDMONTON — Peter DeBoer didn't prepare a speech to give his Vegas Golden Knights in the event they lost Game 5 of the Western Conference final to end their run in the NHL bubble, because he didn't think they'd lose.

TORONTO — Jeff Clarkson wasn't a runner when COVID-19 shut down recreation and fitness facilities in March. The 36-year-old was refereeing a Tier 2 junior hockey game when he received an email in the second intermission.

No one can say the crowds influenced the officials.

Monday's Games NHL Western Conference Final Dallas 3 Vegas 2 (OT) (Stars win series 4-1) --- NFL Week 1 Pittsburgh 26 N.Y.