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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It was an NBA playoff night unlike any other in history — but a familiar result for the Toronto Raptors.

There'll be no football in 2020 but the CFL and CFL Players' Association still have plenty to discuss.

TORONTO — Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.

TORONTO — The Vancouver Whitecaps made an impression at the MLS is Back Tournament last month when their depleted but resilient squad advanced out of the group stage and came within a whisker of a spot in the quarterfinals.

TORONTO — Juno Award-winning Toronto singer Jessie Reyez performed a recorded version of "O Canada" while kneeling on the outdoor EdgeWalk at the top of the CN Tower before the Raptors' playoff opener on Monday in Florida.

Financial challenges are nothing new for the CFL. The league has faced problems across the country — and even in the United States in the 1990s — many times the past few decades.

TORONTO — CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie shoulders the blame for the Grey Cup not being handed out for the first time in more than 100 years.

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona fired coach Quique Setién on Monday, three days after the team’s humiliating 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the first step in what it said would be “a wide-ranging restructuring" o

EDMONTON — The St. Louis Blues were a desperate team and played like it Sunday, firing 49 shots at the Vancouver Canucks and finally earning a 3-2 overtime win.

TORONTO — Mathew Barzal scored 4:28 into overtime, lifting the New York Islanders to a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Sunday.