National Hockey League—12 games:

Ottawa Senators 3, Boston Bruins 2

Toronto Maple Leafs 7, Washington Capitals 3

Edmonton Oilers 4, Nashville Predators 0

Vegas Golden Knights 6, Calgary Flames 1

Vancouver Canucks 7, Arizona Coyotes 1

Pittsburgh Penguins 6, New York Islanders 3

Detroit Red Wings 3, Carolina Hurricanes 0

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Anaheim Ducks 3 (OT)

St. Louis Blues 6, Buffalo Sabres 2

Minnesota Wild 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)

Chicago Blackhawks 5, San Jose Sharks 4 (SO)

Colorado Avalanche 3, New Jersey Devils 1

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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:

Notre Dame Hounds at Warman Wildcat -Rescheduled to Saturday

(Notre Dame leads the best-of-five championship final 1-0)

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The Western Hockey League returns to action today with 10 games, including the Saskatoon Blades finishing off their regular-season schedule at home against the Brandon Wheat Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. with the Pre-Game Show and the play-by- play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 37 wins, 26 losses, 4 extra time losses for 78 points…tied for 4th place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 35 wins, 26 losses, 5 extra time losses for 75 points…good for 6th place in the East.

The Prince Albert Raiders are off until tomorrow when they visit the Swift Current Broncos. P-A has 26 wins, 35 losses, 5 extra time losses for 57 points…tied for 10th place in the Eastern Conference. Swift Current has 26 wins, 34 losses, 7 extra time losses for 59 points…good for 8th place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Saturday against Brandon. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.

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Major League Baseball:

American League—2 day games, 3 night, including

New York Yankees 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0

National League—1 day game, 5 night

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The National Basketball Association Playoffs return to action today with 2 games to finish off the Conference Play-In games. The Toronto Raptors have qualified for the post-season and won’t begin until Saturday when they visit the Philadelphia 76ers at 4 p.m.

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The National Lacrosse League returns to action today when Panther City travels to San Diego. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday when they host the Colorado Mammoth at 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 5 wins, 10 losses…good for 6th place in the West Division. Colorado has 10 wins, 6 losses…good for 1st place in the West.