In the Stanley Cup, Nikita Kucherov scored his second winning goal of the playoffs 3:33 into overtime as Tampa Bay edged the Rangers 6-5 to take a 2 games to 1 lead in the Eastern final. The Rangers had tied the game with under two minutes left in the third period.
The Maple Leafs have hired Mike Babcock as their new coach in an 8 year deal reportedly worth 50 million dollars and Don Sweeney of St. Stephen has been named the new General Manager of the Boston Bruins. Former Bruin General Manager Peter Chiarelli has been hired as GM in Edmonton.
In the Majors, in spite of Bryce Harper, who hit 10 homers in the previous 12 games, being ejected in the third inning, Washington downed the Yankees again 3-2……Phil Klein allowed just one run in his first start as Texas got by the Red Sox 2-1 and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to edge the Blue Jays 4-3.
In the National League, San Francisco shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers again 4-0.
In the NBA playoffs, J-R Smith sank 8 three pointers and LeBron James scored 31 points as Cleveland takes game one of the Eastern final 97-89 over Atlanta.
