Scores and schedule for Thursday, April 23, 2026

Thursday’s Scoreboard

NHL Playoffs

First Round | Best-of-Seven Series

Carolina 2 Ottawa 1

(Carolina leads series 3-0)

Buffalo 3 Boston 1 

(Buffalo leads series 2-1)

Colorado 4 Los Angeles 2 

(Colorado leads series 3-0)

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AHL Playoffs

First Round | Best-of-Three Series

Hershey 5 Bridgeport 2 

(Hershey wins series 2-0)

Bakersfield 6 Coachella Valley 1

(Bakersfield leads series 1-0)

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QMJHL Playoffs

Semifinals | Best-of-Seven Series

Blainville-Boisbriand 3 Moncton 2 (fourth OT)

(Blainville-Boisbriand leads series 1-0)

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WHL Playoffs

Conference championships | Best-of-Seven Series

Everett 4 Penticton 1 

(Everett leads series 1-0)

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NBA Playoffs

First Round | Best-of-Seven Series

Toronto 126 Cleveland 104 

(Cleveland leads series 2-1)

Atlanta 109 New York 108 

(Atlanta leads series 2-1)

Minnesota 113 Denver 96

(Minnesota leads series 2-1)

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MLB

American League

N.Y. Yankees 4 Boston 2 

National League

Atlanta 7 Washington 2 

Chicago Cubs 8 Philadelphia 7 – 10 innings

San Diego 10 Colorado 8

L.A. Dodgers 3 San Francisco 0 

Interleague

Detroit 5 Milwaukee 4 

Chicago White Sox 4 Arizona 1 

N.Y. Mets 10 Minnesota 8

Texas 6 Pittsburgh 1 

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Friday’s Games

(All times Eastern)

NHL Playoffs

First Round | Best-of-Seven Series

Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m.

(Series tied 1-1)

Vegas at Utah, 9:30 p.m.

(Series tied 1-1)

Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

(Series tied 1-1)

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AHL Playoffs

First Round | Best-of-Three Series

Springfield at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

(Charlotte leads series 1-0)

Toronto at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.

(Toronto leads series 1-0)

Milwaukee at Manitoba, 8 p.m.

(Milwaukee leads series 1-0)

San Diego at Colorado, 9:05 p.m.

(Colorado leads series 1-0)

San Jose at Henderson, 10 p.m.

(Henderson leads series 1-0)

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Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Playoffs

Semifinals | Best-of-Seven Series

Rouyn-Noranda at Chicoutimi, 7 p.m.

(Start of series)

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Western Hockey League Playoffs

Conference championships | Best-of-Seven Series

Medicine Hat at Prince Albert, 9 p.m.

(Start of series)

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Ontario Hockey League Playoffs

Conference championships | Best-of-Seven Series

Barrie at Brantford, 7 p.m.

(Brantford leads series 1-0)

Windsor at Kitchener, 7 p.m.

(Start of series)

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NBA Playoffs

First Round | Best-of-Seven Series

Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

(Series tied 1-1)

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m.

(Los Angeles leads series 2-0)

San Antonio at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

(Series tied 1-1)

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MLB

American League

Boston (Bello 1-2) at Baltimore (Kremer 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Williams 3-1) at Toronto (Scherzer 1-2), 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Bradley 3-0) at Tampa Bay (Rasmussen 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Kikuchi 0-2) at Kansas City (Cameron 1-1), 7:40 p.m.

Athletics (Severino 0-2) at Texas (Eovaldi 2-3), 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Warren 2-0) at Houston (McCullers 1-1), 8:10 p.m.

National League

Colorado (Lorenzen 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (Peralta 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Painter 1-1) at Atlanta (Holmes 1-1), 7:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Skenes 3-1) at Milwaukee (Woodruff 2-0), 7:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Taillon 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Sheehan 2-0), 10:15 p.m.

Miami (Alcantara 2-2) at San Francisco (Houser 0-2), 10:15 p.m.

Interleague

Detroit (Valdez 2-1) at Cincinnati (Abbott 0-2), 6:40 p.m.

Washington (Mikolas 0-3) at Chicago White Sox (Fedde 0-3), 7:40 p.m.

Seattle (Kirby 3-2) at St. Louis (Pallante 2-1), 8:15 p.m.

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NLL Playoffs

Quarterfinals | Single-Game Elimination

Halifax at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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Northern Super League

Toronto at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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Canadian Premier League

Halifax at Quebec, 7 p.m.

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