Monday sports: Going To Game 7, Golden Knights Eliminated

WHL PLAYOFFS

Lynden Lakovic’s fourth goal of the playoffs was his biggest yet, scoring at 2:57 of overtime on Sunday to give the Moose Jaw Warriors a 4-3 victory over the Saskatoon Blades. The Warriors’ home victory is sending the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference Final to a Game 7 on Tuesday in Saskatoon.

In a series which has seen five of the six games go to overtime, Game 6 saw Moose Jaw leading 2-1 after the opening 20 minutes thanks to a pair of goals from Brayden Schuurman, and Saskatoon’s Egor Sidorov finding the back of the net.

Goals by Rowan Calvert and Charlie Wright gave the Blades a 3-2 lead in the third period, however the Warriors’ Rilan Kovacevic tied it at 3-3 at the 10:56 mark. That set the stage for Lakovic’s heroics, beating Blades goalie Evan Gardner.

In an incredibly even game, Moose Jaw outshot Saskatoon 35-33 while going 0/1 on the powerplay. The Blades went 1/1 with the extra man.

Game 7 goes Tuesday at 7 pm at SaskTel Centre.

• Medicine Hat Tigers forward Gavin McKenna scored a hat trick and had an assist for Canada in a 6-4 win over the United States to win the world men’s under-18 hockey championship in Espoo, Finland. The 16-year-old McKenna from Whitehorse capped his hat trick with an empty-net goal as Canada claimed its fifth gold medal in the history of the men’s under-18 tournament.

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

STARS 2, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1

DALLAS (AP) — Radek Faksa broke a tie in his return to the Dallas lineup, 20-year-old Wyatt Johnston scored in another Game 7 and the Stars beat defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas 2-1 to wrap up the first-round series in a thrilling Game 7.

After being out with an undisclosed injury since leaving the bench late in Game 2, Faksa scored 44 seconds into the third period with a backhander from the circle to the left of goalie Adin Hill.

Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger had 21 saves in his second Game 7 victory. He also had the Stars’ only penalty, though they killed that off after he was called for tripping Ivan Barbashev in front of the net midway through the third.

The Stars, the No. 1 seed in the West, move on to play well-rested Colorado in the second round with the first two games in Dallas. The Avalanche wrapped up their series against Winnipeg with a Game 5 victory Tuesday night.

NY RANGERS 4 HURRICANES 3

NEW YORK (AP) — Mika Zibanejad had two goals and an assist, Artemi Panarin also scored and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Sunday in Game 1 of their second-round series.

Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist, and Chris Kreider had two assists as the Rangers, playing for the first time since completing their first-round sweep of Washington one week earlier, won their seventh straight including the regular season.

Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night.

• The Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks start their all-Canadian clash Wednesday in Vancouver in the second round of the NHL playoffs. The Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers start their series Monday night, while the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche get going Tuesday.

MLB

Eddie Rosario’s two-run homer in the seventh inning broke an 8-8 tie and the Washington Nationals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-8. Luis Garcia Junior had four hits including a home run and drove in four runs as Washington took two of three from Toronto. Vladimir Guerrero Junior hit his fifth career grand slam for the Blue Jays, who have lost four of five.

PGA

Canada’s Taylor Pendrith is a winner on the PGA Tour on his 74th try. The 32-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ontario won the Byron Nelson in Texas by one stroke over Ben Kohles, who bogeyed the 18th hole. Pendrith shot a four-under 67 in the final round and qualified for the P-G-A Championship in two weeks.

(Canadian Press)