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Schedule for Thursday, August 20

NHL Playoffs

At Toronto

N.Y. Islanders vs. Washington, 8 p.m. (Islanders lead series 3-1)

At Edmonton

Dallas vs. Calgary, 10:30 p.m. (Stars lead series 3-2)

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NBA Playoffs

Miami vs. Indiana, 1 p.m.

Oklahoma City vs. Houston, 3:30 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Orlando, 6 p.m.

L.A. Laker vs. Portland, 9 p.m.

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MLB

American League

Tampa Bay (TBD) at N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 1-1), 1:05 p.m.

Detroit (Turnbull 2-1) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-2), 2:10 p.m.

Boston (Eovaldi 1-2) at Baltimore (Wojciechowski 1-2), 7:35 p.m.

National League

N.Y. Mets (Matz 0-4) at Miami (Castano 0-1), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Gray 4-1) at St. Louis (Wainwright 2-0), 8:15 p.m.

Interleague

Philadelphia (Howard 0-1) at Toronto (Anderson 0-0), 1:05 p.m., (1st game) ( on CKNX)

Houston (Javier 2-1) at Colorado (Marquez 2-3), 3:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 2-1) at Toronto (Thornton 0-0), 4:35 p.m., (2nd game) (on CKNX)

Cleveland (Bieber 4-0) at Pittsburgh (Williams 1-3), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-1) at Seattle (Kikuchi 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Woodruff 1-1) at Minnesota (Berrios 1-3), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Gibson 1-2) at San Diego (Lamet 2-1), 8:10 p.m.

Arizona (Young 1-0) at Oakland (Manaea 0-2), 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-1) at San Francisco (Gausman 0-1), 9:45 p.m.

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