Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, May 25th
NHL: (2 Tuesday playoff games)
Edmonton Oilers 5 Calgary Flames 3
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins snapped a 3-3 tie with his second goal of the game with 3:27 left in the 3rd period.
The Oilers lead the series 3-1 with Game 5 Thursday night (6:30 PT) in Calgary.
New York Rangers 4 Carolina Hurricanes 1
The series is tied 2-2 with Game 5 Thursday night (4:00 PT) in Carolina. The Hurricanes are 6-0 at home and 0-5 on the road in the playoffs.
One Stanley Cup playoff tonight (5:00 PT): St. Louis at Colorado with the Avalanche ahead 3-1 in the second-round series.
WHL:
Kamloops Blazers 6 Seattle Thunderbirds 3
The Blazers lead the Western Conference Final 2-1 with Game 4 tonight in Seattle. Nico Myatovic of P.G. notched an assist in a losing effort for the Thunderbirds.
The WHL Eastern Conference Final resumes tonight with the Winnipeg Ice at the Edmonton Oil Kings.
Edmonton leads the series 2-1.
The WHL playoff schedule and results are right here.
Taking Note Column:
Stankoven fills hat once again . . . Blazers win on road for 2-1 series lead in West . . . WHL’s East final resumes tonight in Edmonton https://t.co/Ha14DViRUM
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) May 25, 2022
Men’s World Hockey: (in Finland)
Canada 7 France 1
Canada finished 3rd in Group A with a 5-2 record and will play Sweden (2nd in Group B) in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
The world men’s hockey schedule can be found right here or here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
.@UNBCATHLETICS MBB add dynamic BC ‘AAAA’ MVP to back court | https://t.co/wGunJGZK3g #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc pic.twitter.com/5gxIi4jBA8
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) May 24, 2022
NBA:
Dallas Mavericks 119 Golden State Warriors 109
The Warriors lead the Western Conference Final 3-1 with Game 5 Thursday night at 6:00 in San Francisco.
The NBA Eastern Conference Final has shifted back to Miami for Game 5 tonight (5:30 PT) with the Heat and Boston Celtics tied 2-2.
The NBA playoff results and schedule are right here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 8 St. Louis Cardinals 1
The (23-20) Blue Jays are 1-1 on a 6-game road trip that continues Thursday night (6:38) against the Angels in Anaheim.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
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