SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, MAY 1
National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs:
New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils—6 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final tied 3-3. The winner advances to play the Carolina Hurricanes in a best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final.)
The other three conference semi-finals start, as follows…
Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs—tomorrow at 5 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final)
Seattle Kraken at Dallas Stars—tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final)
Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights—Wednesday, time to be determined
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final)
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The Western Hockey League Playoffs return to action tomorrow, as follows…
Saskatoon Blades vs Winnipeg ICE
(Winnipeg leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 2-0. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m.)
Seattle Thunderbirds at Kamloops Blazers—8 p.m.
(Seattle leads the best-of-seven Western Conference final 2-0)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—2 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox—5:10 p.m.
Inter-League—1 night game
National League—1 day doublehreader, 3 night games
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National Basketball Association Playoffs—2 games:
Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics—5:30 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final)
Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets—8 p.m.
(Denver leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 1-0)
On tomorrow’s schedule…
Miami Heat at New York Knicks—5:30 p.m.
(Miami leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 1-0)
Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors—8 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final)
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The National Lacrosse League regular-season is over with the playoffs to start Friday and Saturday with single-game elimination quarter-finals, as follows…
East Division
Halifax Thunderbirds at Toronto Rock—5:30 p.m. Friday
Rochester Knighthawks vs Buffalo Bandits—5 p.m. Saturday
West Division
Colorado Mammoth vs San Diego Seals—8 p.m. Friday
Panther City vs Calgary Roughnecks—7:30 p.m. Saturday
The Saskatchewan Rush did not qualify for the post-season, finishing with a record of 8 wins, 10 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division.
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