
This turned out to be an incredibly deep draft class.
2022 PBT Awards: Rookie of the Year — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

This turned out to be an incredibly deep draft class.
2022 PBT Awards: Rookie of the Year — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Though the Wild are still licking their wounds after Tuesday’s humbling loss to the Predators in Nashville, that doesn’t take away from how impressive they have been offensively this season. Long known as a group that lulls opposing teams to sleep with a style of play that dates back to the franchise’s original coach Jacques…
Wild’s balanced, prolific offense can take them a long way — Twin Cities

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (45-19-6 – 96 Points) at
FLORIDA PANTHERS (49-15-6 – 104 Points)
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2022
1 2 3 OT FINAL
TORONTO 1 4 1 0 6
FLORIDA 1 3 2 1 7
SCORING NOTES

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (45-19-5 – 95 Points) at
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (43-19-7 – 93 Points)
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2022
1 2 3 FINAL
TORONTO 1 3 2 6
TAMPA BAY 1 1 0 2
SCORING NOTES

The Celtics leave Tuesday on a three-city, season-ending road trip against three playoff teams – the first two, back-to-back in Chicago and Milwaukee, qualifying as important scouting stops.
Celtics notebook: Road trip wraps up regular season — Boston Herald

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Draymond Green and Steve Kerr have won three NBA titles and more than 400 games in their time together with the Warriors. 781 more words
Road to 50 wins: Warriors overcame many obstacles to reach milestone — Chico Enterprise-Record

Jalen Rose appeared on The Dan Patrick Show on Monday, and he said considered playing at UNLV before signing with Michigan.
Jalen Rose had fondness for UNLV, Jerry Tarkanian — Las Vegas Review-Journal

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors re-assigned rookie Moses Moody to G League affiliate Santa Cruz, the team announced Monday. After suffering a shoulder injury in a loss to the Boston Celtics March 16, Moody has fallen out of the Warriors’ rotation in recent weeks as coach Steve Kerr works to solidify his nine-man group for…
Warriors rookie Moses Moody assigned to Santa Cruz ahead of G League playoffs — East Bay Times

