• The Canadian Press

    Sports scoreboard for Wednesday, April 17, 2024

    Wednesday's Scoreboard NHL Tampa Bay 6 Toronto 4 Arizona 5 Edmonton 2 N.Y. Islanders 5 Pittsburgh 4 Dallas 2 St. Louis 1 (SO) --- AHL Belleville 2 Syracuse 1 (SO) Rochester 3 Toronto 1 Milwaukee 6 Manitoba 4 Hershey 4 Charlotte 3 Grand Rapids 3 Iowa 2 (SO) Colorado 5 San Diego 3 Ontario 4 Bakersfield 3 (OT) Tucson 3 Coachella Valley 2 --- NBA Play-In Tournament Philadelphia 105 Miami 104 Chicago 131 Atlanta 116 --- MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 6 Toronto 4 Baltimore 4 Minnesota 2 Texas 5 Detr

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    Islanders' close out season with 5-4 win over Penguins

    NEW YORK (AP) — Simon Holmstrom scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Ilya Sorokin stopped Sidney Crosby on a late penalty shot and the playoff-bound New York Islanders edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Wednesday night. Samuel Bolduc and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist, and Casey Cizikas and Kyle Palmieri also scored for the Islanders, who ended the regular season having won eight of their last nine (8-0-1). Ruslan Iskhakov had his first NHL assist in his debut. Sorokin fin

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    Dallas Stars clinch top seed in Western Conference by getting to overtime against Blues

    DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars will be the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs for the first time since 2016. Dallas was tied 1-1 with the St. Louis Blues at the end of regulation Wednesday night, and the game went to a shootout. The point for getting to overtime gave the Central Division champions 112, one more than Pacific Division champion Vancouver can get with a win in its regular-season finale Thursday night. Fans cheered in the closing seconds of regulation knowing Dallas had alre

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    Coyotes close out 28-year tenure in Arizona with 5-2 win over Oilers

    TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Coyotes closed out their 28-year Arizona tenure as winners, getting a goal and an assist from Dylan Guenther in a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. The Coyotes buzzed early at Mullett Arena and closed strong in their final game before moving to Salt Lake City. Liam O'Brien got the finale started with a goal less than three minutes in and Sean Durzi capped it with a empty-net goal to send Coyotes fans home happy — at least for one last night. Matias