The Montreal Canadiens are set to face off against the Buffalo Sabres in Game 3 of the second round. The Canadiens will be looking to build on their momentum after defeating the Sabres by a 5-1 final score in Game 2.
It is no secret that the Canadiens have a big opportunity in front of them in Game 3. A victory in Game 3 would give the Canadiens a 2-1 series lead over the Sabres. A loss, on the other hand, would make the Habs be down 2-1 in the series, which would be far less than ideal.
The Canadiens are also playing Games 3 and 4 at home, so this is a major opportunity for them. Home-ice advantage during the playoffs is big, and it will be intriguing to see if the Canadiens can seize the opportunity in front of them.
It will now be interesting to see if the Canadiens can pick up a victory in Game 3. If they do, it would put them in an excellent spot for Game 4 at home. However, after how Game 2 went, there is no question that the Sabres will be looking for revenge in Game 3.
The Yankees were swept by the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon after the Brewers walked them off for a second day in a row.
Here are the takeaways...
-- Carlos Rodon was making his season debut for the Yankees, but before the left-hander could even take the mound Aaron Judge gave him the lead by launching an opposite-field solo home run in the top of the first inning against Brewers starter Logan Henderson.
It was Judge’s AL-leading 16th homer of the season and his seventh in the first inning.
-- Rodon graciously accepted the early advantage and held Milwaukee scoreless for the first three innings despite some early control issues which led to two walks. Those control issues followed him into the fourth inning, when Rodon walked the first two before hitting a batter to load the bases.
-- Rodon nearly escaped the inning with just one run allowed after a force out at home and a sacrifice fly got him on the doorstep of a successful inning. However, following a wild pitch, Blake Perkins got the Brewers’ first hit of the game, a single to center, that drove in two and put Milwaukee in front, 3-2.
It was terrible timing by Rodon, who allowed just two hits during his outing, to give up his first hit. Rodon was pulled with one out in the fifth after a hit and his fifth walk of the day to give way to Jake Bird,who struck out the next two batters.
Rodon’s final line: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K on 78 pitches (42 strikes).
-- New York tied it in the sixth on Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s RBI double, but it could’ve been more had Judge not been caught stealing following a walk. Cody Bellinger also walked and scored from first on Chisholm’s double.
-- The game stayed tied into the bottom of the ninth inning after Bird, Paul Blackburn, Fernando Cruz and Tim Hill kept Milwaukee off the board. In the ninth it was David Bednar’s turn, but after he retired the first two of the inning via strikeout, Brice Turang ambushed the closer’s first pitch of the at-bat and deposited it 411 feet for the walk-off home run.
-- Spencer Jones will remember this game for a long time as he got his first major league hit in the second inning, a single that had an RBI attached to it. He finished 1-for-4.
Game MVP: Brice Turang
Turang sent the home fans happy with his walk-off blast.
BALTIMORE — All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson suffered a left shoulder sprain diving for a ground ball and was removed in the fifth inning of the Athletics' game against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on Sunday, May 10.
Wilson's left arm was in a sling following the A's 2-1 loss to the Orioles, and manager Mark Kotsay said Wilson will need to undergo additional imaging before a full prognosis is made. The A's are off Monday and play host to the St. Louis Cardinals in West Sacramento on Tuesday.
Wilson went to his left and laid out on the grass attempting to corral Gunnar Henderson's line drive up the middle. He smothered the ball, preventing a run from scoring, but stayed down on the grass momentarily as Henderson reached on a single.
After a brief consultation with an athletic trainer and Kotsay, Wilson jogged off and was replaced by Darell Hernaiz.
"He knew he injured something in the shoulder area," Kotsay said. "It's unfortunate. He made a great play, but anytime you're put in that position of making a great play and it results in injury, it's kind of tough.
"But that's the way Jacob plays the game. He plays the game hard."
Wilson, 24, is batting .292 with a .709 OPS this season. He finished runner-up in 2025 American League Rookie of the Year voting, a season during which he batted .311 with an .800 OPS. Hernaiz is likely the stopgap solution should the club place Wilson on the injured list.
While Wilson has not matched the breakneck pace of his rookie season, when he banged out 151 hits in 125 games, any significant loss would be significant for the A's, who at 21-19 are atop the American League West and have the AL's third best record.
"He’s been huge. He’s our everyday shortstop," says catcher Shea Langeliers, who at .336 leads the AL in batting. "We need him in the lineup. Hopefully, it’s not bad."
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The Cleveland Cavaliers have been on the wrong end of a few calls this season late in games. Whether or not they were in the closing moments of their Game 3 win over the Detroit Pistons didn’t matter. The Cavs, specifically James Harden, hit enough shots late to secure the victory to trim the Pistons’ lead in the series to 2-1.
