Niko Mikkola and Aleksander Barkov each scored twice, and the Florida Panthers scored five goals in a nine-minute span of the third period to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 and move one win away from a third consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup final. Logan Stankoven and Seth Jarvis scored for Carolina, which has now dropped 15 consecutive East final games. Game 4 in the best-of-seven series is Monday in Sunrise, Florida.
Sam O’Reilly’s second goal of the game, scored at 4:23 of overtime, lifted the London Knights to a 3-2 victory over the Moncton Wildcats at the Memorial Cup in Rimouski, Quebec. Kasper Halttunen also scored for the Ontario Hockey League champion Knights in their tournament opener. Etienne Morin and Dyllan Gill scored for the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League champion Wildcats in their first game of the 10-day championship event.
Tyler McGregor scored four goals and Dominic Cozzolino had two goals and three assists as Canada’s National Para hockey team opened defence of its gold medal with an 11-0 win against Germany at the World Para Hockey Championship in Buffalo. McGregor became just the third player in team history to reach 150 career goals. Netminder Corbin Watson only had to make three saves to register the shutout. Canada plays South Korea today.
Anthony Edwards scored a game-high 30 points and had nine rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves whipped the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder 143-101 to trim their deficit in the N-B-A Western Conference Finals to 2-1. Julius Randle added 24 points for the T-Wolves, who can tie the series with a win Monday in Game 4. Ajay Mitchell and Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander each scored 14 points for the Thunder.
The visiting Vancouver Whitecaps were down 2-0 before the match was four minutes old, but two goals by Brian White and a late winner from Pedro Vite helped the Caps record a 3-2 Major League Soccer win against the Real Salt Lake. Zavier Gozo scored in the first minute and Diego Luna in the fourth for the hosts, before White cut the lead in half at the 20-minute mark and tied it five minutes later on a penalty kick. Vite scored in the 90th minute.
Junior Caminero hit a three-run home run in the first inning to back a strong start by Shane Baz and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 for their fourth straight win. Vladimir Guerrero Junior hit a 423-foot home run shot to left field off Baz, leading off the sixth to get the Blue Jays on the scoreboard. Guerrero has reached base in 24 straight games — the longest current streak in the majors.
Saturday’s Scoreboard
NHL Conference Finals
Florida 6 Carolina 2 (Florida leads best-of-seven series 3-0)
Memorial Cup Preliminary Round at Rimouski, Que.
London 3 Moncton 2 (OT)
PWHL Final
Minnesota 2 Ottawa 1 (3 OT) (Minnesota leads best-of-five series 2-1)
World Hockey Championship Semifinals at Stockholm, Sweden
United States 6 Sweden 2
Switzerland 7 Denmark 0
MLB
American League
Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 1
Minnesota 5 Kansas City 4
Houston 2 Seattle 1
Chicago White Sox 10 Texas 5
Cleveland 7 Detroit 5
Boston 6 Baltimore 5 (10 innings), 1st game
Baltimore 2 Boston 1, 2nd game
National League
N.Y. Mets 5 L.A. Dodgers 2
St. Louis 6 Arizona 5
Atlanta 7 San Diego 1
Pittsburgh 2 Milwaukee 1
Washington 3 San Francisco 0
Cincinnati 6 Chicago Cubs 4
Interleague
N.Y. Yankees 13 Colorado 1
Miami 6 L.A. Angels 2
Philadelphia 9 Athletics 6 (11 innings)
NBA Conference Finals
Minnesota 143 Oklahoma City 101 (Oklahoma City leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
WNBA
New York 90 Indiana 88
Atlanta 83 Dallas 75
CFL Pre-Season
Winnipeg 15 Saskatchewan 9
Ottawa 23 Montreal 7
Hamilton 24 Toronto 16
Calgary 31 Edmonton 4
MLS
Vancouver 3 Real Salt Lake 2
Nashville 2 Toronto FC 1
CF Montréal 2 Los Angeles FC 2
Seattle 1 FC Dallas 0
San Diego 2 LA Galaxy 1
Charlotte FC 3 Columbus 2
New York 2 D.C. United 0
Orlando City 1 Portland 0
Miami 3 Philadelphia 3
New England 3 Sporting Kansas City 3
Austin FC 1 Minnesota 1
Houston 3 San Jose 3
Colorado 1 St. Louis City 0
Sunday’s Games (All times Eastern)
NHL Playoffs Conference Final
Dallas at Edmonton, 3 p.m. (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)
Memorial Cup Preliminary Round at Rimouski, Que.
Rimouski vs. London, 6 p.m.
World Hockey Championship at Stockholm, Sweden
Third Place – Sweden vs Denmark, 9:20 a.m.
Championship – United States vs. Switzerland, 2:20 p.m.
MLB
American League
Cleveland (Allen 2-2) at Detroit (Skubal 4-2), 11:35 a.m.
Baltimore (Kremer 3-5) at Boston (Buehler 4-1), 1:35 p.m.
Toronto (Bassitt 4-2) at Tampa Bay (Pepiot 2-5), 1:40 p.m.
Kansas City (Bubic 5-2) at Minnesota (Ober 4-1), 2:10 p.m.
Seattle (Castillo 4-3) at Houston (Gordon 0-0), 2:10 p.m.
Texas (Corbin 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 2-5), 2:10 p.m.
National League
Milwaukee (Henderson 3-0) at Pittsburgh (Falter 3-3), 1:35 p.m.
San Francisco (Ray 6-0) at Washington (Soroka 1-2), 1:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Brown 3-3) at Cincinnati (Lodolo 4-4), 1:40 p.m.
Arizona (Pfaadt 7-3) at St. Louis (Gray 5-1), 2:15 p.m.
San Diego (Cease 1-3) at Atlanta (Schwellenbach 3-3), 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Knack 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Senga 4-3), 7:10 p.m.
Interleague
N.Y. Yankees (Warren 3-2) at Colorado (Senzatela 1-8), 3:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Luzardo 5-0) at Athletics (Hoglund 1-2), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Cabrera 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Hendricks 2-5), 4:07 p.m.
NBA Eastern Conference Final
New York at Indiana, 8 p.m. (Indiana leads best-of-seven series 2-0)
WNBA
Connecticut at Atlanta, 3 p.m.
Chicago at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.
Las Vegas at Seattle, 6 p.m.
Washington at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
MLS
Chicago at New York City FC, 3 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta, 7 p.m.