In the NHL playoffs, Patrick Kane scored in the first period and that was enough as Chicago shuts out Minnesota 1-0 to take a 3 games to nothing lead. Corey Crawford made 30 saves for the shutout…..Johnny Gaudreau tied the game for Calgary with 19.5 seconds left in the third period and then Mikael Backlund got the winner in overtime as the Flames edge Anaheim 4-3 and now trail the series two games to one.
In the Majors, the Yankees doubled up on the Blue Jays 6-3 as Micheal Pineda threw 8 shutout innings to improve to 4 and 0…..Jacoby Ellsbury had 3 hits, stole two bases and scored 2 runs while Mark Teixeira hit a two run homer……Mookie Betts hit a two run homer and Rick Porcello threw 7 shutout innings as the Red Sox blank Tampa Bay 2-0.
In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals with the best record in baseball at 20 and 6, kept their winning streak alive with a 7-4 win over the Cubs…….Zach Grienke improved to 5 and 0 as the Dodgers beat up on Milwaukee 8-2.
In the NBA playoffs, it was Atlanta over Washington 106-90 to tie that series at one game each and Memphis downed Golden State 97-90 to tie that series at one win a piece.
