SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 21
National Hockey League—11 games:
Winnipeg Jets at Carolina Hurricanes—5 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at Montreal Canadiens—5 p.m.
Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning—6 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild—6 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Calgary Flames—7 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils—5 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins—5 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Florida Panthers—5 p.m.
New York Rangers at New York Islanders—5:30 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at San Jose Sharks—8:30 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Los Angeles Kings—8:30 p.m.
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Western Hockey League playoffs:
Lethbridge Hurricanes at Edmonton Oil Kings—7 p.m.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final)
The Saskatoon Blades begin their post-season tomorrow at the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. for Game 1 of a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:30 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. Game 2 is Saturday in Moose Jaw with Games 3 and 4 at SaskTel Centre on Tuesday, April 26th and Wednesday, April 27th. All game times are 7 p.m. with all games being broadcast on CJWW, beginning with the Pre-Game Show at 6:30. The Blades finished the regular-season with 38 wins, 26 losses, 4 extra time losses for 80 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. The Warriors wound up with 37 wins, 24 losses, 7 extra time losses for 81 points…good for 4th place in the East.
Also opening tomorrow, the Prince Albert Raiders will meet the Winnipeg ICE in a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final playoff series. The first two games of the series will be played tomorrow and Saturday in Winnipeg with Games 3 and 4 at the Art Hauser Centre on Tuesday, April 26th and Wednesday, April 27th. Raiders’ home games will start at 7 p.m. P-A finished the regular-season with 28 wins, 35 losses, 5 extra time losses for 61 points…good for 8th place in the Eastern Conference. P-A Winnipeg ended up with 53 wins, 10 losses, 5 extra time losses for 111 points…good for 1st place in the East.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—5 day games, 1 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox—11:35 a.m.
National League—2 day games, 2 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs–3 games:
Memphis Grizzlies at Minnesota Timberwolves—5:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 1-1)
Dallas Mavericks at Utah Jazz—7 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 1-1)
Golden State Warriors at Denver Nuggets—8 p.m.
(Golden State leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Game 4 of the Toronto Raptors-Philadelphia 76ers series is slated for Saturday at Noon at Toronto. Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-0.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Calgary is at Rochester. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday when they host the San Diego Seals. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 6 wins, 10 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. San Diego has 9 wins, 7 losses…tied for 2nd place in the West.
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