One of those shots seemed like it could’ve been called a shooting foul in the moment, but wasn’t.
With 30 seconds left in a one-point game, Harden attacked Tobias Harris in isolation with a side-step three. Harris flew into Harden, knocking him to the ground. It didn’t affect the shot, as the three-ball went through, but it seemed like this should’ve been a foul even though it wasn’t called one in the moment.
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The NBA agreed with this not being called a foul, according to The Last Two Minute Report they released on Sunday afternoon.
The report states that this was ruled correctly on the floor, saying: “Harris (DET) jumps to contest Harden’s (CLE) jump shot attempt, but would otherwise avoid making contact if not for Harden extending forward.”
I’m not sure if I can get behind this reasoning. Harden’s momentum is taking him forward, but Harris clearly jumps forward and initiates the contact. This wasn’t a situation where Harden stuck out his legs to draw or exaggerate contact. The space that Harden created with his sidestep caused forced
Either way, the call doesn’t matter too much at the end of the day. Harden hit the shot, and the Cavs won the game.
The Last Two Minute Report states that there were no missed calls in the closing moments of Game 3.
Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Brice Turang (2) celebrates his walk off home run during the ninth inning of their game against the New York Yankees Sunday, May 10, 2026 at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Brewers beat the New York Yankees 4-3. | Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Twenty years ago, Bill Hall (one of the author’s all-time favorite players), wearing No. 2, hit a walk-off home run with a pink bat on Mother’s Day. Today, Brice Turang, also No. 2, used a pink bat to add another chapter to Milwaukee Mother’s Day lore when he walked off the Yankees with a two-out, game-ending homer that just squeaked over the wall in center field.
Brewer starter Logan Henderson got off to a positive start with a strikeout of Trent Grisham. Ben Rice, who was next, made hard contact, but Blake Perkins — playing in right field, where he has made only four appearances in the last three seasons combined — made a fantastic catch on the run. Next up was Aaron Judge, and while the Brewers have done an excellent job keeping him down in this series (he was 1-for-6 with only a single and three walks), you can’t do it forever: Judge drove a first-pitch fastball, which was right down the middle, out to right field for his league-leading 16th home run of the season. If he’s going to get you, a solo home run with two outs isn’t a bad time for him to get you.
After the Judge homer, Henderson walked Cody Bellinger, who then stole second base with Jazz Chisholm Jr. at the plate, but Chisholm struck out to end the inning.
Carlos Rodón, who had arthroscopic surgery on his throwing elbow in October and was thus making his first start of the year, walked Chourio to start his 12th major league season. Brice Turang tried to spring a surprise bunt on the Yankees, but Rodón made a nice play to throw Turang out, so Turang’s bunt went into the book as a sacrifice (though he was certainly trying to get a hit). Last night’s walk-off hero, William Contreras, became Rodón’s first strikeout victim this season, and Gary Sánchez struck out, too, and the leadoff walk went for naught.
Ryan McMahon made Henderson work to start the second inning, and would’ve had a 10-pitch leadoff bloop single if not for a nice catch by Luis Rengifo down the third-base line. José Caballero smoked a ball to center field with one out, and despite a valiant effort by Garrett Mitchell, it got over his head for a double. Spencer Jones ambushed Henderson’s next pitch and lined an RBI single to center for his first career hit (after going hitless on Friday). Henderson clearly wasn’t fooling the dangerous Yankee lineup, as four of their first six batted balls were hit at more than 104 mph, but he was able to get the next two — J.C. Escarra on a pop-up, and Grisham on a ground ball that hit Jones, resulting in an automatic out.
Vaughn drew an eight-pitch walk to start the bottom of the second, giving the Brewers a leadoff baserunner for the second straight inning. But Rodón struck out Rengifo and Mitchell and got Perkins to ground out to second, and the inning ended with Vaughn still at first.
Rice put a scare into the Milwaukee faithful with a deep fly ball to start the third, but it held up for Mitchell in center. Henderson then struck out Judge and got Bellinger to pop out, so his first 1-2-3 inning came against the meatiest part of the Yankee lineup. Milwaukee had nothing in the bottom of the inning except three groundouts from Joey Ortiz, Chourio, and Turang.
Henderson had another three-up, three-down inning in the fourth, an especially efficient one with just nine pitches thrown. Contreras walked to start the bottom of the inning, the third time in four innings that Rodón had issued a free pass to the leadoff hitter. Sánchez walked, too, and with the benefit of a successful challenge during the at-bat, Rodón had thrown eight straight balls to start the inning. After a mound visit, Rodón hit Vaughn with a fastball up and in that got him in the shoulder, and Milwaukee had the bases loaded with no outs (and no hits!).
