LOCAL SPORTS
Jacob Hudson of Antigonish scored his first AHL goal after being signed to a professional tryout with the Springfield Thunderbirds – the AHL Affiliate of the St Louis Blues. The former X-Man previously played with the Maine Mariners in the ECHL.
In Junior B Hockey, the Capstone Colts have tied up the series with a 3-2 victory in Shearwater over the Antigonish Bulldogs. Game 5 of the finals will be played on Good Friday at 7:30 pm at the Antigonish Arena, with Game 6 in Shearwater Saturday night.
It’s going the distance in the Rural League finals: the Heatherton Warriors defeated the County Outlaws 8-7 in overtime to force Game 7, to be played Saturday night at 7 pm at the Antigonish Arena.
The schedule for the Maritime Hockey League finals has been set between the Pictou County Weeks Crushers and the Edmundston Blizzard. Games 1 & 2 will be in Edmundston this Friday & Saturday night, with Games 3 & 4 at the Wellness Centre on Wednesday the 23rd and Thursday the 24th.
NATIONAL SPORTS
Mats Zuccarello scored in overtime as the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2. The Wild fell behind 2-0 midway through the second period after the Canucks got goals from Marcus Pettersson and Jake DeBrusk.
Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers left the game in Chicago after he backed into an official in the second period. Ehlers had to be helped off the ice after he got hurt. He went straight to the locker room after he departed the Jets’ 5-4 shootout win.
Mitch Marner scored 36 seconds into overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 1-0 victory over Montreal and prevent the Canadiens from wrapping up a wild-card playoff spot. Anthony Stolarz stopped 15 shots for his third shutout of the season as Atlantic Division-leading Toronto secured home-ice in the first round of the playoffs. The Canadiens gained a valuable point in the standings, but have dropped two straight after winning six in a row.
Heston Kjerstad and Adley Rutschman homered, the Baltimore defence pulled off five double plays, and the Orioles rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4. Cedric Mullins gave the Orioles a 5-3 lead in the sixth with a two-run double, and Baltimore held on from there. Anthony Santander homered for the Blue Jays in his return to Camden Yards after he spent his first eight seasons with the Orioles.
Luke Raley drove in three runs and the Seattle Mariners scored four times in the third and seventh innings to down the Texas Rangers 9-2. Bryan Woo allowed one run and six hits with seven strikeouts in seven innings for Seattle. Cal Raleigh hit a home run for the second consecutive game.
Canada’s Corey Conners sits third on the leaderboard at the Masters heading into the final round. The golfer from Listowel, Ontario, is four shots back of Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy. Conners went from a five-shot deficit to one shot behind McIlroy in a span of three holes, closing with eight straight pars for a 70.
Saturday’s Scoreboard
NHL
Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 (SO)
Columbus 7 Washington 0
Carolina 7 N.Y. Rangers 3
Los Angeles 5 Colorado 4
Florida 3 Buffalo 2 (SO)
Toronto 1 Montreal 0 (OT)
Winnipeg 5 Chicago 4 (SO)
Utah 5 Dallas 3
Vegas 5 Nashville 3
Minnesota 3 Vancouver 2 (OT)
Seattle 4 St. Louis 3 (SO)
IIHF Women’s World Championship – Preliminary Round at Ceske Budejovice, Czechia
Germany 5 Norway 2
Finland 4 Czechia 2
MLB
American League
Detroit 4 Minnesota 0
Baltimore 5 Toronto 4
Chicago White Sox 3 Boston 2
Cleveland 6 Kansas City 3
L.A. Angels 4 Houston 1
Seattle 9 Texas 2
National League
Philadelphia 4 St. Louis 1
Miami 7 Washington 6
Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 2
Arizona 5 Milwaukee 4
San Diego 2 Colorado 0
Chicago Cubs 16 L.A. Dodgers 0
Interleague
N.Y. Yankees 8 San Francisco 4
Athletics 3 N.Y. Mets 1
Atlanta 5 Tampa Bay 4
MLS
Minnesota 0 Toronto FC 0
New England 1 Atlanta 0
New York 0 Orlando City 0
Cincinnati 1 D.C. United 0
Charlotte FC 1 CF Montréal 0
New York City FC 1 Philadelphia 0
Vancouver 5 Austin FC 1
Seattle 1 FC Dallas 0
Nashville 2 Real Salt Lake 1
Colorado 3 San Diego FC 2
Houston 1 LA Galaxy 1
Los Angeles FC 2 San Jose 1
Sunday’s Games (All Times Eastern)
NHL
N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Ottawa, 1 p.m.
Boston at Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m.
Toronto at Carolina, 5 p.m.
Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.
Columbus at Washington, 6 p.m.
Edmonton at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Calgary, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
IIHF Women’s World Championship – Preliminary Round at Ceske Budejovice, Czechia
Norway vs. Hungary, 5 a.m.
Sweden vs. Japan, 9 a.m.
United States vs. Canada, 1 p.m.
MLB
American League
Toronto (Berríos 1-1) at Baltimore (Povich 0-1), 1:35 p.m.
Kansas City (Ragans 0-0) at Cleveland (Lively 0-1), 1:40 p.m.
Boston (Crochet 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Smith 0-0), 2:10 p.m.
Detroit (Mize 2-0) at Minnesota (Woods Richardson 0-1), 2:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Hendricks 0-0) at Houston (Wesneski 0-1), 2:10 p.m.
Texas (Eovaldi 1-1) at Seattle (Gilbert 0-1), 4:10 p.m.
National League
Pittsburgh (Mlodzinski 1-1) at Cincinnati (Greene 1-1), 1:40 p.m.
Washington (Gore 1-1) at Miami (Quantrill 1-1), 1:40 p.m.
Philadelphia (Wheeler 1-0) at St. Louis (Liberatore 0-1), 2:15 p.m.
Colorado (Freeland 0-2) at San Diego (King 2-0), 4:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Peralta 1-1) at Arizona (Gallen 1-2), 4:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Brown 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Glasnow 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Interleague
San Francisco (Webb 1-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Rodón 1-2), 1:35 p.m.
Atlanta (Sale 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Baz 1-0), 1:40 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Senga 1-1) at Athletics (Severino 0-2), 4:05 p.m.
MLS
Portland at Sporting Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.
Miami at Chicago, 4:30 p.m.
Columbus at St Louis City, 7 p.m.