SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, APRIL 17
National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs—4 games:
Eastern Conference
New York Islanders at Carolina Hurricanes–5 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins—5:30 p.m.
(Both are opening games of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-finals)
Western Conference
Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars—7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers—8 p.m.
(Both are opening games of best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-finals)
The remaining series start tomorrow, as follows…
Eastern Conference
New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils—5 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs—5:30 p.m.
(Both are opening games of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-finals)
Winnipeg Jets at Vegas Golden Knights—7:30 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Colorado Avalanche—8 p.m.
(Both are opening games of best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-finals)
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The Western Hockey League Playoffs return to action tomorrow with 3 games, as follows…
Saskatoon Blades at Red Deer Rebels
(Red Deer leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 2-0. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 3:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 4 p.m. So long as the Bridge City Bunch wins a game in Red Deer over the next two, there will be a Game 5 on Friday at 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
Winnipeg ICE at Moose Jaw Warriors—tomorrow at 7 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final tied 1-1)
Seattle Thunderbirds at Prince George Cougars—tomorrow at 8 p.m.
(Seattle leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 2-0)
Kamloops Blazers at Portland Winterhawks—Wednesday at 8 p.m.
(Kamloops leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 2-0)
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Major League Baseball–regular-season:
American League—1 day game, 3 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros—6:10 p.m.
Inter-League—4 night games
National League—5 night games
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National Basketball Association Playoffs—2 games:
Brooklyn Nets at Philadelphia 76ers—5:30 p.m.
(Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings—8 p.m.
(Sacramento leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
The remaining six series resume, as follows…
Atlanta Hawks at Boston Celtics—tomorrow at 5 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers—tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.
(New York leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix Suns—8 p.m.
(The Clippers lead the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies—Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
(The Lakers lead the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks—7 p.m.
(Miami leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets—8 p.m.
(Denver leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-finals 1-0)
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Friday when Week 21 of the season starts with Calgary at Panther City. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they host the Colorado Mammoth. First faceoff is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 6 wins, 10 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. Colorado has 9 wins, 7 losses…good for 4th place in the West.
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