Rengifo hit a ground ball to third, and McMahon went home with it to get the first out. Mitchell fell behind 0-2, but managed to hit a sac fly to center that scored Sánchez and cut New York’s lead in half. A wild pitch advanced both runners to second and third with Perkins at the plate, and Perkins came through — he hit a line drive up the middle, just beyond the reach of a diving Chisholm, and because of the wild pitch, both Vaughn and Rengifo were able to score. Milwaukee, suddenly, had a 3-2 lead.
Henderson, by this point, was pretty locked in, and he sat down Jones, Escarra, and Grisham in order, with strikeouts of the first two. If you count the ball in the second inning that hit Jones — which was technically scored as a single, even though it would’ve almost certainly been a groundout had it not hit Jones — he’d retired 11 in a row. That would be the end of the line for Henderson, though, who was at 74 pitches and facing the prospect of dealing with the scary part of the Yankees’ lineup for a third time. While it was a bit sketchy in the first two innings, Henderson settled in nicely and finished with five innings, four hits, one walk, and two runs allowed, five strikeouts, and was in line for the win.
With one out in the bottom of the fifth, Turang hit a single up the middle, Contreras walked, and that was the end of the afternoon for Rodón. He was replaced by Jake Bird, who struck out Sánchez looking on a pitch that needed to be overturned by an Escarra challenge. Bird then struck out Vaughn, and the Brewers couldn’t take advantage of their two on, one out situation.
DL Hall was the pitcher tasked with facing the Rice-Judge-Bellinger section of the Yankee lineup. Hall got Rice on a groundout for the first out; Judge walked, but was caught trying to steal second. But with two outs, Hall issued a walk to Bellinger and then gave up a double to Chisholm, which tied the game at 3-3. Hall has been really good this season, but not being able to get either of Bellinger or Chisholm, both lefties, wasn’t great. A McMahon groundout ended the inning, but Milwaukee’s lead had disappeared.
Milwaukee got a leadoff baserunner against the new Yankee pitcher, Paul Blackburn, when Rengifo hit a slow bouncer to third base, and McMahon’s throw was errant. (I thought Rengifo would’ve beaten the throw anyway, but that wasn’t how it was scored.) Mitchell struck out looking, and Perkins was replaced in the lineup by Sal Frelick, who walked (Rengifo stole second during the at-bat, but either way, the Brewers had runners on first and second with one out).
Ortiz was up, and he hit a grounder to third that wasn’t quite hit hard enough for McMahon to turn a 5-3 double play. Somewhat surprisingly, the Yankees pulled Blackburn (who is right-handed) for Fernando Cruz (who is also right-handed) to face the right-handed-hitting Chourio with two outs. Regardless of the reasoning, it worked, and Chourio flew out to right to end the inning with the score still tied at three.
Trevor Megill was the new Brewer pitcher in the top of the seventh, and he got to show off his graceful athleticism when Caballero popped up a bunt for the first out. Jones then grounded out on the first pitch he saw, and after throwing just three pitches, Megill had two outs. Megill then walked Escarra, the No. 9 hitter, never a good move, but he struck out Grisham to end the frame.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Brewers had Turang, Contreras, and Sánchez due up against Cruz, so it was a good time for the Brewers — who’d had a bunch of baserunners but just two hits to that point — to make a move. Turang just missed extra bases when a fly ball down the right-field line went foul by a couple of feet; a pitch later, he struck out. On the first pitch Contreras saw, he blooped a single into right field to give Milwaukee a baserunner. But Cruz struck out Sánchez and Vaughn, and the inning was over.
Aaron Ashby, who threw 27 pitches in two innings yesterday, was the Brewer pitcher in the eighth. He made Rice look foolish for the first out, then surprised Judge with a 99-mph sinker on the low inside corner on a 3-2 pitch to get him looking. Bellinger, with a nice piece of defensive hitting, knocked a single to right with two outs, but Ashby recovered to strike out Chisholm; he was quite dominant in his inning of work.
Tim Hill came to the mound for New York in the bottom of the eighth, and Rengifo greeted him by lining a single to left. Mitchell, who tried to bunt early in his at-bat, hit a ball hard up the middle, but the Yankees had him positioned perfectly and turned an easy double play. Frelick then grounded out on the first pitch he saw, and Hill was through the inning on just seven pitches.
Milwaukee turned to Abner Uribe to keep the game tied in the ninth. He allowed a one-out walk to Caballero, but didn’t have much trouble getting three outs to send the Brewers to the bottom of the ninth with the score tied.
