Saturday Sports: Stars, Panthers Advance

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS (Round 2)

PANTHERS 2 BRUINS 1

BOSTON (AP) — Gustav Forsling scored the tiebreaking goal on a rebound with 1:33 left, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 shots for the Florida Panthers to beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Friday night and win their second-round playoff series in six games.

The Panthers advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, where they will face the New York Rangers. Game 1 is on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

Anton Lundell scored for the Panthers and also set up the game-winner when his shot was deflected to the left side of the net. The Panthers, who also knocked the Bruins out of the playoffs after their record-setting regular-season last year, won all three games in Boston.

STARS 2, AVALANCHE 1, 2OT

DENVER (AP) — Matt Duchene scored at 11:42 of the second overtime after being involved in a play that led to a goal disallowed for goaltender interference in the first extra period, and Dallas advanced to the Western Conference final with a 2-1 victory over Colorado in Game 6.

Duchene, a former draft pick of the Avalanche, secured a loose puck in front of the net and sent it over a sprawled out Alexandar Georgiev. Duchene took off down the ice and slid on his knees in celebration.

Dallas advances to face either Edmonton or Vancouver next. It’s the second straight trip to the conference final for the Stars, who lost last season to eventual Stanley Cup champion Vegas. The Stars won their only Stanley Cup title in 1999.

Jake Oettinger was stellar all night in making 29 saves. One of his biggest was a close-range shot from Artturi Lehkonen down low midway through the second OT.

• The Toronto Maple Leafs have named Craig Berube as the NHL team’s new head coach. He guided St. Louis to its only Stanley Cup title in 2018. Berube replaces Sheldon Keefe, who was fired last week after Toronto’s seven-game loss to Boston in the first round in the playoffs.

CENTENNIAL CUP in Oakville, ON

Friday Quarterfinals
Miramachi 8 Navan 4
Calgary 4 Winkler 2

Saturday Semifinals
Melfort vs Calgary
Miramachi vs Collingwood

MLB

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen broke up a perfect-game bid by Tampa Bay Rays’ pitcher Tyler Alexander by hitting a single with one out in the eighth inning. The Rays end up winning 4-3. Alexander retired his first 22 batters before Jansen’s opposite field blooper.

NBA

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 25 points and Myles Turner added 17 points to help the Indiana Pacers turned the tables on New York with a 116-103 victory to even the Eastern Conference semifinal at 3-3. The decisive Game 7 will be played Sunday at Madison Square Garden. Indiana outhustled the Knicks after getting dominated on the glass in Game 5 and the difference was obvious as Indiana never trailed in the second half. Jalen Brunson again led the severely short-handed Knicks with 31 points on 11 of 26 shooting. Josh Hart did not finish the game because of abdominal soreness after playing nearly 31 minutes.

PGA

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is right in the thick of contention at the PGA Championship. That’s the only sliver of normalcy on a day that was beyond belief. The world’s No. 1 player was in handcuffs and arrested on charges of assault for not following police instructions. They were investigating a fatal accident. He was trying to get into Valhalla. He was in jail. And then Scheffler shot a 66. Xander Schauffele had a 68 and was leading Collin Morikawa by one shot as the second round was ending. Tiger Woods missed the cut. They were mere footnotes.

(Canadian Press)