National Sports

TORONTO — Bruce Cassidy didn't see it coming. And quite frankly, neither did many others.

GATINEAU, Que. — The head of Quebecor Inc. questioned the power of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in its quarrel with Bell and tried to blame the regulator for a potential termination of TVA Sports.

MONACO — Back on his favourite surface, Rafael Nadal showed no lingering effects of a recent injury as he breezed into the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-1 win against Roberto Bautista Agut.

LAS VEGAS — Max Pacioretty had two goals and two assists, Marc-Andre Fleury earned his 15th playoff shutout and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the San Jose Sharks 5-0 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference series

Tuesday's Games Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round Columbus 7 Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus wins series 4-0) N.Y. Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 1 (N.Y. Islanders wins series 4-0) Winnipeg 2 St.

Tuesday's Games Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round Columbus 7 Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus wins series 4-0) N.Y. Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 1 (N.Y. Islanders wins series 4-0) Winnipeg 2 St.

ST. LOUIS — Kyle Connor scored 6:02 into overtime and the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Tuesday night to tie their best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series at two games apiece.

TORONTO — Terrence Ross' post-mortem on Orlando's lopsided loss to Toronto in Game 2 of their NBA playoff series Tuesday was short and not very sweet. "We just played bad," said Ross, a former Raptor. The numbers backed him up.

TORONTO — The Scotiabank Arena crowd cheered encouragement at Kyle Lowry when he stepped up to the free-throw line to score what would be his first points of these NBA playoffs.

MINNEAPOLIS — Teoscar Hernandez delivered a go-ahead hit for the Toronto Blue Jays for the second straight game. But it was a defensive play by Hernandez that had his manager beaming after Toronto's 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday.