Scoreboard: 4-07

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

OAKLAND ATHLETICS–Placed RHP Michael Wuertz on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Tyler Ross from Sacramento (PCL).

National League

COLORADO ROCKIES Placed RHP Ubaldo Jimenez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 2. Recalled RHP Grag Reynolds from Colorado Springs (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS–Activated 3B Casey Blake from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Ivan De Jesus to Albuquerque (PCL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS–Activated RHP Brian Wilson. Placed RHP Santiago Casillo on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 1.

American Association

WICHITA WINGNUTS – Signed UT Tommy Fitzgerald and INF Evan Button.

Atlantic League

LONG ISLAND DUCKS – Signed RHP Ruddy Lugo and LHP Heath Phillips.

Frontier League

EVANSVILLE OTTERS-Signed LHP Brandon Ritchie. Released LHP Chris Peters, RHP Nick Sottung, and 1B Derek Wiley.

LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS-Signed OF Adam Heisler.

RIVER CITY RASCALS-Signed OF Bryan Fogle and RHP Tyler Gatrell. Released RHP Steve Johnson.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS-Sold the contract of SS Kyle Eveland to the Chicago White Sox.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS-Signed UT Josh Banda to a contract extension. Signed INF Kevyn Feiner, RHP Steve Grife, RHP Mike Mattaliano, and 1B Jake Summers.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS-Signed OF Jeff Grose, OF Josh Womack, and RHP Kyle Woodruff. Traded RHP Brandon Garner and OF Jeremy Hamilton to the Rockford RiverHawks for players to be named later.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

WASHINGTON WIZARDS–Signed F Larry Owens. Re-signed F Othyus Jeffers. Waived G/F Cartier Martin.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS–Recalled F Ben Smith from Rockford (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS – Reassigned D Andre Benoit, D David Hale, D Patrick Wiercioch, F Erik Condra and F Roman Wick to Binghamton (AHL).

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS–Recalled G Michael Leighton from Adirondack (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES–Signed G Mark Visentin to an entry-level contract.

COLLEGE

ARKANSAS–Named Melvin Watkins men’s associate basketball head coach, Matt Zimmerman, men’s basketball assistant coach, T.J. Cleveland men’s basketball assistant coach, Jeff Daniels director of men’s basketball operations and David Deets men’s basketball strength and conditioning coach.

BYU–Signed men’s basketball coach Dave Rose to a five-year contract.

COLORADO STATE–Released G Maurice Wiltz from men’s basketball team.

EASTERN MICHIGAN – Fired men’s basketball coach Charles Ramsey.

LSU–Released G/F Aaron Dotson and G Daron Populist from the men’s basketball team.

IOWA STATE–Released G Anthony Odunsi from the men’s basketball team.

MONTANA STATE–Released G Casey Trujeque from the men’s basketball team.

NEVADA–Released G Derrel Connor and F Marko Cukic from the men’s basketball team.

WYOMING–Named Scott Duncan men’s associate basketball head coach and Jeremy Shyatt men’s assistant basketball coach.



BASEBALL

International League

TODAY

Toledo at Louisville, 6:35 p.m.

Norfolk at Charlotte, 11:15 a.m.

Syracuse at Buffalo, 3:05 p.m.

Durham at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Rochester at Pawtucket, 7:05 p.m.

Columbus at Indianapolis, 7:05 p.m.



FRIDAY

Toledo at Louisville, 6:35 p.m.

Syracuse at Buffalo, 5:05 p.m.

Rochester at Pawtucket, 7:05 p.m.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Durham at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.

Norfolk at Charlotte, 7:15 p.m.

Columbus at Indianapolis, 7:15 p.m.



COLLEGE BASEBALL

Cleveland State     000 000 100-- 1 5 3

Toledo     021 001 01x-- 5 9 3

WP - Locke. LP-Dick. Delewski (T) 2-3


PREP BASEBALL

Eastwood    402 110 0 - 8 10 1

Archbold    101 000 0 - 2   7 3

WP- Decker; LP- Dietrich. Vesti (E) 2-4, 2 b, 2 RBI.



