In the NHL playoffs, Carey Price was the star, making 43 saves as Montreal won 2-0 over Ottawa to advance to the second round …..St. Louis was eliminated after losing 4-1 to Minnesota…..The Wild will now play Chicago in the second round.
Sidney Crosby will play for Team Canada at the World Championship in Prague.
Canada finished with a bronze medal at the under 18 hockey championship after a 5-2 win over Switzerland…….The U.S. won gold with a 2-1 win over Finland in overtime.
Alex Rodriguez hit his 659th home run to move within one of Willie Mays for fourth place on baseball’s career list and the Yankees took advantage of several mistakes by the New York Mets in a 6-4 victory last night……Earlier, Baltimore beat up on the Red Sox 18-7 and the Jays lost to Tampa Bay 5-1.
A major blow for the St. Louis Cardinals as their top pitcher, Adam Wainwright is expected to miss the rest of the 2015 season due to an Achilles injury he suffered Saturday night while stumbling out of the batter’s box.
In the NBA playoffs, the Raptors were blown out in four straight by Washington 125-94……The Celtics were eliminated by Cleveland, 101-93 and the Los Angeles Clippers downed San Antonio 114-105 to even up that series at 2 games each.
