The spotlight for Game 3 turns back to the crease, where coach Pete DeBoer must decide whether to continue with Robin Lehner as the starter or turn to Marc-Andre Fleury.
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The decision by NHL players to pause the playoffs is emblematic of a new era in sports that has seen athletes empowered to weigh in on social issues.
The Aces, who are a half-game out of first place in the WNBA standings, will look to take care of business against last-place New York.
The NHL announced the revised schedule for the Western Conference semifinal series between the Golden Knights and Vancouver Canucks.
Golden Knights right wing Ryan Reaves knelt during the American and Canadian anthems Aug. 3, but he believes Thursday’s actions send a “much more powerful message.”
“I’d go to war with these guys, and I hate their guts on the ice, but I couldn’t be more proud of these guys. This statement that they’ve made today is something that’s going to last,” Golden Knights’ Ryan Reaves said.
The Aces’ game Thursday was among three postponed by the WNBA as the league continued its protest of racial inequality and police brutality.
It is unclear whether the delay in the Knights’ videoconference call was a change in the schedule or related to a tweet Thursday from San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane.
The Aces are one of the league’s top teams at 11-3. And if they defeat Seattle (12-3) on Thursday, they will overtake the Storm for the top spot in the standings.
Major League Soccer players boycotted five games Wednesday night in a collective statement against racial injustice.
A pair of Major League Baseball games were postponed Wednesday as players across the sports landscape reacted in the wake of the weekend shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin.
Games will be played eight-handed with plexiglass dividers. The room will be open five days a week, Thursday through Monday.
Jacob Blake shooting prompts WNBA to postpone games
The Golden Knights kept a lid on the Vancouver Canucks’ top-end talent in the first game of their second-round series Sunday. Game 2 on Tuesday was a much different story.
Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault apologized Wednesday for his profanity-laced replies on social media.