Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Friday, April 4th

Sports by Hartley Friday, April 4th, 2025

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

WHL:

The Prince George Cougars have their season on the line tonight (Friday 7:00) when they visit the Portland Winterhawks.

The Winterhawks lead the first round series 3-1 and have scored the opening goal in each of the first four games.

The Cougars have only played with the lead for six minutes and two seconds over the first four games.

Games 6 and 7, if needed, will be played at CN Centre Sunday night at 6:00 and Monday night at 7:00.

Playoff schedule for the Portland-Prince George WHL series:  (All times PDT)

Game 1 Portland @ Prince George Friday March 28  PG won 7-6 in OT
Game 2 Portland @ Prince George Saturday March 29  Portland won 5-2
Game 3 Prince George @ Portland Tuesday April 1   Portland won 6-3
Game 4 Prince George @ Portland Wednesday April 2  Portland won 5-4 in DBL OT
Game 5 Prince George @ Portland Friday April 4   PG won 7-2
Game 6 Portland @ Prince George Sunday April 6 6:00 p.m.
Game 7 Portland @ Prince George Monday April 7 7:00 p.m.  If necessary

The WHL Conference standings are here.

NHL: (Canadian teams went a perfect 5-0 on Thursday)

Calgary  4  Anaheim 1
Edmonton  3  San Jose  2
Winnipeg  4  Vegas  0
Montreal  4  Boston  1
Ottawa  2  Tampa Bay  1

The (34-28-13) Vancouver Canucks, with just 7 games left, host the (33-34-8) Anaheim Ducks Saturday afternoon at 1:00.

Vancouver is 8 points behind the (41-28-7) Minnesota Wild for the second and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

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Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals host the Chicago Blackhawks tonight (Friday 4:00).

The 39-year-old Ovechkin has 892 career goals, 3 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894.

The (48-18-9) Capitals have 7 regular season games left.

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The NHL schedule and results are here or here.