Yankee closer David Bednar was in for the bottom of the ninth, and he struck out Ortiz and Chourio to start the inning. But Turang, the budding superstar, was up next, and he jumped on Bednar’s first pitch, a curveball that didn’t get low enough. Turang crushed it to center field, and the only question was whether it would be over or off the wall. It just cleared the yellow line in the deepest part of the ballpark and landed 411 feet away for a game-ending, sweep-clinching homer.
This was a fun win in what was one of the better regular-season series in recent Brewers history (and their first sweep of the Yankees since 1989). The Yankees, who came in with an AL-best 26-12 record, were swept at the hands of the Brewers, who look to have new life after Chourio and Vaughn rejoined the lineup. That said, they’ve succeeded mostly because of their pitching in the five games (four of which they’ve won) since those important right-handed hitters returned, and today was another example. Henderson, Hall, Megill, Ashby, and Uribe worked around six hits and five walks to hold the powerful Yankee lineup to just three runs.
On the offensive side, Turang was the obvious hero, as he finished 2-for-4 with the solo homer. William Contreras reached three times (1-for-2 with a single and two walks), and Perkins had a nice moment himself with the big hit early in the game, a two-run single that gave the Brewers their first lead.
What a great series! Milwaukee is off Monday, and then they’ll welcome the San Diego Padres to American Family Field from Tuesday through Thursday. (Will Christian Yelich be with them?) For now, we get a day to bask in the glory of this win.
The Pittsburgh Penguins took a nice step in the right direction during the 2025-26 season by making the playoffs. A big reason for it was general manager Kyle Dubas' smart roster moves.
Many of the players that Dubas has taken chances on lately have benefited in Pittsburgh big time. Among them this season were Egor Chinakhov, Justin Brazeau, Parker Wotherspoon, and Anthony Mantha.
With this, it would not be surprising if Dubas looks to add to the Penguins' roster again this off-season. When looking at the NHL's trade candidates heading into the summer, Winnipeg Jets prospect Brad Lambert stands out as an interesting potential option for the Penguins to consider.
Lambert was given permission to seek a trade from the Jets during this season. While a trade did not come to fruition during the season, it would not be surprising if he is available again this summer. If he is, the Penguins should strongly consider taking a chance on him.
Lambert is a former first-round pick who has yet to break out in the NHL. Yet, with Lambert being just 22 years old, he is still plenty young enough to change that. Perhaps a fresh start with the Penguins could help him hit a new level.
Lambert appeared in 25 games this season with the Jets, where he had three goals and six points. He also had six goals and 13 points in 34 games in the AHL with the Manitoba Moose this season. While these numbers do not necessarily stand out, he also had 21 goals and 55 points in 64 games with the Moose during the 2023-24 campaign. With this, he has shown offensive promise at the AHL level in the past.
Overall, Lambert is a young player who desperately needs a change of scenery. With the Penguins being a team focused on the future, they should consider taking a flier on him in a low-risk move.
Smokies infielder Carter Trice (29) celebrates a double during a minor league baseball game between the Knoxville Smokies and the Chattanooga Lookouts at Covenant Health Park in Knoxville, Tenn., on April 21, 2026. | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Right-hander Jostin Florentino was promoted from the rookie ball ACL Cubs to High-A South Bend.
Ty Blach started and took the loss. An error by shortstop Ben Cowles extended the third inning, and with that extra out Kahil Watson hit the first of his two home runs today. The final line on Blach was three unearned runs on four hits over three innings. He struck out two and walked no one.
Kenton Egbert relieved Blach in his Triple-A debut and he gave up a two-run home run to Watson in the fifth. Egbert’s final line was three runs on seven hits over three innings. He struck out one and walked no one.
Tyler Ferguson made his Cubs organizational debut. He pitched the seventh inning, retired the side in order and struck out two. His fastball averaged 95.3 miles per hour, but he mostly (50 percent of his pitches) relied on his 84 mph sweeper.
Second baseman Pedro Ramírez hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning. That home run set a new career-high for home runs in a season for Ramîrez with nine. He finished the game 2 for 4.
Starter Jace Beck gave the Smokies four scoreless innings, permitting just three hits. Beck struck out two and walked no one.
Nick Dean pitched the next four innings and got the win after he gave up two runs, one earned, on four hits. Dean struck out six and walked no one.
It was a non-save situation, but Evan Taylor chipped in two scoreless innings to close out the game. He allowed two hits and no walks. Taylor struck out four.
Smokies pitchers combined to strike out 12 and walk no one.
Knoxville’s bats were silent, however, as Barons starter Dylan Cumming one-hit the Smokies through six innings, but he left the game after that and the Smokies jumped all over two Barons relievers for seven runs in the seventh inning, highlighted by a grand slam by center fielder Carter Trice. It was Trice’s third home run of the year. Trice went 1 for 3 with a walk.