TONIGHT’S GAME
2021-22 Matchups vs. Tampa Bay: Third of Four
2021-22 Record vs. Tampa Bay: 1-1-0
Toronto Season Record: 44-19-5
Toronto Road Record: 19-12-3
TV: Sportsnet RADIO: TSN 1050
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
April 1, 2022
Defenceman Mac Hollowell has been loaned to the Toronto Marlies
(AHL).
April 1, 2022 Defenceman Filip Kral has been loaned to the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
March 28, 2022
Forward Kyle Clifford and defenceman Carl Dahlstrom have been
recalled from the Toronto Marlies on an emergency basis.
March 26, 2022
The Maple Leafs announced that the hockey club has signed forward
Nicholas Abruzzese to a two-year, entry-level contract.
LAST GAME
Score: Toronto 6 at Philadelphia 3
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022
TOR Goals: Simmonds, Liljegren, Matthews, Engvall, Rielly, Tavares
PHI Goals: Hayes, Provorov (2x)
TOR Goaltender: Campbell, 29/32, .906 SV%
PHI Goaltender: Hart, 22/28, .786 SV%
TOR Power Play: 0-for-1
TOR Penalty Kill: 2-for-2
Team Notes:
LAST GAME
Lightning 4 vs. Montreal 5 S/O
Tampa Bay had its four-game win streak snapped after falling 5-4 in a shootout to the Montreal Canadiens Saturday night at AMALIE Arena…The
Lightning had a 10-game home win streak (includes playoffs) versus Montreal stopped as well…The Bolts completed their 10th of 12 back-to-back sets
this season and fell to 8-0-2 in the second half of a back-to-back…The Lightning and Canadiens completed their three-game regular season series, the
Bolts getting at least a point out of each contest and going 2-0-1 against the Habs…Nick Suzuki was the only player from either squad to convert his
shootout attempt (3rd Rd.)…Steven Stamkos (8:57) and Anthony Cirelli (SH – 13:32) scored in the first period to provide a 2-0 lead to the Lightning…
Nikita Kucherov scored on a second period power play (11:34) to give the Bolts a 3-1 lead…Brayden Point tallied a power-play goal at 19:44 of the
second to put the Lightning back in front 4-3…Lightning netminder Brian Elliott made 27 saves on 31 shots in the shootout defeat, his record moving to
7-3-3 on the season.
PP: TBL – 2-3 MTL – 0-2
SOG: TBL – 41 MTL – 31
Attendance: 19,092
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and the Maple Leafs are playing their third of four meetings this season and the first of two at AMALIE Arena…Tampa Bay and Toronto
have split a pair of previous matchups, the Lightning taking three of a possible four points…The Bolts were 5-3 winners in the last meeting Dec. 9 at
Scotiabank Arena, Ondrej Palat scoring a pair of goals, part of a three-point night for the Czech forward…That early December victory capped a season
long-tying five-game win streak for the Lightning…Toronto earned a 2-1 overtime win in the first meeting between the teams Nov. 4 at Scotiabank Arena,
John Tavares tying the game with an extra attacker goal with :42 seconds remaining in regulation and William Nylander netting the game-winner on a
power play 2:43 into overtime…Tampa Bay and Toronto are facing off at AMALIE Arena for the first time since Feb. 25, 2020, a 4-3 Maple Leafs
victory…The Lightning have dropped three of their last four overall to Toronto…The Lightning and Maple Leafs are playing the 50th all-time meeting
between the two teams in Tampa.
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
The Lightning complete a four-game homestand tonight as well as a stretch of three games in four days…Tampa Bay is on a five-game point streak (4-0-
1), tied for its third longest of the season (longest: 7-0-2 Oct. 26-Nov. 18)…The Lightning have scored multiple power-play goals in three of their last five
games and at least one power-play goal in four of the last five, netting eight PPGs over that stretch (8-for-16, 50%)…Tampa Bay and Toronto rank tied
for fifth in the overall NHL standings, each with 93 points, and tied for second in the Atlantic Division…The Lightning have 19 wins when allowing the
opening goal, tied with Florida for the most in the NHL.
INJURIES
2021-22 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 176
Current injuries
Ryan McDonagh (Upper-body injury March 24; Out indefinitely) 5 Games
TRANSACTIONS
March 31 – Signed D Nick Perbix to a one-year, entry-level contract
March 21 – Acquired G Alexei Melnichuk from San Jose in exchange for F Antoine Morand
March 21 – Acquired F Riley Nash from Arizona in exchange for future considerations
IN THE NIK OF TIME
Tampa Bay forward Nikita Kucherov scored a power-play goal and added two assists Apr. 2 vs. MTL for his fourth game of three or more points this
season and second over the last three games…Kucherov has posted multiple points in three-straight games and has 16 multi-point efforts in 33 games
this season…Kucherov is on a four-game assist/point streak (1-8–9 pts.), matching his longest assist/point streak of the season set twice previously
(last: 4-4–8 pts. in 4 GP Feb. 15-March 1)…Kucherov has notched an assist in six of the last seven contests (1-10–11 pts.)…Kucherov is averaging 1.30
points per game, ranking eighth in the NHL.
HED OF THE CLASS
Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman tallied two assists Apr. 2 vs. MTL, giving him 15 multi-point games this season, tied for the second most of his
career (most: 19 multi-pt. games in 2016-17)…Hedman has points in three of the last four games (2-2–4 pts.)…Hedman has scored 19 goals this
season, a career high for goals (previous high: 17 goals during 2017-18 Norris Trophy campaign) and one goal from becoming the second Lightning
defenseman all-time to score 20 goals in a season, joining Dan Boyle (20 goals in 2016-17)…Hedman ranks second among NHL defensemen for goals
and tied for third for scoring.
Tampa Bay Lightning: Media Notes
2021-22 NHL DEFENSEMAN SCORING LEADERS

