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Friday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs First Round Vancouver 2 Nashville 1 (Vancouver leads best-of-seven series 2-1) Edmonton 6 Los Angeles 1 (Edmonton leads best-of-seven series 2-1) Colorado 6 Winnipeg 2 (Colorado leads best-of-seven series 2-1) N.Y.

LOS ANGELES — Zach Hyman and Leon Draisaitl scored twice, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 6-1 on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. Hyman increased his playoff-leading goal total to six.

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche scored three goals in a span of six minutes early in the third period of a 6-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night at Ball Arena.

SASKATOON — Brayden Yager's goal at 12:34 of overtime lifted the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors to a 4-3 victory over the Saskatoon Blades in Friday's opening game of the Western Hockey League's Eastern Conference final series.

Months of preparation and indecision ended for Canadian Isaiah Adams on Friday night. The Arizona Cardinals selected the Illinois offensive lineman with the seventh pick of the third round, No. 71 overall, of the NFL draft. Adams, of Ajax. Ont.

NASHVILLE — Six seasons into his NHL career, Casey DeSmith finally has his first playoff win.

TORONTO — Blue Jays fans got a taste of what Shohei Ohtani could do if he played in Toronto, but Friday's lopsided loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers likely soured the already bitter taste in their mouths.

OSHAWA, Ont. — The Oshawa Generals spotted the North Bay Battalion an early 2-0 lead before storming back with four unanswered goals to post a 4-2 victory in the opening game of the Ontario Hockey League's Eastern Conference final.

TORONTO — The National Newspaper Awards were handed out in Toronto on Friday night.

TORONTO — The Globe and Mail was the top winner at the National Newspaper Awards, which were handed out on Friday night. The Globe won nods in seven of the 23 regular categories.