Bowsher    000 000 0 - 0 0 0

St. John’s    200 000 0 - 2 5 1

WP-Jesse Adams, no-hitter, 13 strikeouts, 1 walk. LP-Creps. Sheehy (S) 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI.



Lake     105 000 0 -- 6  5  2

Delta    001 310 0  --5  7  2

WP:  Witt. LP: Mattimore. Callahan (D) 2-3, HR, RBI.



Gibsonburg    000 000 0 - 0 3 0

Northwood    120 110 x - 5 11 2

WP-Pressley. LP-Sneider. Romstadt (N) 3-4.



Fostoria St. Wendelin    102 000 0 - 3 4 1

New Riegel    100 036 x - 10 12 3

WP-Acree. LP-Hammer. Nye (NR) 2-3, 4 RBIs.



Lake    105 000 0 - 6 6 1

Delta    001 310 0 -5 8 1

WP-Scanlan. LP-Mattimore. Tantari (L) 2-4, 3B



Rogers    011 003 0 - 5 6 2

Start    041 005 x - 10 5 2

WP-Suiter. LP-Price. Baker (S) 1-4, 2 RBI



Southview    000 00 - 0 4 2

Cincinnati St. Xavier    105 5 x - 11 9 2

WP-Plageman. LP-Selmani. Dubow (S) 2-3



PREP SOFTBALL

Start    230 000 0 - 5 5 2

Bowsher    130 425 x - 15 14 5

WP-Aiken. LP-Newland. McKinney (B), 4-5, 2 RBI, 4 runs.



Evergreen     000 000 0 - 0 5 4

Anthony Wayne     400 400 x - 8 11 0

WP — Kurfis. LP — Ducat. Del Monte (AW) 2-4, HR, 3 RBI.



Maumee    200 000 200 - 4 5 3

Central    000 013 001 - 5 9 3

WP-Seiler. LP-O’Hare. Sullivan (C), 2-4, RBI.



Fostoria    000 001 0 - 1 3 0

Elmwood    020 001 0 - 3 6 1

WP-Lee. LP-Beechum. George (E) 3-3, 2B, RBI.



Sandusky    000 202 0 - 4 6 0

Springfield    000 112 1 - 5 7 1

WP-Buck. LP-Gilbert. Philippi (Sp) 2-3, HR, 2 RBI.



Lake    102 101 000 2 - 7 14 0

Rossford    003 110 000 0 - 5 6 2

WP-Kranz. LP-Stahl. West (L) 3-5, 2B, 3B game winner, 2 RBI.



Northwood    301 110 1 - 7 10 2

Waite    000 101 0 - 2 4 4

WP-Edwards. LP-Kaneski. Gwinn (N) 3-4, 3 RBI.



Swanton    000 00 - 0 1 5

Genoa    532 0x - 10 9 0

WP-Hoyles. LP-Martinez. Pickard (G) 2-3, 2 RBI



COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Future Big Ten schedules

OHIO STATE

2012—Sept. 29 at Michigan St., Oct. 6 Nebraska, Oct. 13 at Indiana, Oct. 20 Purdue, Oct. 27 at Penn State, Nov. 3 Illinois, Nov. 10 BYE, Nov. 17 at Wisconsin, Nov. 24 Michigan.

2013—Sept. 26 Wisconsin, Oct. 5 at Northwetsern, Oct. 12 BYE, Oct. 19 Iowa, Oct. 26 Penn State, Nov. 2 at Purdue, Nov. 9 BYE, Nov. 16 at Illinois, Nov. 23 Indiana, Nov. 30 at Michigan.

2014—Sept. 27 BYE, Oct. 4 Purdue, Oct. 11 BYE, Oct. 18 at Iowa, Oct 25 Northwestern, Nov. 1 at Wisconsin, Nov. 8 Illinois, Nov. 15 at Penn State, Nov. 22 at Indiana, Nov. 29 Michigan.

