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A subpar effort in a critical home playoff game against the league-best Avalanche puts the Wild's season on the brink, with not a lot of reasons for optimism.

Colorado scored four times in the third period and leads the best-of-seven NHL Western Conference matchup 3-1, with Game 5 on Wednesday in Denver.

Hopkins' Dylan Lindstrom produced the best showing of Baseball Day, while Chanhassen had homers from three different athletes.

Randle has been frustrated by quicker Spurs defenders but showed late in Game 4 the type of player he can be.

The game was pushed back 24 hours in Laval, Quebec, with the winner advancing to the Walter Cup Finals.

The young Spurs center was ejected for elbowing Naz Reid in the second quarter Sunday. Was that enough?

Peterson was announced as the 29th member of the Ring of Honor on Monday, months before he is considered for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

"I couldn't lose this game," the Wolves All-Star guard said after rallying his team past the San Antonio Spurs to pull their second-round series even at 2-2.

The veteran big man didn't retaliate after he was knocked to the floor on Victor Wembanyama's elbow, and he helped spark a critical Wolves victory.

Jonas Brodin is sidelined because of injury, and the 23-year-old Hunt has stepped in nicely on the blue line for his first career NHL playoff experience.