Hockey

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored early to back the shutout goaltending of Matt Murray, sending Canada past the United States 3-0 at the world hockey championship.

David Perron had a goal and an assist, Jordan Binnington picked up his franchise-record 12th playoff win and the Blues eliminated San Jose with a 5-1 win in Game 6.

The world's top female players have taken the next step toward a professional league by forming a union. The Professional Women's Hockey Association said the paperwork was filed Friday.

Dylan Larkin scored the third period to help the United States beat Germany 3-1 at the world championships. Alec Martinez had two assists for the U.S.

Schwartz started a dominant second period with the first of his three goals, and the Blues moved within one win of the Cup final with a 5-0 victory over San Jose in Game 5.

Boston's top line kept finding ways to score, especially on the power play. With a chance to clinch another series, Tuukka Rask was perfect — again.

The Bruins beat Carolina 2-1, taking a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference final after Chris Wagner and Brad Marchand scored 5:07 apart in the second period.

Defenseman Robert Bortuzzo scored his first career postseason goal to helped the Blues overcome another big game from San Jose's Logan Couture with a 4-2 win over the Sharks.

Anthony Mantha and Kyle Turris both scored twice as Canada bounced back from a defeat to Finland by trashing Britain 8-0 at the ice hockey world championship.

Marcus Johansson and Patrice Bergeron scored on power plays during a four-goal outburst as Boston rallied to beat Carolina 5-2 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.