National Sports

MONTREAL — After missing the Major League Soccer playoffs in heartbreaking fashion last season, CF Montreal will have no such stress this year after booking their trip to the post-season a month ago.

VANCOUVER — The learning curve continues for Andrei Kuzmenko. Kuzmenko scored a goal and collected an assist as the Vancouver Canucks finished their NHL pre-season with a 4-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Friday.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks added depth to their defence and gave themselves some salary cap flexibility by trading centre Jason Dickinson and a second-round draft pick to the Chicago Blackhawks for defenceman Riley Stillman on Friday.

Friday's Scoreboard MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Wild-Card Series | American League (Best-of-three series) Cleveland 2 Tampa Bay 1 (Cleveland leads series 1-0) Seattle 4 Toronto 0 (Seattle leads series 1-0) Wild-Card Series | National League Philadelphia 6

CALGARY — The Winnipeg Jets capped their pre-season Friday with a second straight decisive win over the Calgary Flames.

HAMILTON — Seth Small came up big for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night. Small booted four field goals as Hamilton earned an important 18-14 home win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

EDMONTON — The dress rehearsals are over, and you can count Connor McDavid among those raring to get going for real.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Duncan Robinson scored 29 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 111-108 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. Robinson shot 7 for 11 from the field, including 5 for 7 on 3-pointers.

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Jodi Ewart Shadoff started out Friday as hot as she finished the day before at the LPGA Mediheal Championship. She finally hit a few bumps, but not before expanding her lead with a 3-under 69.

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings spotted the Toronto Maple Leafs an early 2-0 lead, but managed to claw back and beat their longtime rival 4-2 in NHL pre-season action on Friday.