Simon Benoit scored at 1:19 of overtime as Toronto topped the Ottawa Senators 3-2 Thursday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the teams’ first-round series. Pavel Buchnevich notched his first career playoff hat trick and added an assist as the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets 7-2 in Game 3 of their first-round series. Winnipeg leads the series 2-1. The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series. The Florida Panthers moved up 2-0 in their series with a 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
At the Esso Cup U18 Women’s National Hockey Championship, the Atlantic Champion Eastern Stars from PEI wrapped up Round Robin play with an 8-1 loss to Saskatoon.
Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park has adjusted Saturday’s qualifying session from 11:30am to 10am due to heavy rain in the forecast. You can contact the race office at 902.629.6634. The qualifying sessions will be broadcast live on the Red Shores YouTube channel at redshores.ca
SCOREBOARD
Thursday’s Scoreboard
NHL Playoffs
First Round
Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 (OT)
(Toronto leads best-of-seven series 3-0)
St. Louis 7 Winnipeg 2
(Winnipeg leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
Florida 2 Tampa Bay 0
(Florida leads best-of-seven series 2-0)
Minnesota 5 Vegas 2
(Minnesota leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
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AHL Playoffs
First Round
Cleveland 4 Toronto 3 (OT)
(Cleveland leads best-of-three series 1-0)
San Jose 2 Ontario 0
(San Jose leads best-of-three series 1-0)
Tucson 4 Abbotsford 1
(Best-of-three series tied 1-1)
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NBA Playoffs
First Round
New York 118 Detroit 116
(New York leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
Oklahoma City 114 Memphis 108
(Oklahoma City leads best-of-seven series 3-0)
L.A. Clippers 117 Denver 83
(L.A. Clippers lead best-of-seven series 2-1)
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MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox 7 Minnesota 0 (7 innings)
Seattle 4 Boston 3
Athletics 4 Texas 3
National League
San Francisco 6 Milwaukee 5
Interleague
Kansas City 7 Colorado 4, first game
Kansas City 6 Colorado 2, second game
Baltimore 2 Washington 1
L.A. Angels 4 Pittsburgh 3
Tampa Bay 7 Arizona 4 (10 innings)
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CONCACAF Champions Cup
Semifinal, First Leg
Vancouver 2 Inter Miami 0
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Friday’s Games
(All times Eastern)
NHL Playoffs
First Round
Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m.
(Washington leads best-of-seven series 2-0)
Carolina at New Jersey, 8 p.m.
(Carolina leads best-of-seven series 2-0)
Los Angeles at Edmonton, 10 p.m.
(Los Angeles leads best-of-seven series 2-0)
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AHL Playoffs
Division Semifinals
Rochester at Syracuse, 7:05 p.m.
(Start of best-of-five series)
First Round
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.
(Lehigh Valley leads best-of-three series 1-0)
Providence at Springfield, 7:05 p.m.
(Springfield leads best-of-three series 1-0)
Chicago at Rockford, 8 p.m.
(Rockford leads best-of-three series 1-0)
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NBA Playoffs
First Round
Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m.
(Boston leads best-of-seven series 2-0)
Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
(Indiana leads best-of-seven series 2-0)
L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)
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MLB
American League
Baltimore (Young 0-0) at Detroit (Mize 3-1), 6:40 p.m.
Toronto (Berríos 1-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Carrasco 2-1), 7:05 p.m.
Boston (Houck 0-2) at Cleveland (Lively 1-2), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Wesneski 1-1) at Kansas City (Lugo 1-3), 7:40 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Hendricks 0-2) at Minnesota (Woods Richardson 1-2), 7:40 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Burke 1-3) at Athletics (Severino 1-3), 10:05 p.m.
National League
Philadelphia (Walker 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Rea 0-0), 2:20 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Senga 3-1) at Washington (Irvin 2-0), 6:45 p.m.
Milwaukee (Patrick 1-1) at St. Louis (Liberatore 1-2), 8:15 p.m.
Cincinnati (Abbott 2-0) at Colorado (Freeland 0-4), 8:40 p.m.
Atlanta (Sale 0-2) at Arizona (Gallen 1-3), 9:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Skenes 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Yamamoto 3-1), 10:10 p.m.
Interleague
Miami (Quantrill 1-2) at Seattle (Gilbert 1-1), 9:40 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Baz 2-0) at San Diego (King 3-0), 9:40 p.m.
Texas (Eovaldi 1-2) at San Francisco (Verlander 0-1), 10:15 p.m.
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NLL Playoffs
First Round
San Diego at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
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Canadian Premier League
Wanderers (Halifax) at Valour (Winnipeg), 8 p.m.
