LUCAS GIOLITO GAVE UP TWO HITS OVER EIGHT INNINGS WITH A SEASON-HIGH 11 STRIKEOUTS, AND THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX BEAT THE MINNESOTA TWINS 2-1. NELSON CRUZ’S HOME RUN IN THE THIRD ACCOUNTED FOR THE ONLY MINNESOTA RUN. CRUZ ALSO HAD THE OTHER HIT.
CLEVELAND INDIANS BEAT THE LA ANGELS 3-2.
THE ROYALS JUMPED ON THE BREWERS BULLPEN AFTER CORBIN BURNES EXITED THE GAME, AND HELD ON FOR A 6-4 WIN.
COREY KLUBER THREW THE MAJOR LEAGUES’ SIXTH NO-HITTER THIS SEASON AND SECOND IN TWO NIGHTS, LEADING THE NEW YORK YANKEES OVER THE TEXAS RANGERS 2-0.
CRAIG SMITH SCORED 5:48 INTO THE SECOND OVERTIME TO GIVE THE BOSTON BRUINS A 3-2 VICTORY OVER THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS AND A 2-1 LEAD IN THE EAST DIVISION FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF SERIES. ALEX OVECHKIN SCORED HIS 800TH COMBINED REGULAR-SEASON AND POSTSEASON GOAL.
SEBASTIAN AHO SCORED TWICE AND ALEX NEDELJKOVIC WAS SHARP IN NET HELPING THE HURRICANES BEAT THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS 3-0 IN GAME 2 OF THE FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF SERIES. THAT LIFTED CAROLINA TO A 2-0 LEAD AS THE BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES SHIFTS TO NASHVILLE FOR GAME 3 ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
CONNOR HELLEYBUYCK MADE 32 SAVES ON HIS 28TH BIRTHDAY, DOMINIC TONINATO BROKE A TIE MIDWAY THROUGH THE THIRD PERIOD AND THE WINNIPEG JETS BEAT THE EDMONTON OILERS 4-1 WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN GAME 1 OF THE FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF SERIES.
NATHAN MACKINNON FINISHED HIS FIRST CAREER PLAYOFF HAT TRICK WITH AN EMPTY-NET GOAL TO HELP THE COLORADO AVALANCHE PULL AWAY LATE FOR A 6-3 WIN OVER ST. LOUIS IN GAME 2… COLORADO IS UP 2-0 IN THAT SERIES.
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