Scores and schedule for Thursday, April 2, 2026

By Canadian Press on April 2, 2026.

Thursday’s Scoreboard

NHL

Ottawa 4 Buffalo 1

Montreal 3 N.Y. Rangers 2

Minnesota 5 Vancouver 2

Dallas 3 Winnipeg 0

Edmonton 3 Chicago 1

Vegas 6 Calgary 3

San Jose 4 Toronto 1

Florida 2 Boston 1

Carolina 5 Columbus 1

Detroit 4 Philadelphia 2

Tampa Bay 6 Pittsburgh 3

New Jersey 7 Washington 3

Utah 6 Seattle 2

Nashville 5 Los Angeles 4 (SO)

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Ontario Hockey League Playoffs

First Round | Best-of-Seven Series

Barrie 9 Niagara 6

(Barrie leads series 3-1)

Brantford 2 Sudbury 1

(Brantford wins series 4-0)

Ottawa 3 Kingston 2

(Ottawa wins series 4-0)

North Bay 3 Peterborough 1

(North Bay leads series 3-2)

Kitchener 5 Saginaw 1

(Kitchener wins series 4-0)

Windsor 11 Guelph 3

(Windsor wins series 4-0)

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Western Hockey League Playoffs

First Round | Best-of-Seven Series

Calgary 4 Brandon 2

(Calgary wins series 4-0)

Spokane 4 Prince George 3 (OT)

(Prince George leads series 3-2)

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MLB

American League

Minnesota 5 Kansas City 1

Toronto at Chicago White Sox, ppd.

National League

Atlanta 17 Arizona 2

San Francisco 7 N.Y. Mets 2

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NBA

Detroit 113 Minnesota 108

Charlotte 127 Phoenix 107

Oklahoma City 139 L.A. Lakers 96

Cleveland 118 Golden State 111

Portland 118 New Orleans 106

San Antonio 118 L.A. Clippers 99

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Thursday’s Games

(All times Eastern)

NHL

Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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PWHL

Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

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AHL

Grand Rapids at Manitoba, 3 p.m.

Calgary at Laval, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Hartford at Bridgeport, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Providence at Syracuse, 7 p.m.

Belleville at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.

Hershey at Springfield, 7:05 p.m.

Lehigh Valley at WB/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago at Texas, 8 p.m.

Rockford at Iowa, 8 p.m.

Coachella Valley at Abbotsford, 10 p.m.

Bakersfield vs. San Diego at Valley View Casino Center, 10 p.m.

Colorado at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Tucson at Henderson, 10 p.m.

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Ontario Hockey League Playoffs

First Round | Best-of-Seven Series

Sault Ste. Marie at London, 7 p.m.

(Sault Ste. Marie leads series 3-1)

*** IF NECESSARY ***

Saginaw at Kitchener, 7 p.m.

(Kitchener leads series 3-1)

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Western Hockey League Playoffs

First Round | Best-of-Seven Series

Saskatoon at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

(Series tied 2-2)

*** IF NECESSARY ***

Calgary at Brandon, 8 p.m.

(Calgary leads series 3-1)

***

Red Deer at Prince Albert, 9 p m.

(Red Deer leads series 3-1)

Seattle at Penticton, 10:05 p.m.

(Penticton leads series 3-1)

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Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League

First Round | Best-of-Seven Series

Newfoundland at Cape Breton, 6 p.m.

(Newfoundland leads series 3-1)

Charlottetown at Québec, 7 p.m.

(Series tied 2-2)

Gatineau at Rouyn-Noranda, 7 p.m.

(Rouyn-Noranda leads series 3-1)

Drummondville at Val-d’Or, 7 p.m.

(Val-d’Or leads series 3-1)

Sherbrooke at Shawinigan, 7 p.m.

(Series tied 2-2)

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MLB

American League

Toronto (Cease 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Burke 0-1), 2:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Boyle 0-0) at Minnesota (Ober 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Seattle (Woo 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Detmers 0-0), 9:38 p.m.

Houston (Javier 0-0) at Athletics (Springs 0-0), 9:40 p.m.

National League

L.A. Dodgers (Sheehan 0-0) at Washington (Mikolas 0-1), 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 0-0) at Colorado (Lorenzen 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Holmes 0-1) at Arizona (Rodriguez 0-0), 9:45 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (McLean 0-0) at San Francisco (Mahle 0-1), 10:15 p.m.

Interleague

St. Louis (McGreevy 0-0) at Detroit (Valdez 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

Miami (Pérez 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Warren 0-0), 1:35 p.m.

San Diego (King 0-0) at Boston (Gray 0-0), 2:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Singer 0-0) at Texas (Gore 1-0), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Horton 1-0) at Cleveland (Cantillo 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Bradish 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Keller 0-0), 4:12 p.m.

Milwaukee (Patrick 0-0) at Kansas City (Wacha 0-0), 7:45 p.m.

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NBA

Indiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Boston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Utah at Houston, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

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National Lacrosse League

Las Vegas at Colorado, 9 p.m.

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