Sports by Hartley Thursday, May 4th as of 12:05 a.m.
NHL: (First games in the best-of-7 Conference semifinals)
Vegas 6 Edmonton 4
Leon Draisaitl had four goals in a losing cause. His performance came a night after Joe Pavelski scored four times for Dallas in a 5-4 overtime loss on Tuesday to Seattle.
Carolina 5 New Jersey 1
The other two NHL conference semis resume tonight (Thursday) with Florida at Toronto (4:00) and Seattle at Dallas (6:30). Florida and Seattle are both up 1-0.
The NHL playoff schedule/results are here.
WHL: (4th game in the best-of-7 Eastern Conference Final)
Winnipeg ICE 3 Saskatoon Blades 2
Winnipeg swept the series 4-0 to advance to the WHL Championship Series.
The Western Conference Final resumes tonight (Thursday) in Kamloops with the Seattle Thunderbirds ahead of the Blazers 2-1.
2023 WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY NUTRIEN SCHEDULE
| Game | Date | Away | Home | Time | |
| 1 | April 28, 2023 | Saskatoon Blades 0 | Winnipeg ICE 3 | boxscore | |
| 2 | April 29, 2023 | Saskatoon Blades 2 | Winnipeg ICE 6 | boxscore | |
| 3 | May 2, 2023 | Winnipeg ICE 5 | Saskatoon Blades 1 | boxscore | |
| 4 | May 3, 2023 | Winnipeg ICE 3 | Saskatoon Blades 2 | boxscore | |
2023 WHL WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY NUTRIEN SCHEDULE
| Game | Date | Away | Home | Time | |
| 1 | April 29, 2023 | Kamloops Blazers 1 | Seattle T-Birds 5 | boxscore | |
| 2 | April 30, 2023 | Kamloops Blazers 3 | Seattle T-Birds 4 | OT boxscore | |
| 3 | May 2, 2023 | Seattle T-Birds 1 | Kam Blazers 4 | boxscore | |
| 4 | May 4, 2023 | Seattle Thunderbirds | Kamloops Blazers | 7:00 p.m. PT | |
| 5 | May 6, 2023 | Kamloops Blazers | Seattle Thunderbirds | 6:05 p.m. PT | |
| 6 | May 8, 2023 | Seattle Thunderbirds | Kamloops Blazers | 7:00 p.m. PT | * |
| 7 | May 9, 2923 | Kamloops Blazers | Seattle Thunderbirds | 7:05 p.m. PT | * |
* – if necessary
The WHL playoff results and schedule can be found here.
WHL column:
How much will Ernst’s ‘May Miracle’ impact series? . . . Ice moves into WHL final . . . Blades amazing run comes to end https://t.co/65rYypFQyS
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) May 4, 2023
NBA: (1 playoff game)
Boston 121 Philadelphia 87
The series is tied 1-1.
There is one NBA playoff game tonight (6:00 Thursday): LA Lakers at Golden State with the Lakers up 1-0.
NBA results can be found right here.
Major League Baseball:
Boston Red Sox 8 Toronto Blue Jays 3
The (18-13) Blue Jays are 0-3 on a 9-game road trip that continues today (Thursday 3:10 PT) against the (18-14) Red Sox as Boston goes for a 4-game sweep.
All teams in the A.L. East have a winning record.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
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