Anthony Stolarz was smiling and in the building.

The Maple Leafs goaltender had taken a blow to the head, vomited on the bench and left Scotiabank Arena on a stretcher to be evaluated in a hospital on Monday night.

His presence at Toronto’s practice facility in the city’s west end Tuesday morning was a welcome sign. Whether or not Stolarz will play when the team’s best-of-seven playoff series resumes Wednesday night is up in the air.

Coach Craig Berube didn’t rule out his starting goalie for Game 2 of the Leafs’ second-round matchup against the Florida Panthers after Stolarz was on the receiving end of an elbow from Sam Bennett in the opener.

“He’s doing well,” said Berube, whose group earned a 5-4 victory Monday to take a 1-0 lead in a matchup of Atlantic Division rivals.

Is the 31-year-old available to play Wednesday?

Berube: “We’ll see. Don’t know that yet.”

Kings president expects to keep coach

Los Angeles Kings president Luc Robitaille expects coach Jim Hiller to remain in charge after the team selects its new general manager.

Robitaille expressed strong support for Hiller, one day after GM Rob Blake and the Kings mutually agreed to end Blake’s eight-year tenure.

The Kings are 69-37-10 in Hiller’s first job as an NHL head coach, and they matched franchise records with 48 victories and 105 points this season before losing to Edmonton in the first round for the fourth consecutive postseason.

MILB

Saints solidly beat Buffalo Bisons at CHS

The Saints put away the Buffalo Bisons 6-2 on Tuesday night at CHS Field. St. Paul took the lead in the first inning, and though Buffalo tied them in the sixth inning briefly, St. Paul’s three runs in the eighth inning sealed the deal.

Carson McCusker had three hits, two of which he turned into home runs, and Mickey Gasper got two hits and one homer.

The Saints’ David Festa allowed one earned run on three hits over 5.2 innings. Travis Adams (2-1) got the win, allowing three hits but no runs over 2.1 innings, and Jacob Bosiokovic finished the last inning for the Saints, allowing one earned run on two hits.

— Staff report

GOLF

PGA Championship sets field, Johnson invited

The PGA Championship released its field for next week at Quail Hollow, leaning heavily on the top 100 in the world ranking and giving full consideration to players from the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League.

The PGA Championship tries to get the top 100 in the world ranking, which won’t be the case because No. 24 Billy Horschel announced on social media he will have hip surgery next week.

Also missing will be Shaun Norris of South Africa at No. 99 in the world. The PGA of America said he declined his invitation because of his mother’s health.

The PGA Championship is May 15-18 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C. Xander Schauffele is the defending champion and Justin Thomas is the last PGA Championship winner at Quail Hollow in 2017.

LIV Golf will have 16 players in the 156-man field, the same number as last year.

Dustin Johnson required a special invitation because the PGA takes the last five winners of the Masters, instead of a Masters champion getting a five-year exemption.

NBA

OKC’s Presti picked as executive of the year

Sam Presti of the Oklahoma City Thunder was announced as the NBA’s executive of the year, the reward for building that team into a juggernaut that won a league-best 68 games this season.

It is Presti’s first time winning the award and the first time since 1994 that the franchise — which was then called the Seattle SuperSonics — had its top executive voted as the winner. Bob Whitsitt won it that season.

Presti, the Thunder’s executive vice president and general manager, got 10 first-place votes from a panel of 30 basketball executives — one from each of the NBA’s teams — who ranked their top three choices in order. Presti appeared on 22 of those 30 ballots.

WNBA

Lynx drop first preseason game to Sky

The Chicago Sky beat the Lynx 74-69 in their first exhibition game of the season at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Minnesota slightly outscored the Chicago team in the second and third quarters, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Sky’s strong efforts in the first and final quarters.

Alanna Smith was the Lynx’s top scorer, with 10 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and a steal. Alissa Pili proved a good add from the bench, shooting 100% and three three-pointers.

The Lynx preseason continues with another exhibition game against the Sky, this time at home, on Saturday at the Target Center.

— Staff report

1.3M viewers tune in for Clark’s preseason game

Caitlin Clark’s return to Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the WNBA preseason game between the Indiana Fever and Brazilian national team averaged 1.3 million viewers on ESPN, the network announced.

The average viewership for Sunday’s game was 13% higher than ESPN’s 2024 regular-season average for the WNBA.

The Fever-Brazil television audience peaked at 1.6 million, and the game drew a sellout crowd of 15,000 at Carver-Hawkeye, where the average paid ticket price on the resale market was $440.

Clark, starting her second season with the Fever, scored 16 points in Indiana’s 108-44 win.

OLYMPICS

Serena, Felix, Coach K among U.S. HoF class

Seven-time gold-medal sprinter Allyson Felix, four-time Olympic tennis champion Serena Williams and Mike Krzyzewski, who coached the U.S. to three basketball gold medals, are part of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame’s class of 2025.

Gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas, skiing’s Bode Miller, beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings and Nike founder Phil Knight are also in the group.

— From news services