National Sports

CHICAGO — Lucas Giolito quietly walked to the mound for the ninth inning, piped-in fake crowd noise wafting through the ballpark and cardboard cutouts dotting the stands.

Tuesday's Games NHL Playoffs Best-of-Seven Eastern Conference Semifinals at Toronto Tampa Bay 4 Boston 3 (OT) (Series tied 1-1) Best-of-Seven Western Conference Semifinals at Edmonton Vancouver 5 Las Vegas 2 (Series tied 1-1) --- NBA Playoffs Best-of

EDMONTON — The Vancouver Canucks, coming off their worst performance of the playoffs, delivered one of their best efforts of the post-season Tuesday, stopping the Vegas Golden Knights juggernaut in its tracks.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Paul George finally found his way.

TORONTO — Lightning head coach Jon Cooper was seething early on Tuesday evening.

MONTREAL — It may not have been exactly how Thierry Henry envisioned his first game at Saputo Stadium as Impact coach, but he is savouring the three points just the same.

NEW YORK — Serena Williams was flustered when she got called for taking too much time between points, flung away her racket after letting a lead slip away and finished surprisingly meekly in a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-1 loss to Maria Sakkari at the Western &a

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rafael Devers hit a three-run triple to highlight Boston's six-run outburst in the sixth inning as the Red Sox rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-7 on Tuesday night.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Canada's Jamal Murray scored 33 of his 42 points in a second half where he played every minute and the Denver Nuggets avoided elimination by beating the Utah Jazz 117-107 on Tuesday night in Game 5.

LAS VEGAS — Canadian lightweight Anthony (The Genius) Romero won a decision over (Money) Mike Breeden on Tuesday on Dana White's Contender Series but failed to leave with a UFC contract.