KIRILL KRIPIZOV SCORED A DAZZLING GOAL TO BREAK MINNESOTA’S ROOKIE RECORD, CAM TALBOT STOPPED 39 SHOTS AND THE WILD STRETCHED THEIR WINNING STREAK TO FIVE GAMES WITH A 4-1 WIN OVER THE ARIZONA COYOTES.
JONATHAN MARCHESSAULT SCORED TWICE AND THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS DEFEATED THE SAN JOSE SHARKS 5-2 FOR THEIR EIGHTH STRAIGHT WIN. VEGAS, WHICH LEADS THE NHL WITH 33 WINS AND 68 POINTS, BECAME THE FIRST TEAM IN THE NHL TO CLINCH A PLAYOFF BERTH.
BUDDY HIELD SCORED 29 POINTS AND MADE A CLUTCH 3-POINTER WITH 8.8 SECONDS REMAINING, LIFTING THE SACRAMENTO KINGS TO A 128-125 WIN OVER THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES.
THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS EXTENDED THEIR WINNING STREAK TO 11, RALLYING FROM A TWO-RUN DEFICIT TO BEAT THE TWINS 13-12 WHEN LUIS ARRAEZ THREW AWAY RAMÓN LAUREANO’S GROUNDER FOR MINNESOTA’S SECOND ERROR OF THE 10TH INNING. NELSON CRUZ HAD TWO HOME RUNS AND FOUR RBI’S FOR THE TWINS, AND BYRON BUXTON HIT A TWO-RUN HOMER.
SALVADOR PEREZ CONTINUES TO LEAD THE ROYALS. HIS GAME ENDING RBI SINGLE GAVE KANSAS CITY A 9-8 WIN OVER TAMPA BAY. CLEVELAND AND CHICAGO WAS POSTPONED, WHILE DETROIT SPLIT A DOUBLE HEADER WITH PITTSBURGH.
THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 PLANS TO HOST 135,000 SPECTATORS NEXT MONTH, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT THE LARGEST SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD SINCE THE PANDEMIC. THE ATTENDANCE FIGURE IS ROUGHLY 40% OF WHAT THE GRANDSTANDS HOLD AT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
THE NFL WILL RELEASE THEIR FULL LEAGUE SCHEDULE ON MAY 12TH.
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