Scores and schedule for Thursday, April 23, 2026
Thursday’s Scoreboard
NHL Playoffs
First Round | Best-of-Seven Series
Carolina 2 Ottawa 1
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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