Right fielder Andy Garriola had an RBI double in the seventh. He was 1 for 3 with a walk and one run scored.
Trice’s slam.
CARTER TRICE GRAND SLAM 🚨🚨
Nothing says Happy Mother’s Day like a 7th inning grand slam 💐 Smokies take the lead 4-2! pic.twitter.com/P54JEJVvgD
— Knoxville Smokies (@smokiesbaseball) May 10, 2026
Jostin Florentino made his 2026 debut and he took the loss after allowing four runs on three hits over 3.2 innings. All four runs came in the fourth inning after allowing just one walk (and nothing else) over the first three innings, so that’s a good argument that he was just left in too long in his first start of the season. Florentino struck out four and walked two.
South Bend didn’t have a hit in this game until the seventh inning when first baseman Cameron Sisneros broke up the no-no with a single. Sisneros finished 2 for 3 with a double and one run scored.
Second baseman Drew Bowser was 1 for 3 with a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning. He also scored one run.
Four Florentino strikeouts.
Jostin Florentino made his 2026 debut this afternoon: 3.2 IP | 3 H | 4 R | 2 BB | 4 K
Two inherited runners scored after he exited. His fastball sat 90-92 mph and the sweeper looked really sharp.
2026 Top 100 Prospects - Feb. 27 2026 - Vol. 79 Issue 8 - Brian Costello
IT’S ONLY THROUGH THE assistance of NHL head scouts, directors of player personnel and GMs that The Hockey News is able to provide readers a comprehensive list of the top 10 prospects within each organization and a ranking of the top 100 from that large collection of 320 prospects.
Team scouts offer us guidance on NHL-affiliated prospects who have the highest forecasted ceilings five to 10 years out. We then ask a panel of these scouts to rank the top 60 from a list of the 32 top 10s. The scouts’ rankings are added up to form the overall top 100, and, in some cases, a team’s top-10 list is adjusted based on the data from the top 100.
As you would expect, rebuilding teams often have far more than the average 3.13 prospects per team within the top 100, and current contenders typically only have one or two – or even none.
We start this project in mid-January after the World Junior Championship while NHL teams are in the midst of their winter scouting meetings. At that point, we draw a line in the sand about who’s a prospect and who’s an NHLer. In some cases, those scenarios change. That’s why names such as Sam Rinzel, Isaac Howard, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Gabe Perreault, Nick Lardis and Hunter Brzustewicz are listed as prospects, even though they’ve broken through as NHLers over the past month or two. Meanwhile, Michael Misa (San Jose) and Zayne Parekh (Calgary) haven’t played in the junior ranks all season (other than the WJC), but we decided early on that they should be listed as prospects since injuries kept them from establishing themselves as NHLers the first few months of the season.
Each player’s top-100 rank from last year is in parentheses, while unranked players are denoted as “NR.” Prospects drafted in 2025 are denoted as “NEW.”
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The Countdown - Apr. 17 2026 - Vol. 79 Issue 10 - Jared Clinton
JUST AS TIME MAKES fools of us all, so, too, has Macklin Celebrini.
When the now-San Jose Sharks star was in his pre-draft season, the skinny on the then-Boston University center was that he was a talented player with an exceptional, but not elite, ceiling. Comparisons were drawn to top-line, team-leading pivots rather than true superstars. No one, truly, was using the ‘G’ word – generational – when it came to Celebrini. In The Hockey News’ 2024 Draft Preview, for instance, the comparison used was Elias Pettersson.
Yes, yes. Yuck it up. But the fact of the matter is, there is perhaps no player who has flipped any perceived notion of his upside on its head quite as quickly as Celebrini, who has gone from being mentioned as a franchise centerpiece to an MVP-caliber talent. That his name is floating around the Hart Trophy debate this very season is proof positive of his impact.
What makes Celebrini’s surge to stardom all the more incredible, though, is that he’s done it before he’s even old enough to order an adult beverage. In fact, his 19-year-old season ranks up there with the best ever.
Where does Celebrini’s output rank among the NHL’s greatest baby-faced sensations? In this edition of Countdown, we flip through the history books to find the greatest teen scorers in each NHL franchise’s history.
*All ages are as of Jan. 31 in the corresponding season, as per Hockey-Reference.
1 EDMONTON OILERS
WAYNE GRETZKY, 19 – 137 PTS (1979-80)
Who else? Gretzky’s output is double that of the closest Oilers teen, Jason Arnott, who had 68 points in 1993-94.
