The NHL playoffs are underway…….St. Louis shut out Chicago 1-0 in overtime with the winning goal coming on a deflection off a Blackhawk defenseman….Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists as Pittsburgh beats the Rangers 5-2 and Tampa Bay edged Detroit 3-2.
Tonight, Philadelphia is at Washington…….The Islanders are in Florida……Minnesota is in Dallas and Los Angeles is at home against San Jose.
In the “Q” League playoffs, it was Moncton over Gatineau in overtime, 2-1 with Cameron Askew getting the winner to tie the series at 2 games each.
Playing in the last game of his 20 year career, Kobe Bryant scored 60 points as the Lakers rallied for a 101-96 win over Utah……. The Toronto Raptors wrapped up the best regular season in franchise history with a 103-96 win over Brooklyn and Golden State established a new record for regular season wins at 73 with a 125-104 win over Memphis. In other play, it was San Antonio 96 Dallas 91…Detroit 1123 Cleveland 110……Chicago 115 Philadelphia 105….Indiana 97 Milwaukee 92…..Minnesota 144 New Orleans 109…Phoenix 114 Los Angeles Clippers 105 and Portland 107 Denver 99.
In the Majors, the Red Sox came from 2 runs down to win 4-2 over Baltimore and the Blue Jays beat the Yankees 7-2…….The Chicago Cubs are off to their best start ever at 7 and 1 after downing Cincinnati 9-2 and Washington improves to 6 and 1 with a 3-0 win over Atlanta. Elsewhere, it was the New York Mets 2 Miami 1…..Los Angeles Angels 5 Oakland 1…..Seattle 4 Texas 2 (10 innings)…..Detroit 7 Pittsburgh 3….Philadelphia 2 San Diego 1….Kansas City 4 Houston 2….Chicago White Sox 3 Minnesota 0…Milwaukee 6 St. Louis 4…..Colorado 10 San Francisco 6 and the Los Angeles Dodgers 3 Arizona 1.
