In a nutshell:
NHL:
Jon Cooper of Prince George is one win away from returning to the Stanley Cup Final.
The Tampa Bay Lightning coasted to a 4-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Sunday in Edmonton to take a 3-1 series lead in the Eastern Final.
Ondrej Palat, Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov, and Yanni Gourde all had 2 point games for the Bolts.
Game 5 goes on Tuesday.
In the West, the Dallas Stars can punch their ticket to the final with a win over Vegas tonight at 5pm Pacific Time.
The Stars lead the Golden Knights 3-1 in the series.
NFL:
Jared Goff and the LA Rams edged the Dallas Cowboys 20-17 in the Sunday nighter of Week 1.
Rams running back Malcolm Brown scored twice in the victory.
Ball out, @MallyCat_28‼️ pic.twitter.com/BO1RvxIZlI
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) September 14, 2020
Elsewhere, Tom Brady’s debut for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was a losing one falling 34-23 to the New Orleans Saints.
Russell Wilson was on fire for the Seattle Seahawks throwing four touchdowns passes in a 38-25 win over Atlanta.
.@DangeRussWilson is live following #SEAvsATL.https://t.co/ydWZdgLsOy
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) September 13, 2020
A doubleheader concludes Week 1 tonight with the Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the New York Giants (4:15 Pacific) while the Denver Broncos welcome the Tennessee Titans (7:20 Pacific)
NBA:
The Denver Nuggets are the cardiac kids of the NBA Playoffs.
A 33-point, 14 rebounds effort from Nikola Jokic gave Denver a 111-98 victory over the LA Clippers on Sunday forcing a Game 7 on Tuesday.
The winner will head to the West Final to play the LA Lakers.
The East Final also begins on Tuesday with the Miami Heat taking on the Boston Celtics.
MLB:
A five-run sixth inning gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 7-3 win over the New York Mets in Buffalo on Sunday.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. smacked his seventh home run of the season for the 26-20 Jays.
Santiago Espinal also recorded 3 RBI’s for Toronto.
The Jays are back in action Tuesday against the New York Yankees.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA HUB:
Can you guess which team has a +16 net rating in the fourth quarter during the playoffs? #MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/jLjUbCDf2X
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) September 14, 2020
? Palat & Gourde on believing in our depth, keeping our focus, and giving our best in Game 5. #TBLvsNYI pic.twitter.com/3SyArUigXR
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) September 14, 2020
"They are up 3-1 in this series because of their defensive acumen, their guts and character, and their netminder, Anton Khudobin." – @Razor5Hole@Lexus | #GoStars pic.twitter.com/5ssqkUpbKR
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) September 13, 2020
The ? clears 'em!
? @santdr13 ? pic.twitter.com/8N3acQnKHC
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) September 13, 2020