2 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
SIDNEY CROSBY, 19 – 120 PTS (2006-07)
Shockingly, both of Crosby’s teen seasons exceed Mario Lemieux’s 100-point best. At 19, ‘Sid the Kid’ won the Hart.
3 LOS ANGELES KINGS
JIMMY CARSON, 19 – 107 PTS (1987-88)
Carson’s great year made him the centerpiece of the infamous Gretzky trade. Sadly, he was out of the NHL by 27.
4 SAN JOSE SHARKS
MACKLIN CELEBRINI, 19 – 115 PTS (2025-26)
Celebrini is smashing a record that he already held. He surpassed Pat Falloon’s 59-point teen total as a rookie.
5 NEW YORK ISLANDERS
BRYAN TROTTIER, 19 – 95 PTS (1975-76)
OK, Trottier has the team record. But Matthew Schaefer is the fifth-highest-scoring teenage blueliner in NHL history.
6 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
STEVEN STAMKOS, 19 – 95 PTS (2009-10)
In 2008, then-Bolts coach Barry Melrose said rookie Stamkos wasn’t ready. The next year, ‘Stammer’ potted 51 goals.
7 CAROLINA HURRICANES
RON FRANCIS, 19 – 90 PTS (1982-83)
Francis has the team’s teen point record, but Sylvain Turgeon set the standard for young-gun goals (40) the following year.
8 DETROIT RED WINGS
STEVE YZERMAN, 19 – 89 PTS (1984-85)
After debuting with a 39-goal, 87-point campaign, ‘Stevie Y’ staked claim as the Wings’ future with sophomore year.
9 BUFFALO SABRES
PIERRE TURGEON, 19 – 88 PTS (1988-89)
Sure, Turgeon takes the cake, but 19-year-old Phil Housley’s 77-point 1983-84 campaign was an all-timer.
10 DALLAS STARS
BRIAN BELLOWS, 19 – 83 PTS (1983-84)
Bellows’ 41 goals are the same as Wyatt Johnston’s rookie point total, which was most by a Stars teenager since 1990.
11 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
EDDIE OLCZYK, 19 – 79 PTS (1985-86)
A dream for hometown hero ‘Eddie O,’ surpassing both 28-goal and 75-point bests by Denis Savard in 1980-81.
12 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
ERIC LINDROS, 19 – 75 PTS (1992-93)
Since Lindros’ 41-goal season as a 19-year-old, only four other teens have managed to reach the 40-goal plateau.
13 COLORADO AVALANCHE
OWEN NOLAN, 19 – 73 PTS (1991-92)
The 1990 draft’s No. 1 pick had just three goals and 13 points as a rookie before exploding for 42 goals as a sophomore.
14 WINNIPEG JETS
PATRIK LAINE, 19 – 70 PTS (2017-18)
Laine’s 44 goals are fifth most by a teen. Coincidentally, Jets 1.0 icon Dale Hawerchuk netted 45 at 18 in 1981-82.
15 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
AUSTON MATTHEWS, 19 – 69 PTS (2016-17)
Prior to Matthews’ brilliant season, Ted Kennedy’s 49-game Original Six Era 54-point mark had stood for 72 years.
An asterisk for Carpenter? The lockout delayed Alex Ovechkin’s NHL debut. At 20, he posted 106 points as a rookie.
17 MINNESOTA WILD
MARIAN GABORIK, 19 – 67 PTS (2001-02)
Gaborik set the benchmark at 18 and surpassed it the next campaign. No teen has scored for Wild since 2013.
18 NEW JERSEY DEVILS
KIRK MULLER, 19 – 66 PTS (1985-86)
Muller was a star upon his NHL arrival. He spent seven years as a Devil but remains franchise’s fourth-highest scorer.
19 BOSTON BRUINS
RAY BOURQUE, 19 – 65 PTS (1979-80)
Bourque won Calder and finished fourth in Norris voting after brilliant debut. He’d go on to win the Norris five times.
20 NEW YORK RANGERS
MIKE ALLISON, 19 – 64 PTS (1980-81)
Only teens to score 30 points for Rangers since Allison: Alex Kovalev (1992-93) and Michael Del Zotto (2009-10).
21 ST. LOUIS BLUES
ROD BRIND’AMOUR, 19 – 61 PTS (1989-90)
Best known as a Cane, Brind’Amour has high-water mark in St. Louis and third-best Blues rookie year ever.
22 VANCOUVER CANUCKS
TREVOR LINDEN, 18 – 59 PTS (1988-89)
Ultimately, Linden’s 30-goal, 59-point rookie year wound up as the sixth-highest-scoring season of his NHL career.
23 CALGARY FLAMES
DAN QUINN, 19 – 58 PTS (1984-85)
Thanks to Quinn and Sean Monahan, Flames legend Jarome Iginla has neither the team’s teen goal nor point record.
