The Summerside Western Capitals’ season came to an end Thursday night as they lost a heartbreaker in Game #6, 5-4 to the Miramichi Timberwolves. Miramichi won the MetalFab MHL Cup, taking the Maritime Junior Hockey League Final series 4-2. They will represent the MHL at the Centennial Cup in Oakville.
William Nylander scored twice and Joseph Woll made 22 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Boston Bruins 2-1 to force Game 7 in their first-round series. Toronto has now won two straight after falling behind their Original Six rival 3-1 to force a winner-take-all finale Saturday in Boston.
The live harness racing season kicks off Saturday night at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park with a 12 dash card. Post time is 6:00pm.
SCOREBOARD
Thursday’s Scoreboard
NHL Playoffs
First Round
Toronto 2 Boston 1
(Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)
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AHL Playoffs
Division Semifinals
Syracuse 2 Rochester 1 (SO)
(Syracuse leads best-of-five series tied 2-1)
Texas 6 Milwaukee 3
(Texas leads best-of-five series 1-0)
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MLB
American League
Baltimore 7 N.Y. Yankees 2
Houston 8 Cleveland 2
National League
Miami 5 Colorado 4 (10)
N.Y. Mets 7 Chicago Cubs 6 (11)
Interleague
San Francisco 3 Boston 1
Texas 6 Washington 0
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NBA Playoffs
First Round
Indiana 120 Milwaukee 98
(Indiana wins best-of-seven series 4-2)
New York 118 Philadelphia 115
(New York wins best-of-seven series 4-2)
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Friday’s Games
(All times Eastern)
NHL Playoffs
First Round
Vancouver at Nashville, 7 p.m.
(Vancouver leads best-of-seven series 3-2)
Dallas at Vegas, 10 p.m.
(Dallas leads best-of-seven series 3-2)
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AHL Playoffs
Division Semifinals
Cleveland at Belleville, 7 p.m.
(Belleville leads best-of-five series 1-0)
Rockford at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.
(Best-of-five series tied 1-1)
Hartford at Providence, 7:05 p.m.
(Hartford leads best-of-five series 1-0)
Coachella Valley at Calgary, 9 p.m.
(Start of best-of-five series)
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MLB
Interleague
Baltimore (TBD) at Cincinnati (Greene 1-2), 6:10 p.m.
Toronto (Kikuchi 2-2) at Washington (Corbin 0-3), 6:45 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Quintana 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Civale 2-2), 6:50 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Keller 0-0) at St. Louis (Gray 3-1), 8:15 p.m.
Miami (Weathers 2-2) at Oakland (Sears 1-2), 9:40 p.m.
American League
Milwaukee (Ross 1-3) at Chicago Cubs (Wesneski 2-0), 2:20 p.m.
Colorado (Quantrill 0-3) at Pittsburgh (Pérez 1-1), 6:40 p.m.
San Francisco (Hicks 2-0) at Philadelphia (Nola 4-1), 6:40 p.m.
San Diego (Cease 3-2) at Arizona (Cecconi 1-1), 9:40 p.m.
Atlanta (Morton 2-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Stone 2-1), 10:10 p.m.
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NBA Playoffs
First Round
Cleveland at Orlando, 7 p.m.
(Cleveland leads best-of-seven series 3-2)
L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
(Dallas leads best-of-seven series 3-2)
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NLL Playoffs
Semifinals
Buffalo at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
(Start of best-of-three series)
Albany at San Diego, 10:30 p.m.
(Start of best-of-three series)