SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 13
National Hockey League–15 games:
Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres—5 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens—5 p.m.
Toronto Maple Leafs at New York Rangers—5 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at Colorado Avalanche—6 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Arizona Coyotes—8 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers—5 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets—5 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals—5 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Dallas Stars—6 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Nashville Predators—6 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at Chicago Blackhawks—6:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks—8 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Seattle Kraken—8 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Saskatoon Quakers at Pilot Butte Storm—8 p.m.
(Best-of-seven final tied 3-3)
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The Western Hockey League Playoffs return to action tomorrow 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—2 day games, 2 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers–5:07 p.m. at Toronto.
National League—3 night games
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The National Basketball Association Playoffs return to action tomorrow with the final 2 “play-in” games, as follows:
Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat—5:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City Thunder at Minnesota Timberwolves —6:30 p.m.
(Both winners advance to the first round of best-of-seven series as the 8th seeds in each conference.)
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Week 20 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle 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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