Maple Leafs crank up heat on…

The Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Washington Capitals in the NHL playoffs on a Monday full of overtime drama.The Maple Leafs twice faced two-goal deficits but battled back from 2-0 and 3-1 to force overtime for the third time in three games to begin this must-watch series.Tyler Bozak’s goal, a point-blank deflection that gave Braden Holtby scant chance at a save, was a thing of beauty, sending Leafs fans into an unfamiliar frenzied state of euphoria courtesy of a 4-3 OT win and 2-1 series lead.Overtime was needed in all four games.The Ottawa Senators took a 2-1 series lead against the Boston Bruins with a 4-3 win and the Nashville Predators are 3-0 up against the Chicago Blackhawks after a 3-2 victory.The Anaheim Ducks overcame the Calgary Flames 5-4…
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Uber loses another executive as self-driving…

As Uber continues to make the headlines for the wrong reasons, it also keeps on losing executives. The latest big name is to quit is Sherif Marakby — its vice president of global vehicle programs, and one of the orchestrators of its self-driving vehicle program. Marakby was poached just last April from Ford, where he had spent the previous 25 years, rising to the rank of director of global electronics and engineering. In a statement issued at the time, Marakby said that he was focused on safety, explaining that auto accidents were the most common cause of death among young people. He went on to oversee the creation and launch of Uber’s ongoing self-driving vehicle initiatives, but apparently decided to…
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Kawhi Leonard carries San Antonio Spurs…

Leonard’s had been a steady rise through his first five NBA seasons, but faced the question of how he’d fully embrace the official role of team leader in Year 6 without Duncan.In a full bear hug, it seems.It was as if he’d been born to the position rather than someone who has toiled relentlessly through the offseasons to steadily add skills and expand his game.Now in full bloom as a superstar, Leonard is drawing the double teams from opposing defenses that one would expect and simply taking them in stride.“Obviously if I’m getting doubled every single night, then I get more comfortable at dribbling the ball,” Leonard said. “Being more patient, seeing where the guys are coming from, starting to…
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Blackhawks’ season on the brink after…

Parked outside Bridgestone Arena is a hollowed-out car painted to look like an official Blackhawks vehicle. As they have in prior playoff series, the Predators are allowing fans to take a whack at it with a sledgehammer for a donation to the team’s charitable foundation.The metaphor might have hit a little too close to home for the Hawks after what the Predators did in the first two games of the series. But the question for the Hawks on Monday was how they would channel their anger from that pair of body blows. Would they make it a series? Or would they crumble under the weight of the suffocating Predators? The Hawks had the Predators where they wanted them but lost…
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Kawhi Leonard, Spurs roll past Grizzlies…

San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard (2) dribbles the ball as Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard Vince Carter (right) defends during the second half in game two of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at AT&T Center.(Photo: Soobum Im, USA TODAY Sports)For the second time in the three nights, the San Antonio Spurs were far too much for the Memphis Grizzlies to handle on both ends of the floor.Behind a postseason career-high 37 points from MVP candidate Kawhi Leonard, the Spurs rolled to a 96-82 win Monday night to go up 2-0 in their first-round series. It was San Antonio’s 10th straight playoff win over Memphis.Leonard, who made nine of his 14 shot attempts, added 11 rebounds and put the game away for good with a mammoth…
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Leafs Overcome Caps in OT to…

Losing streaks are the scourge of playoff hopes. An NHL team can lose three or four games in a row in November without much panic and with little anxiety. But drop even a couple of games in a row once mid-April rolls around, and a team’s entire postseason outlook can take on a different paintjob. Such is life now for the Washington Capitals, whose 1-0 series lead of four nights ago is now a distant memory after two straight overtime losses to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Tyler Bozak’s power-play goal at 1:37 of overtime – seven seconds before Caps center Lars Eller was to be sprung from the penalty box – lifted the Leafs to a 4-3 win on Monday night at…
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Bozak’s OT goal gives Maple Leafs…

FOXSports.comBozak’s OT goal gives Maple Leafs series lead over Capitals (Apr 18, 2017)FOXSports.comTORONTO (AP) Tyler Bozak has the Toronto Maple Leafs believing they could just pull off a big upset in the first round of the playoffs. Bozak scored 1:37 into overtime to cap Toronto’s comeback from two goals down in the second period, and the Maple …Toronto Maple Leafs kiddie corps does it again to the favored Washington CapitalsESPNCapitals fail to ‘Own the big moments,’ fall behind in first-round series vs. TorontoWashington PostMaple Leafs take 2-1 series lead on Capitals with another overtime winUSA TODAYCBSSports.com -Sports Illustrated -ESPN.comall 1,303 news articles »
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Maple Leafs take 2-1 series lead…

AP Published 10:31 p.m. ET April 17, 2017 | Updated 2 minutes agoToronto Maple Leafs forward Tyler Bozak (42) is embraced by forward Auston Matthews (34) after scoring the overtime winner in a 4-3 win over Washington Capitals in Game 3.(Photo: Dan Hamilton, USA TODAY Sports)TORONTO (AP) — Tyler Bozak scored 1:37 into overtime to cap Toronto’s comeback from two goals down in the second period, and the Maple Leafs beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series.Auston Matthews and Nazem Kadri each had a goal and an assist, and William Nylander also scored for Toronto. Frederik Andersen made 23 saves.Toronto trailed 2-0 in the first period, and then 3-1 early in…
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NHL playoffs: Penguins win in OT…

Jake Guentzel had a hat trick, including a goal at 13:10 of overtime, to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-4 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night and give them a 3-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. Bryan Rust added two goals for Pittsburgh, and Marc-Andre Fleury overcame a shaky first period to make 33 saves. Guentzel is the first Pittsburgh to rookie to get a playoff hat trick. The defending champion Penguins will go for the sweep in Columbus on Tuesday night. Cam Atkinson had two goals for Columbus, and Zach Werenski and Brandon Dubinsky also scored. Sergei Bobrovsky had 42 saves. After only scoring two goals combined in the first two games of the…
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Greg Bird, Michael Pineda lead Yankees…

Six games in the Bronx, six wins. d the win streak is now at seven games overall, too. The Yankees completed their sweep of the Cardinals Sunday night by beating St. Louis 9-3 behind solid pitching from Michael Pineda and the bat of Greg Bird. Pineda, coming off an excellent start last Monday against the Rays, gave up two runs via six hits and a walk over seven innings. He struck out six batters. Jordan Montgomery reminds Joe Girardi of another former Yankee Bird, however, stole the show, breaking out of his slump with a home run, a double and a walk. The Cardinals opened up the scoring in the second inning by touching up Pineda with three singles, the…
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