MICHIGAN

2012—Sept. 29 BYE, Oct. 6 at Purdue, Oct. 13 Illinois, Oct. 20 Michigan State, Oct. 27 at Nebraska, Nov. 3 at Minnesota, Nov. 10 Northwestern, Nov. 17 Iowa, Nov. 24 at Ohio State.

2013—Sept. 28 BYE, Oct. 5 Minnesota, Oct. 12 at Penn State, Oct. 19 Indiana, Oct. 26 BYE, Nov. 2 at Michigan State, Nov. 9 Nebraska, Nov. 16 at Northwestern, Nov. 23 at Iowa, Nov. 30 Ohio State.

2014—Sept. 27 at Indiana, Oct. 4 BYE, Oct. 11 Michigan State, Oct. 18 at Minnesota, Oct. 25 Penn State, Nov. 1 Iowa, Nov. 8 at Nebraska, Nov. 15 BYE, Nov. 22 Northwestern, Nov. 29 at Ohio State.


GOLF

Masters Tee Times

a-amateur

Today-Friday

7:45 a.m.-10:52 a.m. — Jonathan Byrd, Ross Fisher, Sean O’Hair

7:56 a.m.-11:03 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Alexander Cejka, a-David Chung

8:07 a.m.-11:14 a.m. — Jerry Kelly, Camilo Villegas, Jeff Overton

8:18 a.m.-11:25 a.m. — Ben Crenshaw, Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Na

8:29 a.m.-11:36 a.m. — Mark O’Meara, Anders Hansen, Heath Slocum

8:40 a.m.-11:47 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott, Nick Watney

8:51 a.m.-12:09 p.m. — Vijay Singh, Tim Clark, Aaron Baddeley

9:02 a.m.-12:20 p.m. — Gregory Havret, Carl Pettersson, Ryan Palmer

9:13 a.m.-12:31 p.m. — Martin Laird, Mark Wilson, Bo Van Pelt

9:24 a.m.-12:42 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day

9:35 a.m.-12:53 p.m. — Mike Weir, Hiroyuki Fujita, Retief Goosen

9:57 a.m.-1:04 p.m. — Padraig Harrington, Ryo Ishikawa, Bill Haas

10:08 a.m.-1:15 p.m. — Larry Mize, Rory Sabbatini, a-Jin Jeong

10:19 a.m.-1:26 p.m. — Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood, Matt Kuchar

10:30 a.m.-1:37 p.m. — Hunter Mahan, Ernie Els, Francesco Molinari

10:41 a.m.-1:48 p.m. — Tiger Woods, Graeme McDowell, Robert Allenby

10:52 a.m.-1:59 p.m. — Arjun Atwal, Sergio Garcia, Robert Karlsson

11:03 a.m.-7:45 a.m. — Charl Schwartzel, Stuart Appleby, Charley Hoffman

11:14 a.m.-7:56 a.m. — Ian Woosnam, D.A. Points, Ben Crane

11:25 a.m.-8:07 a.m. — Craig Stadler, Kevin Streelman, a-Nathan Smith

11:36 a.m.-8:18 a.m. — Peter Hanson, Kyung-Tae Kim, Ryan Moore

11:47 a.m.-8:29 a.m. — Angel Cabrera, Ian Poulter, David Toms

12:09 p.m.-8:40 a.m. — Trevor Immelman, Lucas Glover, a-Hideki Matsuyama

12:20 p.m.-8:51 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Yong-Eun Yang, Miguel Angel Jimenez

12:31 p.m.-9:02 a.m. — Jose Maria Olazabal, Davis Love III, a-Lion Kim

12:42 p.m.-9:13 a.m. — Tom Watson, Ricky Barnes, Jason Bohn

12:53 p.m.-9:24 a.m. — Fred Couples, Luke Donald, Steve Stricker

1:04 p.m.-9:35 a.m. — Anthony Kim, Henrik Stenson, Steve Marino

1:15 p.m.-9:57 a.m. — Bubba Watson, Paul Casey, Edoardo Molinari

1:26 p.m.-10:08 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Jim Furyk, Yuta Ikeda

