Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Monday, June 6th
NHL:
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 New York Rangers 2
Ondrej Palat scored the winner with just 42 seconds left in the 3rd.
Tampa erased a 2-0 second period deficit.
The Rangers lead the Eastern Conference Final 2-1 with Game 4 Tuesday night in Tampa Bay.
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The NHL Western Conference Final resumes tonight (Monday just after 5:00 PT) in Edmonton with the Oilers’ season on the line.
Colorado leads the series 3-0 after Saturday’s 4-2 victory.
The Avs are a perfect 6-0 on the road in the playoffs.
The Oilers will be without sniper Evander Kane, who will serve a one-game suspension for his hit from behind on Avalanche centre Nazem Kadri in Game 3.
Colorado coach Jared Bednar said Kadri will be out for the series, “if not longer.”
Evander Kane was given a 5-minute major for boarding on this hit on Nazem Kadri. #StanleyCup | #LetsGoOilers | #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/xRv9dN2WQs
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 5, 2022
WHL:
Edmonton Oil Kings 5 Seattle Thunderbirds 4
The best-of-7 championship series is tied 1-1 with Games 3 and 4 in Kent, Washington Tuesday and Wednesday.
The box score from Game 2 is right here.
The WHL playoff schedule and results are right here.
Columns:
Scattershooting on a Sunday while thinking about that great deal on regular gasoline . . . https://t.co/NPy32ra554
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) June 6, 2022
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— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) June 3, 2022
BCHL:
TRADE: The Spruce Kings have acquired F and @HCrossMHockey commit Jack Stockfish (02) from the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the CCHL in exchange for future considerations.
DETAILS 📝–> https://t.co/bm948KddEK#TrueBlue pic.twitter.com/HglThexjJZ
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) June 6, 2022
NBA:
Golden State Warriors 107 Boston Celtics 88
The best-of-7 championship series is tied 1-1 with Game 3 Wednesday in Boston.
The NBA playoff results and schedule are right here.
MLB:
Minnesota Twins 8 Toronto Blue Jays 6
It was just the second loss in the last 11 games for Toronto.
The (31-22) Blue Jays begin a six-game road trip tonight (5:10 PT) against the (17-35) Royals in Kansas City.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
Tennis:
Rafael Nadal won his 14th French Open tennis title with a straight-sets (6-3, 6-3, 6-0) victory over 23-year-old Casper Ruud of Norway.
It is Nadal’s record 22nd Grand Slam title.
At 36, he is the oldest player to win the French tournament.
Nadal improved to 14-0 in finals and 112-3 overall at Roland Garros.
UNBC Timberwolves:
.@UNBCATHLETICS WSOC ink speedy attacker from Kamloops
| https://t.co/cR4LNHtaqx #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc pic.twitter.com/eHd43VwZuA— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) June 3, 2022
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