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LOS ANGELES — Stuart Skinner will start in goal for the Edmonton Oilers when they begin their playoff run against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.

MADRID — Montreal's Gabriel Diallo advanced to the second round of qualifying at the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over American Nicolas Moreno De Alboran on Monday.

The Atlanta Hawks promoted Edmonton's Onsi Saleh to general manager after firing Landry Fields on Monday. Landry was GM for three seasons in Atlanta, with the team missing the playoffs in the last two of those.

LOS ANGELES — Jeff Skinner has experienced a lot over 1,078 NHL games. The energy and excitement of a playoff game, though, have eluded him so far.

TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators made their first appearance in the NHL post-season in eight years on Sunday night. Their lack of playoff experience showed in a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena.

TORONTO — Mitch Marner and his Maple Leafs have never had offensive issues in the regular season. It's been a different matter entirely when the calender flips to spring.

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — The United States wrested the gold medal back in its tug of war with Canada with a 4-3 overtime win Sunday at the women's world hockey championship. The two countries have met in the tournament's gold-medal game 23 times.

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — How Canada prepares to win another Olympic gold medal in women's hockey is going to be dramatically different.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brett Howden had never scored double-digit goals until this season. Then he went out and scored 23. Turns out, Howden isn't finished.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brett Howden scored two goals, and the Vegas Golden Knights opened their first-round Western Conference playoff series with a 4-2 victory Sunday night over the Minnesota Wild.