1:37 p.m.-10:19 a.m. — Justin Rose, K.J. Choi, Louis Oosthuizen

1:48 p.m.-10:30 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Geoff Ogilvy, a-Peter Uihlein

1:59 p.m.-10:41 a.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Gary Woodland, Alvaro Quiros

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

LAST NIGHT

New England at Vancouver, late

ECHL

FIRST ROUND

Reading 1, Cincinnati 1

Yesterday: Reading 5, Cincinnati 4, 2OT

Elmira 1, Greenville 1

Yesterday: Elmira 4, Greenville 3

Wheeling 2, South Carolina 0

Yesterday: Wheeling 2, South Carolina 1

Florida 1, Kalamazoo 1

Yesterday: Kalamazoo 4, Florida 1

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

y-Boston    54    23    .701    –

x-New York    40    38    .513    14½

x-Philadelphia    40    39    .506    15

New Jersey    24    54    .308    30½

Toronto    21    57    .269    33½

Southeast Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

y-Miami    54    24    .692    –

x-Orlando    50    29    .633    4½

x-Atlanta    44    34    .564    10

Charlotte    32    46    .410    22

Washington    21    57    .269    33

Central Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

y-Chicago    57    20    .740    –

x-Indiana    36    43    .456    22

Milwaukee    32    46    .410    25½

Detroit    27    51    .346    30½

Cleveland    17    61    .218    40½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

y-San Antonio    59    19    .756    –

x-Dallas    53    24    .688    5½

x-New Orleans    45    33    .577    14

Memphis    44    34    .564    15

Houston    41    38    .519    18½

Northwest Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

y-Oklahoma City    52    26    .667    –

x-Denver    47    30    .610    4½

x-Portland    45    33    .577    7

Utah    37    41    .474    15

Minnesota    17    62    .215    35½

Pacific Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

y-L.A. Lakers    55    22    .714    –

Phoenix    38    40    .487    17½

Golden State    34    44    .436    21½

L.A. Clippers    31    48    .392    25

Sacramento    23    54    .299    32

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

LAST NIGHT

Orlando 111, Charlotte 102, OT

Indiana 136, Washington 112

New York 97, Philadelphia 92

Cleveland 104, Toronto 96

Detroit 116, New Jersey 109

Phoenix 108, Minnesota 98

New Orleans 101, Houston 93

Oklahoma City 112, L.A. Clippers 108

Milwaukee 90, Miami 85

Sacramento at San Antonio, late

Denver at Dallas, late

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, late

TUESDAY

San Antonio 97, Atlanta 90

Cleveland 99, Charlotte 89

New Jersey 107, Minnesota 105

Orlando 78, Milwaukee 72

Washington 107, Detroit 105

Boston 99, Philadelphia 82

New York 131, Toronto 118

Chicago 97, Phoenix 94

L.A. Clippers 82, Memphis 81

Sacramento 104, Houston 101

Oklahoma City 101, Denver 94

Golden State 108, Portland 87

Utah 86, L.A. Lakers 85

TONIGHT

Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

Cleveland    28    32    17    27 – 104

Toronto    17    23    24    32 – 96

CLEVELAND:  Gee 4-9 2-2 10, Hickson 9-17 10-14 28, Hollins 5-7 4-6 14, B.Davis 7-18 2-4 19, Parker 2-3 1-1 7, Harangody 2-7 0-0 4, Gibson 2-4 0-0 4, Harris 0-3 0-0 0, Sessions 4-7 7-10 15, Graham 1-4 1-2 3. Totals 36-79 27-39 104.

TORONTO:  J.Johnson 1-4 0-2 2, Evans 6-8 3-8 15, E.Davis 1-6 0-0 2, Calderon 0-7 4-4 4, DeRozan 7-17 5-5 19, Bayless 10-18 6-8 28, Weems 6-10 3-4 17, Ajinca 4-10 0-1 9, Dorsey 0-0 0-0 0, Wright 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-80 21-32 96.

