SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, MAY 28
National Hockey League Playoffs:
Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights—7 p.m.
(Best-of-seven West Division semi-final tied 3-3)
There is one other remaining opening-round series to be decided which continues tomorrow, as follows…
Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens—5:30 p.m.
(Toronto leads the best-of-seven North/Canadian Division semi-final 3-2)
Round 2 of the playoffs starts tomorrow, as follows…
New York Islanders at Boston Bruins—6 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven East Division final)
The Winnipeg Jets have advanced to the North/Canadian Division final and will play the winner of the Toronto-Montreal series. The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Carolina Hurricanes have advanced to the Central Division final. The Colorado Avalanche have advanced to the West Division final and will play the winner of the Vegas-Minnesota series.
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Double-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship—4 games in Latvia:
Canada vs Kazakhstan–7:15 a.m.
(Canada has 1 win, 0 overtime wins, 0 overtime losses, 3 losses for 3 points…tied for 6th place in Group B.)
Sweden vs Great Britain—7:15 a.m.
Denmark vs Belarus–11:15 a.m.
Latvia vs Norway—11:15 a.m.
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Major League Baseball—1 day game, 13 night, including:
Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland—5:10 p.m.
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National Basketball Association Playoffs—3 games:
New York Knicks at Atlanta Hawks—5 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final tied 1-1)
Brooklyn Nets at Boston Celtics—6:30 p.m.
(Brooklyn leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Los Angeles Clippers at Dallas Mavericks—7:30 p.m.
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-0)
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