Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 p.m. Thursday, May 26th
WHL: (4th games in Conference Finals)
West: Seattle Thunderbirds 2 Kamloops Blazers 1 (OT)
Nico Myatovic of Prince George scored at 11:16 of overtime for the Thunderbirds who tied the series 2-2.
Nico Myatovic!
WHOA-VERTIME WINNER!@SeattleTbirds | #WHLPlayoffs | #KAMvsSEA pic.twitter.com/DYGVG7EiAr
— The WHL (@TheWHL) May 26, 2022
East: Edmonton Oil Kings 4 Winnipeg Ice 2
The Oil Kings lead the series 3-1.
The box score can be found right here.
Both Conference Finals will resume on Friday.
The WHL playoff schedule and results are right here.
NHL: (1 Wednesday playoff game)
St. Louis Blues 5 Colorado Avalanche 4 (OT)
Tyler Bozak scored at 3:38 of overtime as the Blues completed a dramatic comeback.
The Avalanche led the game 3-1 with 10 1/2 minutes left in the 3rd and 4-3 with one minute remaining.
Robert Thomas of the Blues made it 4-4 with 56 seconds remaining.
Nathan MacKinnon scored three goals and added an assist in a losing cause.
Colorado still leads the series 3-2 with Game 6 Friday night (5 pm PT) in St. Louis.
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There are a pair of Stanley Cup playoff games tonight: the New York Rangers visit the Carolina Hurricanes (4:00 PT) followed by the Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames (6:40).
The Rangers and Hurricanes are tied 2-2 while the Oilers lead the Flames 3-1.
Carolina is 6-0 at home and 0-5 on the road in the playoffs.
The NHL playoff schedule is right here or right here.
Men’s World Hockey: (in Finland)
(Quarterfinal)
Canada 4 Sweden 3 (OT)
Drake Batherson scored at 43 seconds of overtime for the Canadian team that trailed 3-0 after two periods.
Canada advances to the semifinals on Saturday against the Czech Republic.
The world men’s hockey schedule can be found right here or here.
PG Senior Lacrosse:
PG Devils 17 Mackenzie 0
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:
Boston Celtics 93 Miami Heat 80
The Celtics lead the best-of-7 Eastern Conference Final 3-2 with Game 6 Friday night (5:30 PT) in Boston.
The NBA Western Conference Final has shifted back to San Francisco for Game 5 tonight (6:00 PT) with the Golden State Warriors ahead of the Dallas Mavericks 3-1.
The NBA playoff results and schedule are right here.
MLB:
The (23-20) Toronto Blue Jays are 1-1 on a 6-game road trip that continues tonight (6:38) against the (27-18) Angels in Anaheim.
The Jays had Wednesday off.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
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