Rebounds –Cleveland 55 (Harangody, Hickson 10), Toronto 56 (Evans 13). Assists –Cleveland 22 (B.Davis 12), Toronto 21 (Calderon 9). Total Fouls–Cleveland 25, Toronto 30. A – 14,886 (19,800).



New Jersey    28    31    29    21 – 109

Detroit    32    22    35    27 – 116

NEW JERSEY:  West 0-3 0-0 0, Gadzuric 3-6 1-2 7, Lopez 14-20 11-14 39, Farmar 6-12 2-2 18, Vujacic 5-12 5-5 16, Graham 1-1 1-2 3, Outlaw 4-13 0-0 11, Petro 4-7 0-1 8, Uzoh 3-8 1-2 7, Wright 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-82 21-28 109.

DETROIT:  Prince 2-5 4-4 8, Wilcox 6-7 0-1 12, Monroe 7-10 6-7 20, Bynum 2-7 0-0 4, Hamilton 8-11 9-10 25, Stuckey 8-16 6-6 22, Daye 3-5 2-2 9, Villanueva 4-11 0-0 8, Gordon 3-3 0-0 6, Maxiell 0-3 2-2 2. Totals 43-78 29-32 116.

Rebounds –New Jersey 37 (Lopez 7), Detroit 50 (Monroe 10). Assists –New Jersey 28 (Farmar 11), Detroit 28 (Stuckey 10). A – 14,554 (22,076).

PREP TRACK

Boys

CLAY 81, CENTRAL 53

Shot put-Cameron (Cent) 42-2 1/2; Discus-Cameron (Cent) 124 7 1/2; Long jump-Dunsmore (Clay) 19-3; High jump-Jones (Cent) 5-10; Pole vault-Barber (Cent) 9-6; 3200 relay-Clay (Buchan, Hoffman, Meyers, Durdel) 9:02.6; 110 hurdles-Nagy (Clay) 17.3; 100-Laberdee (Clay) 11.3; 800 relay-Clay (Laberdee, Buehreer, Buchan, Wood) 1:47.2; 1600-Gibbons (Clay) 5:02.1; 400 relay-Clay (Lee, Saenz, Davies, Henninger) 48.6; 400-Harris (Cent) 55.2; 300 hurdles-Lee (Clay) 46.6; 800-Carnes (Cent) 2:18.5; 200-Jones (Cent) 23.7; 3200-Ulinski (Clay) 12:22.6; 1600 relay-Clay (Davies, Stevenson, Miller, Martinez) 4:04.9.



Girls

CLAY 71, CENTRAL 65

Shot put-Barringer (Cent) 33-0; discus-Johnston (Cent) 97-6; long jump-Popovitch (Clay) 15-3 1/2; high jump-Knannlein (Cent) 5-2; pole vault-Kubicki (Clay) 7-6; 3200 relay-Central (Vict, Mustfaga, Boehmer, Thomas) 11:18.6; 100 hurdles-Hampton (Cent) 17.4; 100-Mack (Cent) 13.7; 800 relay-Central (Mack, Latham, McClinden, Williams) 1:53.2; 1600-Selee (Clay) 6:11.3; 400 relay-Clay (Popovitch, Fredritz, Groll, Winckowski) 56.4; 400-Wasserman (Clay) 70.7; 300 hurdles-O’Shea (Clay) 51.5; 800-Groll (Clay) 2:44.2; 200-Popovitch (Clay) 28.4; 3200-Koralewski (Cent) 14:25.1; 1600 relay-Central (Velict, Kannanlie, McClendan, Thames).



