SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 1

National Hockey League Playoffs:

Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes—6 p.m.

(Tampa Bay leads the best-of-seven Central Division final 1-0)

The other three division finals are off today and resume as follows…

Montreal Canadiens at Winnipeg Jets—5:30 p.m. Wednesday

(Opening game of best-of-seven North/Canadian Division final)

Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche—8 p.m. Wednesday

(Colorado leads the best-of-seven West Division final 1-0)

Boston Bruins at New York Islanders—5:30 p.m. Thursday

(Best-of-seven East Division final tied 1-1)

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Double-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship—4 games in Latvia:

Slovakia vs Czech Republic—7:15 a.m.

Italy vs United States—7:15 a.m.

Russia vs Belarus—11:15 a.m.

Germany vs Latvia—11:15 a.m.

(Canada finished the preliminary round-robin with 3 wins, 0 overtime wins, 1 overtime loss, 3 losses for 10 points…tied for 3rd place in Group B. The quarter-finals go Thursday.)

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Major League Baseball—15 night games, including:

Toronto Blue Jays vs Miami Marlins—5:07 p.m. at Buffalo

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National Basketball Association Playoffs—3 games:

Boston Celtics at Brooklyn Nets—5:30 p.m.

(Brooklyn leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)

Portland Trailblazers at Denver Nuggets—7 p.m.

(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)

Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix Suns—8 p.m.

(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)

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