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Sports Roundup – May 23

May 23, 2022 | Sports

Evander Kane scored a natural hat trick during an electric six-minute span and Oilers’ captain Connor McDavid provided more magic with three assists as the Edmonton Oilers downed the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the Battle of Alberta playoff series. Leon Draisaitl of Edmonton set an N-H-L record with four assists in a playoff period. Jacob Markstrom allowed four goals on 34 shots before getting pulled for the Flames. Game 4 is Tuesday in Edmonton.


Steven Stamkos scored twice and Nikita Kucherov had four points as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to move to the brink of another trip to the N-H-L’s Eastern Conference Final. Andrei Vasilevskiy had 34 saves for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions as they grabbed a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Panthers. Game 4 is tonight.


Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, Igor Shesterkin stopped 43 shots, and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 in Game 3 of their second-round N-H-L playoff series. Chris Kreider and Tyler Motte also scored as the Rangers cut their deficit to 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. Game 4 is Tuesday in New York.


Justin Thomas won the PGA Championship for the second time in five years on Sunday. Thomas stormed back from seven shots back to win the second Major of the season in a three-hole playoff with Will Zalatoris. Thomas birdied the first two playoff holes and closed with a par. Zalatoris began the day three shots back of Mito Pereira. Pereira squandered a one-shot lead on the 18th when he drove into the creek off the tee and made double bogey.


Scott Dixon used a breathtaking run of more than 234 miles per hour to post the fastest Indianapolis 500 pole run in history. The New Zealander will lead the field to green in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” for the fifth time in his career. His average broke Scott Brayton’s pole-winning record set in 1996. Alex Palou will start next Sunday’s race from the No. 2 spot.


Stephen Curry scored 31 points, Andrew Wiggins added 27 while poster-rizing Luka Doncic on a dunk and the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 109-100 Sunday for a 3-0 lead in the N-B-A’s Western Conference Finals. The Warriors moved within a victory of a return to the N-B-A Finals, three years after the end of a run of five consecutive trips that yielded three championships. Game 4 is on Tuesday in Dallas.


Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola has joined Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson as the only managers to win the Premier League four times in five years. The Blues did it by scoring three late goals in a 5 1/2-minute span on Sunday, turning a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 victory against Aston Villa. Manchester City finished one point ahead of Liverpool, ending the Reds’ bid for a quadruple.


Sunday’s Games

NHL Playoffs – Second Round (Best-of-seven series)

Tampa Bay 5 Florida 1 (Tampa Bay leads series 3-0)
N.Y. Rangers 3 Carolina 1 (Carolina leads series 2-1)
Edmonton 4 Calgary 1 (Edmonton leads series 2-1)


World Hockey Championship – Preliminary Round at Helsinki and Tampere, Finland

Germany 5 Kazakhstan 4
Latvia 4 Great Britain 3
Sweden 7 Norway 1
Switzerland 5 France 2


NBA Playoffs – Best-of-Seven Conference Finals

Western Conference
Golden State 109 Dallas 100 (Golden State leads series 3-0)


MLB

Interleague
Cincinnati 3 Toronto 2


American League
Boston 8 Seattle 4
Baltimore 7 Tampa Bay 6
Detroit 4 Cleveland 2
Minnesota 7 Kansas City 6
Houston 5 Texas 2
Chicago White Sox 3 N.Y. Yankees 1
L.A. Angels 4 Oakland 1
Chicago White Sox 5 N.Y. Yankees 0


National League
St. Louis 18 Pittsburgh 4
Philadelphia 4 L.A. Dodgers 3
Miami 4 Atlanta 3
Washington 8 Milwaukee 2
Chicago Cubs 5 Arizona 4
N.Y. Mets 2 Colorado 0
San Diego 10 San Francisco 1


MLS
Real Salt Lake 2 CF Montreal 1
Charlotte FC 2 Vancouver 1
New York City FC 1 Chicago 0
Inter Miami 2 New York Red Bulls 0
Minnesota 2 FC Dallas 1
Sporting Kansas City 1 San Jose 1
Orlando City 2 Austin FC 0
Colorado 1 Seattle 0
Houston 3 LA Galaxy 0
Philadelphia 2 Portland 0


Monday’s Schedule (All Times Eastern)

NHL Playoffs

Eastern Conference – Second Round
Florida at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. (Tampa Bay leads series 3-0)

Western Conference – Second Round
Colorado at St. Louis, 9:30 p.m. (Colorado leads 2-1)


World Hockey Championship – Preliminary Round

At Helsinki
Italy vs. Kazakhstan, 9:20 a.m.
Denmark vs. Canada, 1:20 p.m.

At Tampere
Czechia vs. United States, 9:20 a.m.
Britain vs. Austria, 1:20 p.m.


NBA Playoffs – Best-of-Seven Conference Finals
Eastern Conference
Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m. (Miami leads 2-1)


MLB

Interleague
Toronto (Berrios 3-2) at St. Louis (Mikolas 3-2), 7:45 p.m.


American League
Baltimore (Lyles 2-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 4-0), 7:05 p.m.
Detroit (Rodriguez 0-0) at Minnesota (Archer 0-1), 7:40 p.m.
Cleveland (McKenzie 2-3) at Houston (Garcia 3-2), 8:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Greinke 0-2) at Arizona (Davies 2-2), 9:40 p.m.
Oakland (Kaprielian 0-2) at Seattle (Gonzales 2-4), 9:40 p.m.


National League
Colorado (Kuhl 3-2) at Pittsburgh (Brubaker 0-4), 6:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Smyly 1-5) at Cincinnati (TBD), 6:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Anderson 4-0) at Washington (Adon 1-7), 7:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Wheeler 2-3) at Atlanta (Davidson 1-0), 7:20 p.m.
Kansas City (Greinke 0-2) at Arizona (Davies 2-2), 9:40 p.m.
Milwaukee (Houser 3-4) at San Diego (Clevinger 1-0), 9:40 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (TBD) at San Francisco (Cobb 3-1), 9:45 p.m.


Canadian Radio Awards: 989 XFM Small Market Station of The Year

Canadian Radio Awards: 989 XFM Small Market Station of The Year