24 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
RICK NASH, 19 – 57 PTS (2003-04)
Most lopsided production ever? Nash was first player since 1918 with more than 40 goals and fewer than 20 assists.
25 OTTAWA SENATORS
ALEXANDRE DAIGLE, 18 – 51 PTS (1993-94)
Make your jokes, but Daigle was a threat for Ottawa. He was second in Sens scoring behind Alexei Yashin in 1993-94.
26 MONTREAL CANADIENS
JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY, 19 – 50 PTS (2023-24)
When he netted point No. 41 in 2023-24, Slafkovsky surpassed a total set by Henri Richard nearly 70 years earlier.
27 NASHVILLE PREDATORS
SCOTT HARTNELL, 19 – 41 PTS (2001-02)
Forget chasing Hartnell. The Preds have had just one teenager with a double-digit point total in the 23 seasons since.
28 ANAHEIM DUCKS
CAM FOWLER, 19 – 40 PTS (2010-11)
Of the five best seasons by Ducks teens, three have been by defensemen: Fowler, Jamie Drysdale and Oleg Tverdovsky.
29 FLORIDA PANTHERS
RADEK DVORAK, 19 – 39 PTS (1996-97)
Dvorak gets the nod on points per game and goals, but an 18-year-old Aaron Ekblad also posted 39 points in 2014-15.
30 SEATTLE KRAKEN
MATTY BENIERS, 19 – 9 PTS (2021-22)
Post-college, Beniers burst onto the scene. But his offense has peaked with Calder-winning 57 points in 2022-23.
31 VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
N/A – 0 PTS
The youngest Golden Knight to collect a point is Peyton Krebs – 20 years, three months and seven days. Just missed it.
32 UTAH MAMMOTH
N/A – 0 PTS
Logan Cooley’s 44-point season at 19 is in purgatory after the NHL quarantined Arizona’s statistical history.
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 10: Chase Meidroth #10 of the Chicago White Sox dives and misses a ground ball against the Seattle Mariners in the ninth inning at Rate Field on May 10, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Hirschuber/Getty Images) | Getty Images
White Sox 2, Mariners 1
Logan on the upswing: Connor Joe, .15 WPA (Sorry, I meant to have an additional category, but clearly the leader was Logan Gilbert, .39 WPA)
Everyone who was actually swinging a bat today: Eduard Bazardo, -.53 WPA
Game thread comment of the day: Fritz wants us to really dive deep on Josh Naylor’s call-up story, I think.
The New York Knicks came into Philadelphia Sunday, May 10, looking to close out a series sweep over the 76ers. Miles McBride made it look like they were trying to get out of there fast to beat traffic on the turnpike back to New York.
McBride hit four three-pointers in the first quarter Sunday, including three straight that forced the 76ers into a timeout. He finished with six threes and had 20 points at the half. New York made 11 of 13 attempts from beyond the arc after one quarter and went into the halftime having hit 17 three-pointers to lead 78-53 at the half of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
New York shot 84.6% from three in the first 12 minutes and 69.6% from the floor overall.
The Sixers had no answer.
McBride, who stated in place of the injured OG Anunoby, came back from sports hernia surgery in late March and barely registered in eight appearances before Anunoby’s injury forced him into the lineup in Game 3.
Anunoby was hurt in Game 2 of the series driving to the basket. He has been listed as day-to-day since, but he has missed the last two games. Anunoby was averaging 21.4 points and 7.5 rebounds a game in the postseason before being hurt.
A win on Sunday would give the Knicks their first playoff sweep since 1999.
May 10, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber (12) is greeted at home plate after hitting his second home run of the game against the Colorado Rockies during the second inning at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-Imagn Images | John Jones-Imagn Images
Listen, you’re probably reading this because you were out today doing things with your mom, wife, grandmother, someone. And that’s fine. It’s darn near impossible to watch every single baseball game. So today, just know this: if you missed the baseball game, thank the moms of Cristopher Sanchez and Kyle Schwarber for giving them to us.
In the first inning, Schwarber and Bryce Harper, sans migraine headache, started the scoring with back to back home runs off Tomoyuki Sugano.
— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 10, 2026
The third run came in the third inning when Bryson Stott scored when trying to steal third and an error by Hunter Goodman allowed him to scamper home. Alec Bohm, who had walked and gotten to second on said error, scored himself when a sacrifice fly by Trea Turner made the score 4-0.
Meanwhile, Sanchez just kept rolling along, setting down Rockies hitter after Rockies hitter without breaking much of a sweat. There was a tiny little issue in the third, but that was really it. He’s rounding back into Cy Young form right when the team needs it.
