Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, April 29th

Sports by Hartley Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)

NHL: (2 Monday Stanley Cup playoff games)

Dallas  6  Colorado  2  (The Stars lead the best-of-7 series 3-2)

Florida  4  Tampa Bay  2   (The Panthers lead 3-1)

There are 4 Stanley Cup playoff games tonight (Tuesday): Edmonton at LA (7:00), Ottawa at Toronto (4:00), Minnesota at Vegas (6:30) and New Jersey at Carolina (4:30).

The Oilers and Kings are tied 2-2, the Maple Leafs lead the Senators 3-1, the Wild and Golden Knights are even 2-2 and the Hurricanes lead the Devils 3-1.

The NHL playoff schedule and results are here or here.

Under-18 Hockey:

Canada crushed Norway 8-1 at the under-18 men’s world hockey championship in Texas.

The game summary is here.

Prince George Cougars defenceman Carson Carels and Vancouver Giants forward Cameron Schmidt, who is from Prince George, are playing on the Canadian team that finished Group A in first place with a 4-0 record.

Neither picked up a point against Norway.

The quarterfinals will go on Wednesday followed by the semifinals on Friday.

The gold-medal and bronze-medal games are set for Saturday.

Western Conference Final

The Spokane Chiefs lead the Portland Winterhawks 2-0, winning the first two games 10-4
and 6-5 in overtime.

17-year-old forward Chase Herrington of Prince George scored the winner at 2:25 of overtime.

Herrington has four points in the two games in the series against the Winterhawks.

Games 3 and 4 will be played in Portland on Wednesday and Thursday.

Eastern Conference Final

The Medicine Hat Tigers lead the Lethbridge Hurricanes 2-0 with Games 3 and 4 in Lethbridge tonight (Tuesday) and Wednesday.

The Tigers won the first two handily on home ice; 5-2 on Friday and 7-2 on Saturday.

The WHL playoff schedule and results can be found here.