SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2
National Hockey League Playoffs—2 games:
Montreal Canadiens at Winnipeg Jets—5:30 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven North/Canadian Division final)
Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche—8 p.m.
(Colorado leads the best-of-seven West Division final 1-0)
The other two division finals are off today and resume tomorrow, as follows…
Boston Bruins at New York Islanders—5:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven East Division final tied 1-1)
Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning—6 p.m.
(Tampa Bay leads the best-of-seven Central Division final 2-0)
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The Double-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship has today off. The preliminary round is done and the playoffs begin tomorrow with four quarter-final games, as follows…
Canada vs Russia—11:15 a.m.
(Canada finished the preliminary round-robin with 3 wins, 0 overtime wins, 1 overtime loss, 3 losses for 10 points…good for 4th place in Group B.)
Switzerland vs Germany—7:15 a.m.
United States vs Slovakia —7:15 a.m.
Czech Republic vs Finland—11:15 a.m.
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Major League Baseball—4 day games, 8 night, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Miami Marlins—5:07 p.m. at Buffalo
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National Basketball Association Playoffs—4 games:
Washington Wizards at Philadelphia 76ers—5 p.m.
(Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks—5:30 p.m.
(Atlanta leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Memphis Grizzlies at Utah Jazz—7:30 p.m.
(Utah leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Clippers—8 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
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