Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Friday, May 27th
NHL: (2 Thursday playoff games)
Edmonton Oilers 5 Calgary Flames 4 (OT)
Connor McDavid scored at 5:03 of overtime.
The Oilers won the series 4-1 to advance to the Western Conference Final for the first time in 16 years.
Calgary’s Blake Coleman appeared to snap a 4-4 tie with 5:57 left in the 3rd but the goal was waved off after a video review determined Coleman kicked the puck into the Edmonton net.
#HockeyOps explains “no goal” video review at 14:03 of the third period in the @EdmontonOilers / @NHLFlames game.https://t.co/qpuWl12oKi
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) May 27, 2022
Carolina Hurricanes 3 New York Rangers 1
The Hurricanes lead the series 3-2 with Game 6 Saturday night at 5:00 (PT) in New York. Carolina is 7-0 at home and 0-5 on the road in the playoffs.
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There is one Stanley Cup playoff game tonight: the Colorado Avalanche at the St. Louis Blues (5:00 PT) with Colorado ahead 3-2.
The NHL playoff schedule is right here or right here.
WHL:
The WHL Conference Finals resume tonight.
In the West, the Seattle Thunderbirds visit the Kamloops Blazers with the series tied 2-2.
The Thunderbirds pulled even on Wednesday, defeating the Blazers 2-1 as Nico Myatovic of Prince George scored at 11:16 of overtime.
Nico Myatovic!
WHOA-VERTIME WINNER!@SeattleTbirds | #WHLPlayoffs | #KAMvsSEA pic.twitter.com/DYGVG7EiAr
— The WHL (@TheWHL) May 26, 2022
In the East, the Edmonton Oil Kings will battle the Ice in Winnipeg with the Oil Kings in front 3-1.
The WHL playoff schedule and results are right here.
Columns:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller talks about the playoff contributions of @SeattleTbirds forward and PG product @Nicomyatovic | #cityofpg https://t.co/Xz1QZtOGvB #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/Nd9MDFIL6a
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) May 27, 2022
Oil Kings one victory from WHL final . . . Western Conference tied at 2-2; resumes Friday in Kamloops . . . Settlement in sexual assault case https://t.co/RaVFeo23XS
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) May 26, 2022
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 (8:20 a.m. PT).
The world men’s hockey schedule can be found right here or here.
PG Senior Lacrosse:
PG Bandits 16 PG Assault 3
NBA:
Golden State Warriors 120 Dallas Mavericks 110
The Warriors won the Western Conference Final 4-1.
The NBA Eastern Conference Final has shifted back to Boston for Game 6 tonight (5:30 PT) with the Celtics ahead of the Miami Heat 3-2.
The NBA playoff results and schedule are right here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 6 LA Angels 3
The (24-20) Blue Jays are 2-1 on a 6-game road trip that continues tonight (6:38) against the (27-19) Angels in Anaheim.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
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