Hunter Haight got his first career goal and rookie Jesper Wallstedt auditioned for action in the playoffs with 35 saves, as the Minnesota Wild finished their regular season by beating the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday night. Danila Yurov and Robby Fabbri also scored for the playoff -bound Wild, who have won 21 of their last 22 games against the Ducks, including eight in a row. Wallstedt, who is second in the NHL in save percentage, went 18-9-6 in his debut and has given the Wild plenty to consider for a potential postseason goalie rotation with Filip Gustavsson.

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The Minnesota Wild will be rested and generally healthy when they open the playoffs, most likely on Saturday, in Dallas. They will bring perhaps their most talented team in franchise history to North Texas with, perhaps, just one looming question mark about their postseason lineup. And that question, regarding who will start in goal versus the Stars in Game 1, may have gotten bigger and more …

LaMelo Ball avoided immediate punishment after what some believe was a trip of Heat star Bam Adebayo.

“No tailgating, that’s ridiculous! That’s the whole point of, you know, sports, to enjoy, to tailgate before the game and turn up a little,” Tobi Olaofe said to Boston 25 News.

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He should have been thrown out of the game for that.

CHICAGO (AP) — Shane McClanahan pitched five innings for his first win in nearly three years, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 8-5 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory.

Ryan Vilade had three hits, including an RBI double, and scored three runs for the Rays. Ben Williamson doubled twice and drove in three runs as Tampa Bay spoiled the major league debut of White Sox starter Nick Schultz.

Everson Pereira hit a three-run homer in his return from a left-ankle sprain for the only runs off McClanahan (1-1), a two time All-Star who made his third start of 2026 after missing two seasons.

The 28-year-old left-hander allowed two hits and two earned runs, while striking out four and walking four.

Munetaka Murakami lofted a two-run homer off Yoendrys Gómez in the ninth, then Bryan Baker got the final out for his third save.

McClanahan last won on June 16, 2023, improving to 11-1 that season. He underwent Tommy John surgery in August 2023, then a nerve-related issue and operation in 2025 shut him down.

Schultz (0-1), the White Sox top pitching prospect, allowed four runs on three hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings. The 6-foot-10 lefty allowed three runs — two scored on his throwing error — in a shaky first before settling down, and striking out four.

The Rays jumped out 3-0 in the first. Schultz walked Jonathan Aranda and Junior Caminero with one out and Vilade’s double made it 1-0.

Williamson bunted back to the mound, but Schultz threw wildly to home, allowing Caminero and Vilade to score.

Williamson’s double in the third upped Tampa Bay’s lead to 4-0. Pereira’s drive in the bottom half cut it to 4-3.

RBI singles by Nick Fortes and Diaz in the sixth made it 6-3. Williamson and DeLuca drove in runs in the seventh.

Up next

Tampa Bay RHP Jesse Scholtens (0-0, 0.00 ERA) faces Chicago RHP Sean Burke (0-1, 3.60) on Wednesday.

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Erik Spoelstra on LaMelo Ball tripping Bam Adebayo: He should have been thrown out of the game for that

“I had to win the game i feel like i fu*ked the game …