SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 11
National Hockey League–10 games:
Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at Minnesota Wild—6 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Colorado Avalanche—7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Anaheim Ducks—8 p.m.
Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins—5 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Carolina Hurricanes—5 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils—5 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Philadelphia Flyers—5 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Pittsburgh Penguins—5:30 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Pilot Butte Storm vs Saskatoon Quakers—7:30 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
(Pilot Butte leads the best-of-seven final 3-2)
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The Western Hockey League Playoffs are idle until Friday when all four Conference semi-final series start, as follows…
Saskatoon Blades vs Red Deer Rebels
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m.)
Moose Jaw Warriors at Winnipeg ICE—6:05 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final)
Prince George Cougars vs Seattle Thunderbirds—8:05 p.m. at Kent, Wa.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final)
Portland Winterhawks at Kamloops Blazers—8 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final)
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Major League Baseball–regular-season:
American League—6 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers–5:07 p.m. at Toronto.
Inter-League—3 night games
National League—6 night games
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National Basketball Association Playoffs–2 “play-in” games:
Atlanta Hawks at Miami Heat—5:30 p.m.
(Winner advances to a first round series, loser hosts a Friday game)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers—8 p.m.
(Winner advances to a first round series, loser hosts a Friday game)
The Toronto Raptors are part of the Eastern Conference play-in field. The Raps host the Chicago Bulls tomorrow at 5 p.m. in Toronto.
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Week 20 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush idle off until Saturday when they host the Halifax Thunderbirds. First faceoff is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 6 wins, 9 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. Halifax has 7 wins, 8 losses…tied for 4th place in the East Division.
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