TORONTO & MIAMI POSTGAME VIDEO: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2j8fgl17gig3szo/AAB_ze09Pd9gbmQ4iXZXs3URa?dl=0
| TORONTO RAPTORSPOSTGAME NOTES |
FINAL SCORE: MIAMI HEAT 114, TORONTO RAPTORS 109
DATE: SUNDAY APRIL 3, 2022 ATTENDACE: 19,800 (Sellout)
| FINAL SCORE | RECORD | HIGH POINTS | HIGH REBOUNDS | HIGH ASSISTS | |
| Miami | 114 | 51-28 | Strus – 23 | Adebayo/Herro – 9 | Lowry – 10 |
| Toronto | 109 | 45-33 | Siakam/VanVleet – 29 | Siakam – 8 | VanVleet – 7 |
| KEY RUN |
Tied at 93 with 5:38 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Heat went on a 14-4 run to push its lead to 107-97 with 2:22 left in the game … Miami led for the rest of the contest.
| KEY STAT |
Miami shot .474 (18-38) from beyond the arc, including 75 percent (6-8) in the final quarter … The Heat improve to 27-2 when shooting 40 percent from three-point range.
RAPTORS NOTES:
HEAT NOTES:
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| 2021-22 SEASON-SERIES | ALL-TIME RECORDS | |||||
| DATE | SITE | RESULT | RAPTORS WINS | HEAT WINS | ||
| 01/17/2022 | Miami | L 104-99 | Overall: | 38 | 58 | |
| 01/29/2022 | Miami | W 124-120 (3OT) | at Toronto: | 23 | 24 | |
| 02/01/2022 | Toronto | W 110-106 | at Miami: | 15 | 34 | |
| 04/03/2022 | Toronto | L 114-109 |

TORONTO MARLIES (32-25-3-1 – 68 Points) vs.
MANITOBA MOOSE (36-20-4-2 – 78 Points)
SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2022
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | FINAL | |
| TORONTO | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 |
| MANITOBA | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS
SCORING SUMMARY
Toronto: N. Robertson (9) (J. Blandisi, A. Steeves), B. McMann (19) SH (Unassisted), C. Krys (1) (M. Hollowell)
Goaltender: B. Christopoulos (24/28) L
Manitoba: N. Jones (9) PP (C. Suess, D. Stewart), J. Kovaceiv (11) (D. Stewart, N. Jones), B. Lynch (7) (A. Poganski, D. Samberg), D. Gustafsson (14) PP (J. Malott, L. Gawanke)
Goaltender: M. Berdin (28/31) W
ON THE SCORESHEET
OF NOTE
| RECORD WHEN Scoring first 24-8-1-1 Leading after 1 16-5-2-1 Tied after 2 5-4-0-0 On the road 17-12-1-0 April 0-2-0-0 Sunday 5-5-1-0 | MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals 21 (J. Anderson) Assists 39 (J. Duszak) Points 47 (B. Seney) PPG 7 (J. Anderson, A. Steeves) Shots 143 (A. Steeves) +/- +13 (B. Seney) PIMS 101 (R. Clune) |
POSTGAME QUOTES
HEAD COACH GREG MOORE
On today’s game:
It’s been a long road trip and in different ways if we’re looking at the four games, this was one of the three that we executed really well as a team. Obviously, we didn’t come out with the points that we needed and wanted right now but our team gave in a good effort today.
On the four-game road trip:
We definitely went through some things that were unexpected during the trip and the team stepped up in big ways. Today was a good way to cap it off just in terms of what our process is, the intensity and passion and competitiveness that our team played with.
CHAD KRYS (1 GOAL)
On today’s game:
I liked our effort today. After the last game, we didn’t really bring much of anything so I liked the way we showed up today. A little bit unlucky getting scored on a power play in the third on a delay of game but I liked our effort today and hopefully we can roll a couple.
UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
April 6 vs. Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.
April 9 vs. Grand Rapids – 4:00 p.m.
April 10 vs. Grand Rapids – 4:00 p.m.
April 15 vs. Hartford – 7:00 p.m.
April 16 at Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.

Last week, when asked whether he would bypass taking some of his players to Toronto for Sunday night’ s game against the Raptors due to the requirement to test for COVID when crossing the border, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra summarily dismissed the notion. As a requirement for re-entry into the United States, the Heat were subjected Sunday to a round of testing.
Heat’s Erik Spoelstra sidelined in Toronto by COVID protocols; Chris Quinn again coaches — The Denver Post