Sam Povorozniouk’s second goal of the game with just over nine minutes left in the third period was the game winner as the Sea Dogs got by Cape Breton 5-4 to force a game 7 tomorrow night at Harbour Station with a 7:00 start.
In the NHL playoffs, St. Louis rallied in the third period with two goals for a 3-2 win over Chicago and a 2 games to 1 lead in their series…..Detroit shut out Tampa Bay 2-0 to trail 2 games to 1….. Thomas Hickey scored at 12:31 of overtime to give the Islanders a 4-3 win over Florida and a 2 games to 1 lead….Nashville leads Anaheim two games to nothing after a 3-2 win on the road.
In the Majors, Aaron Sanchez allowed just two hits in 7 innings as the Blue Jays won 5-3 over the Red Sox. They play just after noonhour today on Patriot’s Day in Boston……Alex Rodriguez hit a two run homer as the Yankees got by Seattle 4-3. In otyher play, it was the New York Mets 6 Cleveland 0….Atlanta 6 Miami 5 (10 innings)…..Tama Pay 3 Chicago White Sox 2….Philadelphia 3 Washington 2 (10 innings)….Pittsburgh 9 Milwaukee 3…..Minnesota 3 Los Angeles Angels 2 (12 innings)…..Houston 5 Detroit 4…..St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 3….Colorado 2 Chicago Cubs 0……Oakland 3 Kansas City 2…..Arizona 7 San Diego 3 and the Los Angeles Dodgers 3 San Francisco 1.
In the NBA playoffs, it was Cleveland 106 Detroit 101….Miami 123 Charlotte 99….San Antonio 106 Memphis 74 and the Los Angeles Clippers 115 Portland 95.
In Nascar, Carl Edwards won at Bristol Motor Speedway. Defending Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch crashed twice and spun out once.