MONDAY SPORTS

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a win away from the Stanley Cup final. Matt Murray earned his second career post-season shutout with 25 saves as Pittsburgh blanked the Ottawa Senators 7-0 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference championship series. The Penguins now lead 3-2 and can clinch a second straight Stanley Cup appearance with a win in Ottawa on Tuesday.

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Canada has relinquished its crown at the world hockey championship. The defending back-to-back winners dropped a 2-1 shootout loss to Sweden in the gold-medal game in Cologne, Germany this afternoon. Nicklas Backstrom and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored in the shootout for the Swedes.

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Graham Knott scored twice and added an assist as the host Windsor Spitfires downed the WHL champion Seattle Thunderbirds 7-1 in round-robin play at the Memorial Cup. Windsor improved to 2-0 while the Thunderbirds fell to 0-2. Julius Nattinen also scored two for the Spitfires while Logan Brown had a goal and two helpers.

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The Nashville Predators have confirmed centre Ryan Johansen needed emergency surgery because he suffered from compartment syndrome in his left thigh. Nashville's G-M detailed Johansen's condition in a statement today, two days after the Predators announced their top scorer's season had been ended by a thigh injury.

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An error, a three-run homer and Marco Estrada provided the Toronto Blue Jays with a feel-good victory against the Baltimore Orioles. Estrada matched his career high with 12 strikeouts and Toronto averted a three-game sweep with a 3-1 win at Camden Yards. Devon Travis hit a three-run homer in the first.

(Canadian Press)

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