Alec Bohm gave them their sixth run as his nice weekend continued, driving in Brandon Marsh with an RBI single.
MESA, ARIZONA - MARCH 22, 2026: Henry Bolte #16 of the Athletics hits an RBI single during the second inning of a spring training Spring Breakout game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Hohokam Stadium on March 22, 2026 in Mesa, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images) | Diamond Images/Getty Images
What Henry Bolte did Thursday-Saturday was phenomenal, historical, and raised the question of whether his time is now. Bolte went 12 for 12 from the latter part of Thursday’s game through Saturday’s game, 5 for 5 each of Friday and Saturday — with one single, 4 doubles, 1 triple, and 4 HRs.
The problem is the crowded outfield even with Denzel Clarke sidelined and Brent Rooker back as the every day DH. I thought even so there was a path for Bolte to fit in now if the A’s thought he was ready for prime time — and that only became more the case when Jacob Wilson’s dive for a ground ball ended with a shoulder strain.
Wilson’s injury, the severity of which is still to be determined, solidifies Zack Gelof’s place on the infield for the coming days (and possibly weeks). Gelof, along with Darell Hernaiz and Brett Harris, give the A’s ample infield coverage. So they could, assuming they place Wilson on the IL, replace him not with an infielder but rather with an outfielder.
Meanwhile, the big question has been where would Bolte play and who would he displace? Lawrence Butler and Carlos Cortes, along with Tyler Soderstrom and Brent Rooker, occupy 4 spots and LF-CF-RF-DH are exactly 4 spots. Colby Thomas is also in the mix against LHP.
The answer lies in a rotation that doesn’t bench anyone but gives each player the occasional breather in order to get others in, one which would allow the A’s to get Butler out of playing so much CF and to give Bolte enough playing time to warrant the call up.
A rotation like this puts Bolte in the lineup 5 of 6 games, Rooker at DH 5 of 6 games, puts Butler in CF only once a week, gives Cortes a start 2/3 of the time, and sits Soderstrom half the time against LHPs (he has a .133 BA, 20 wRC+ this season) and Butler against LHPs (.160 BA, 40 wRC+).
It’s a reasonably good balance that also fortifies the bench a bit with one of these players available to pinch hit. Meanwhile, Gelof is your every day 3Bman with Hernaiz at SS and Harris on the bench — this may not be ideal but it’s what the A’s have if Wilson goes on the IL, as there are no natural reinforcements ready in the minors.
Now, as I write this Bolte has fallen into in a deep slump, 0-3 with a K in today’s game. So he’s only 12 for his last 15 with 10 extra base hits. But his .351/.419/.669 line entering play today is not a Las Vegas or PCL mirage: in the park and league adjusted wRC+ he stood at 159, and the all-important K rate was down to 22.1% for the season. And Bolte is only 22, still young for the league.
Do the A’s feel Bolte’s time is now? Did they when they woke up this morning, and did Wilson’s injury move the needle? We will know in the next 36 hours as the A’s fly home to host the Cardinals on Tuesday night. But with who on the roster and who in the lineup???
Urvil Patel smashed a record-equalling half-century but it was impact player Prashant Veer who steered Chennai Super Kings over the line to a five-wicket win over Lucknow SuperGiants in the IPL on Sunday.
The Philadelphia Flyers are entering the off-season with some roster needs to address. One specific area that the Flyers could look to improve is their backup goaltender position.
If the Flyers end up wanting to bring in a new upgrade over Samuel Ersson for their backup spot, Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Anthony Stolarz stands out as an interesting potential option.
With the Maple Leafs having Joseph Woll as their starter and prospect Dennis Hildeby looking ready for the NHL, questions about Stolarz's future in Toronto have come up. If the Maple Leafs do end up making the 6-foot-6 netminder available, the Flyers should consider reuniting with him.
Stolarz had a tough year for his standards in 2025-26 with Toronto, posting a 10-10-3 record, an .893 save percentage, and a 3.28 goals-against average in 26 appearances. Yet, when noting that he had the best save percentages in the NHL in 2023-24 (.925) and 2024-25 (.926), the possibility of him bouncing back in 2026-27 is certainly there. Therefore, he could be a good goalie for the Flyers to take a chance on.
If the Flyers brought back Stolarz, he would give them a new 1B goalie, and he could thrive in a tandem with Dan Vladar. This would have the potential to benefit a Flyers team that is looking to build off their successful 2025-26 season.
Stolarz was selected by the Flyers with the 45th overall pick of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. In 19 games with Philadelphia over two seasons, he had a 6-4-4 record, a .911 save percentage, and a 2.86 goals-against average.
