The NHL’s regular season finished up with Philadelphia downing the Islanders 5-2 and Anaheim shutting out Washington 2-0…….The playoffs starting on Wednesday. No Canadian teams made the playoffs this season. Detroit Red Wing forward Pavel Datsyuk, who’s 37, says he will retire from the NHL after this season to return to Russia.
The playoff matchups are Detroit-Tampa Bay…..New York Rangers-Pittsburgh….Chicago-St. Louis…..Philadelphia-Washington…..New York Islanders-Florida…..Minnesota-Dallas……San Jose-Los Angeles and Nashville-Anaheim.
The Sea Dogs resume their playoff series tonight in Cape Breton, tied with the Screaming Eagles at a game each.
The Saint John Mill Rats played three games in three days, winning the first two before losing 143-103 to Halifax. The Mill Rats now have a record of 21 and 13.
In the NBA, the Raptors beat New York 93-89 to stay alive for the top seed in the East……… Golden State tied a record with its 72 win of the season, 92-86 over San Antonio. This was the first home loss of the season for the Spurs. In other play, it was Washington 113 Charlotte 98….Houston 130 Los Angeles Lakers 110…..Los Angeles Clippers 98 Dallas 91…..Utah 100 Denver 84…..Milwaukee 109 Philadelphia 108 (OT)…..Indiana 129 Brooklyn 105 and Miami 118 Orlando 96.
In the Majors, Marco Estrada pitched seven shutout innings and Josh Donaldson hit a solo home run as the Blue Jays shut out the Red Sox 3-0 to avoid a three game sweep. The Yankees and Detroit were postponed……. Rookie Trevor Story of Colorado has set a Major League record by hitting seven home runs in his first six games. Eksewhere, it was Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 1…..Baltimore 5 Tampa Bay 3…..Washington 4 Miami 2…..Kansas City 4 Minnesota 3…..Colorado 6 San Diego 3….Chicago Cubs 7 Arizona 3…..Philadelphia 5 New York Mets 2…..St. Louis 12 Atlanta 7…..Milwaukee 3 Houston 2…..Los Angeles Angels 3 Texas 1 and San Francisco 9 Los Angeles Dodgers 6.
Jordan Speith could not hold on to a 5 shot lead on the back nine and lost the Masters to Danny Willet.
Kevin Koe of Alberta won the World Men’s Curling Championship, 5-3 over Denmark.
