Islanders live on; Lightning too
Mathew Barzal scored his second goal of the game on a deflection 1:24 into the second overtime, and the New York Islanders beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in Game 4 to avoid a sweep in their first-round series.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored and Semyon Varlamov stopped 42 shots — including 18 in the overtimes — to help the Islanders stave off elimination.
Later, Tampa Bay did the same with a 6-3 win over Florida.
Tampa Bay defenseman Mikhail Sergachev was a surprise addition to the lineup for a must-win Game 4 against Florida on Saturday night after being out since early February because of a broken leg . ... In Friday’s late playoff games, Vincent Trocheck
had a power-play goal and a short-handed assist, Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and the New York Rangers moved one win away from advancing by beating Washington 3-1 in Game 3 . ... Casey DeSmith made 30 saves for his first postseason victory as Vancouver held on to beat Nashville 2-1 for a 2-1 series lead . ... Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin scored on the power play during a fivegoal, third-period outburst, and Colorado rallied for a 6-2 victory over Winnipeg and a 2-1 series lead.
Hunter Greene held the Texas Rangers to one hit over seven scoreless innings, and Jonathan India homered while driving in four runs on a four-hit day as Cincinnati beat the reigning World Series champions 8-4. ... Ceddanne Rafaela homered and drove in seven runs, and Boston routed the Chicago Cubs 17-0 . ... Cole Irvin scattered four hits over seven innings, Adley Rutschman and Ryan Mountcastle homered on successive pitches, and the Baltimore Orioles blanked Oakland 7-0, a day after the Athletics rallied against closer Craig Kimbrel to tie it in the ninth and Brent Rooker doubled in the tiebreaking run in the 10th . ... In Friday’s other late games, Chris Sale pitched seven innings, leading Atlanta past Cleveland 6-2 in the opener of a series matching baseball’s top teams . ... Joey Ortiz singled home the winner in the 11th inning and finished with a homer and four RBIs to lead Milwaukee to a 7-6 win over the New York Yankees . ... Patrick Bailey hit a walk-off, three-run homer and San Francisco beat Pittsburgh 3-0.
Rafael Nadal beat 11thranked Alex de Minaur 7-6 (6), 6-3 at the Madrid Open, avenging a straight-sets loss less than two weeks ago. Top-seeded Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek brushed aside their first opponents, while Coco Gauff beat Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 6-1 and will next face Madison Keys. 2022 winner Ons Jabeur, Maria Sakkari and Jelena Ostapenko — all top-10 players — also advanced, as did Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud, Sebastian Korda and Ben Shelton. Stefanos Tsitsipas was upset 6-4, 6-4 by Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro, and Grigor Dimitrov also lost.
Brad Stuver notched his second straight shutout as Austin FC blanked the Galaxy 2-0 . ... Claire Lavogez scored two late goals and the Kansas City Current stayed undefeated and at the top of the NWSL with a 3-1 comeback win over Angel City FC on Friday night at BMO stadium. Claire Emslie scored her fourth goal, tied for the league lead, for Angel City.
Ryan Truex won the Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway for the second straight year, the only NASCAR victories for the younger brother of former champion Martin Truex Jr. ... Kyle Busch won the pole for Sunday’s Cup series race.
Gabby Douglas, a 2012 Olympic gymnastics champion, competed for the first time in eight years at the American Classic, posting a score of 50.65 in the allaround and qualifying in multiple events for the U.S. championships next month.
Akani Simbine surged late to win the 100 meters in 10.01 seconds at the Diamond League meet in China, upstaging American former world champions Christian Coleman and Fred Kerley. In a contentious women’s 100-meter hurdles, Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won in a photo finish with world recordholder Tobi Amusan.
Former Brigham Young teammates Patrick Fishburn and Zach Blair shot a 12-under 60 in better-ball play to take the third-round lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans . ... Grace Kim
opened a four-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship, shooting a fiveunder 66 at Wilshire Country Club. Irvine’s Rose Zhang
(69) was six shots back . ... Brendan Steele of Irvine shot an eight-under 64 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the LIV Australia tournament.