ROGERS 101, WHITMER 62,
WOODWARD 8

3200 relay-Rogers (Brown, Daniels, Smith, Dillard) 10:58.4; 100 hurdles-Scott-Glover (Rogers) 15.6; 100-Dailey (Rogers) 12.6; 800 relay-Rogers (Brown, Dailey, Suttler, Scott-Glover) 1:46.8; 1600-Dillard (R) 6:10.8; 400 relay-Rogers (Brown, Dailey, Suttler, Scott-Glover) 51.2; 400-Smith (R) 1:04.6; 300 hurdles-Scott-Glover (R) 47.9; 800-Daniels (R) 2:43.7; 200-Dailey (R) 26.1; 3200-Dillard (R) 14:17.5; 1600 relay-Rogers (Anderson, Smith, Rixey, Daniels) 4:45.8; pole vault-Hafner (W); discus-Walker (R) 99-11; shot put-Walker (R) 34-5; long jump-Reynolds (R) 13-3; high jump-Murnen (W) 4-6.

COLLEGE HOCKEY

NCAA Div I

Frozen Four

At St. Paul, Minn.

Tonight

Semifinals

Notre Dame vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 5 p.m.

North Dakota vs. Michigan, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

Championship, 7 p.m.



PREP LACROSSE

Girls

Ottawa Hills 16, Maumee Valley 7



Boys

Medina 15, St. John’s Jesuit 6

St. John’s--Hart, Vowels 2, Kennedy 3. Duggan 12 saves

St. Francis 11, Ottawa Hills 4. SF--Gill 3, McCarthy 3, Beckstap 2, Wesley 12, Guilette 1. OH--trickey 2, Hartman, Stockman.

FOOTBALL

Arena Football League

TONIGHT

Dallas at Georgia, 8:05 p.m.

Utah at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Philadelphia at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.

Iowa at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

PREP TENNIS

St. Johns 5, Cleveland St. Edwards 0: Bechtel (SJ) def. Williams, 6-2,6-1; Jorgensen (SJ) def. Swartz 6-1,6-1; Adusumilli (SJ) def. Malloy 6-0,6-1; Brown/Rectenwald (SJ) def. Gustafson/Hill 7-5, 6-3; Majdalani/Mehta (SJ) def. Feagan/Wasilko 6-0,6-0.

ST. JOHNS 5, WHITMER 0: Jorgensen d. Schrock 6-1,6-1; Adusumilli d. Kimura 6-1, 6-1; Crawford d. Burgess 6-1, 6-1; Brown/Rectenwald d. Wiseman/Pace 6-1,6-1; Carter/Farrar d. Hafner/Bayes 6-1,6-1

