the Lineup

Thursday

NHL N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m.

❚ Washington at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. SN East*

❚ Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. TSN5*

❚ Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Sportsnet, SN 360 Carolina at Florida, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

❚ Calgary at St. Louis, 8 p.m. SN West*

❚ Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. SN Pacific*

❚ Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. SN West*, SN Oilers* * Regional blackouts apply

NBA

❚ Miami at Cleveland, 8 p.m. TSN2 Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

❚ Phoenix at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. TSN2

Curling | Men’s worlds

❚ Draw 15 Czech Republic vs. U.S.; Scotland vs. China; Norway vs. Japan; Finland vs. Canada, 8:30 a.m. TSN1

❚ Draw 16 Sweden vs. China; U.S. vs. Russia; Canada vs. Italy; Switzerland vs. Norway, 1:30 p.m. TSN1 Draw 17 Japan vs. Switzerland; Italy vs. Finland; Russia vs. Czech Republic; Sweden vs. Scotland, 6:30 p.m.

Tennis

❚ ATP/WTA Miami Open, women’s semifinals, 1 and 9 p.m.; men’s quarterfinals, 3 and 7 p.m. SN One

Golf

❚ LPGA Tour ANA Inspiration, noon and 6 p.m. Golf Channel

❚ PGA Tour Shell Houston Open, 3 p.m. Golf Channel

Baseball | Grapefruit League

❚ Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Sportsnet

❚ N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m. TSN2

Friday

NHL Chicago at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

❚ Montreal at New Jersey, 7 p.m. SN 360 St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

❚ Colorado at Anaheim, 10 p.m. SN One Arizona at San Jose, 10 p.m. * Regional blackouts apply

NBA New York at Washington, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

❚ Toronto at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. TSN2 Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m. Orlando at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. New Orleans at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

❚ Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. NBA TV

Curling | Men’s worlds

❚ Tiebreaker (if nec.), 1:30 p.m. TSN1

❚ 1 vs. 2 Page playoff, 6:30 p.m. TSN1

Hockey | Women’s worlds Semifinals

❚ U.S. vs. Russia, 6 a.m. TSN1

❚ Canada vs. Finland, 10 a.m. TSN1

Baseball | Grapefruit League

❚ Washington vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Sportsnet

❚ Cincinnati vs. Toronto at Montreal, 7:07 p.m. Sportsnet

Tennis

❚ ATP/WTA Miami Open, men’s semifinals, 1 and 7 p.m. SN One

Golf

❚ LPGA Tour ANA Inspiration, noon and 6 p.m. Golf Channel

❚ PGA Tour Shell Houston Open, 3 p.m. Golf Channel