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

x-Philadelphia    46    23    11    103    249    215

x-Pittsburgh    47    25    8    102    229    194

N.Y. Rangers    43    32    5    91    228    193

New Jersey    37    38    5    79    169    202

N.Y. Islanders    30    38    12    72    222    253

Northeast Division

    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

y-Boston    45    24    11    101    241    191

x-Montreal    43    30    7    93    210    205

Buffalo    41    29    10    92    236    222

Toronto    37    33    11    85    217    247

Ottawa    31    39    10    72    188    245

Southeast Division

    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

y-Washington    48    22    11    107    224    196

x-Tampa Bay    44    25    11    99    237    236

Carolina    39    30    11    89    228    232

Atlanta    33    34    12    78    217    258

Florida    29    39    12    70    192    225

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

y-Detroit    46    24    10    102    255    234

Nashville    43    26    11    97    215    191

Chicago    43    28    9    95    251    219

St. Louis    37    33    11    85    238    234

Columbus    34    33    13    81    210    249

Northwest Division

    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

z-Vancouver    52    19    9    113    254    183

Calgary    40    29    11    91    242    233

Minnesota    37    34    8    82    198    224

Colorado    29    42    8    66    219    278

Edmonton    25    43    11    61    188    256

Pacific Division

    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

y-San Jose    47    23    9    103    240    202

Phoenix    42    25    12    96    224    217

Los Angeles    45    28    6    96    214    191

Anaheim    44    30    5    93    228    231

Dallas    40    28    11    91    217    224

Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

LAST NIGHT

Boston 3, N.Y. Islanders 2

New Jersey 4, Toronto 2

Washington 5, Florida 2

Carolina 3, Detroit 0

Chicago 4, St. Louis 3, OT

Edmonton at Calgary, late

San Jose at Anaheim, late

Phoenix at Los Angeles, late

TUESDAY

Washington 3, Toronto 2, SO

Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 2

Pittsburgh 4, New Jersey 2

Montreal 2, Chicago 1, OT

Ottawa 5, Philadelphia 2

St. Louis 3, Colorado 1

Nashville 6, Atlanta 3

Dallas 3, Columbus 0

Edmonton 2, Vancouver 0

TONIGHT

Atlanta at N.Y. Rangers, 7

Montreal at Ottawa, 7

Colorado at Dallas, 8:30

Minnesota at Vancouver, 10

Detroit    0    0    0    –    0

Carolina    0    2    1    –    3

First Period – None.

Penalties – Abdelkader, Det (tripping), 4:08 E.Staal, Car (slashing), 12:18 Ericsson, Det (tripping), 17:30.

Second Period – 1, Carolina, Joslin 2 (Stillman, E.Staal), 4:04 (pp). 2, Carolina, Skinner 30 (E.Staal), 18:47.

Penalties – Abdelkader, Det (holding), 3:31.

Third Period – 3, Carolina, Cole 25 (E.Staal), 5:44.

Penalties – Bowman, Car, double minor (high-sticking), 1:36 Modano, Det (high-sticking), 8:32.

Shots on goal – Detroit 18-11-13–42. Carolina 15-9-8–32.

Power-play opportunities–Detroit 0 of 3 Carolina 1 of 4.

Goalies – Detroit, Howard 36-16-5 (32 shots-29 saves). Carolina, Ward 36-25-10 (42-42).

A – 17,602 (18,680). T–2:23.

SPORTLIGHT

April 7

1963–Jack Nicklaus, at 23, becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters, beating Tony Lema by a stroke.

1985–New Jersey’s Herschel Walker rushes for a USFL-record 233 yards in leading the Generals to a 31-25 victory over the Houston Gamblers. Walker also breaks his own USFL record for the longest run from scrimmage by going 89 yards on his second carry of the game.

1993–The Ottawa Senators break the NHL record of 37 straight road losses, set by the 1974-75 Washington Capitals, with a 7-3 defeat in Hartford.

1996–Dave Andreychuk scores a goal for his 1,000th career point as the New Jersey Devils post a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers.

1998–Al MacInnis has a goal and an assist in St. Louis’ 5-3 loss at Detroit to become the sixth defenseman in NHL history to reach 1,000 career points.

2003–Syracuse wins the NCAA tournament with an 81-78 victory over Kansas. Freshman Carmelo Anthony, fighting off a bad back, finishes with 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Gerry McNamara hits six 3-pointers in the first half and finishes with 18 points.

2007–Michigan State beats favored Boston College 3-1 for its first NCAA hockey title in 21 years.

2007–Dany Heatley’s 50th goal of the season gives Ottawa a 6-3 win over Boston. Heatley is the first player with consecutive seasons of at least 50 goals since Pavel Bure did it with Florida in 2001 and 2002.

2007–Vince Carter and Jason Kidd are the first teammates with triple-doubles in the same game since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in 1989. Carter matches his season high with 46 points, adds a career-best 16 rebounds and 10 assists. Kidd ties a career high with 16 rebounds, equals his season high with 18 assists and adds a late free throw for 10 points to lead New Jersey to a 120-114 overtime win over Washington.

2008–Mario Chalmers hits a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left in regulation to push the game into overtime, and Kansas grinds it out from there for a 75-68 victory over Memphis in the men’s NCAA basketball title game.

2009–Tina Charles scores 25 points and grabs 19 rebounds as Connecticut routs Louisville 76-54 to capture its sixth women’s basketball title. UConn (39-0) wins every one of its 39 games by double digits, a first in college basketball.

2010–Don Nelson sets the NBA career record for victories (1,333) by a coach in the Golden State Warriors’ 116-107 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Nelson surpasses Lenny Wilkens to move atop the list.