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🏒 Good morning to everybody, however particularly to …

THE EDMONTON OILERS AND THE FLORIDA PANTHERS

If Connor McDavid and Stuart Skinner play like they did in Recreation 6, the Oilers are going to be powerful to beat, photographs on aim be damned. Edmonton is heading to its first Stanley Cup Remaining in 18 years after a 2-1 win over the Stars because of a elegant aim and an help by McDavid and 34 saves on 35 photographs confronted by Skinner.

Edmonton’s 10 photographs on aim are tied for the fewest in any playoff win in NHL historical past and the fewest since 1990.

• McDavid scored in spectacular vogue simply 4:17 in, dancing round and thru the Stars’ protection earlier than backhanding one previous Jake Oettinger from shut vary.
• Later within the first interval, McDavid discovered an open Zach Hyman, who made no mistake with a golden probability. Each targets got here on the facility play; it was Edmonton’s second straight recreation with two energy play targets. 
• Mason Marchment scored about midway by way of the third interval, crashing in and powering residence a rebound, however Skinner stood sturdy for the rest of the sport.

Skinner, who was briefly benched within the second spherical, was huge. But it surely’s laborious to seek out the phrases to explain McDavid, who’s as much as 26 assists this postseason. Solely Wayne Gretzky (3 times), Mario Lemieux and Nikita Kucherov have ever had extra in a single postseason.

The Oilers will meet the Panthers after Florida topped the Rangers, 2-1, in Recreation 6 on Saturday.

👍 Honorable mentions

🏀 And never such a great morning for …

CAITLIN CLARK, ANGEL REESE AND CHENNEDY CARTER

It is the bump/physique test/low-cost shot/whatever-you-want-to-call-it that has the WNBA abuzz, and it entails a few the league’s greatest names. Chennedy Carter fouled Caitlin Clark earlier than the ball was inbounded Saturday, sending the No. 1 general decide sprawling to the ground. Clark and the Fever received the final chortle, pulling out a 71-70 win, however that outcome very a lot took a backseat.

👎 Not so honorable mentions

🏆 Actual Madrid win fifteenth UEFA Champions League title, possible so as to add Kylian Mbappe

The wealthy get richer. And with regards to the UEFA Champions League, Actual Madrid is the richest, and it isn’t even shut. Los Blancos captured their fifteenth Champions League title — eight greater than anybody else — Saturday by defeating Borussia Dortmund, 2-0, within the last at historic Wembley Stadium.

Actual Madrid adopted the script it so typically has on the world’s greatest stage for elite golf equipment: by discovering magic late. Within the 74th minute, Dani Carvajal expertly nodded residence off a nook kick, his first Champions League aim in 9 years, proving he is nowhere close to finished. 9 minutes later, Actual Madrid pounced on an Ian Maatsen miscue, with Vinicius Jr. doubling the lead. CBS Sports activities Golazo analyst and former famous person Thierry Henry stated Vini Jr. is the perfect participant on this planet.

That is what Actual Madrid does. They win and win and win, typically late and typically going through deficits and odds seemingly no different membership overcomes. Lengthy story quick, we should always have seen this coming, James Benge writes.

• Benge: “If you win this a lot you are a dynasty. Each a kind of wants a defining trait. The Madrid of Paco Gento — whose document of six Champions Leagues is now matched by Luka Modric, Nacho, Carvajal and Toni Kroos — have been the good blueprint of star accumulating that got here to outline this membership. … These males will likely be outlined by their capacity to win regardless of their collective and particular person struggles.”

It isn’t simply the veterans. With a wave of stars of their prime, Madrid’s European domination has no finish in sight. Vini Jr. is 23. He and 20-year-old Jude Bellingham — who did not rating however exemplified his group’s strategy, Chuck Sales space notes — have been the catalysts behind Madrid’s newest title run.

They’re about to get much more assist, from one of many gamers who can problem Vini Jr. for world’s best. Kylian Mbappe is anticipated to announce his transfer from PSG to Actual Madrid within the coming days, which makes Los Blancos a simple decide atop Chuck’s 2024-25 UEFA Champions League favorites.

Jonathan Johnson broke down what’s subsequent for the champions.

• Johnson: “Most spectacular maybe is the variety of common starters who ought to be again to full health subsequent season with Thibaut Courtois a UCL winner once more after his newest clear sheet in a last and Eder Militao in addition to David Alaba additionally to think about. Consider precocious younger expertise Arda Guler and that’s successfully 4 nearly as good as new signings on high of Mbappe and Endrick for Ancelotti to think about.”

It is all developing Actual Madrid, however that is nothing new.

⚾ New No. 1 in newest MLB Energy Rankings

There’s a brand new title atop Matt Snyder’s newest MLB Energy Rankings, and issues might get even higher quickly.

• Snyder: “The Yankees have had the perfect rotation within the American League thus far and so they’ve finished that with out 2023 AL Cy Younger winner Gerrit Cole. Cole begins his rehab task Tuesday. Not solely that, however they now have the perfect document in baseball together with the perfect run differential and have not misplaced a collection in a month. It is June and the perfect group in baseball is the New York Yankees.”

Having the highest two AL MVP candidates in Aaron Decide and Juan Soto — who rank first and second, respectively, in OPS and whole bases — additionally would not harm.

Here is Matt’s high 5:

1. Yankees (earlier: 2)
2. Phillies (1)
3. Dodgers (5)
4. Orioles (4)
5. Guardians (3)

It is nonetheless early-ish. It is time for these sluggish begins to show into sizzling summers.

📺 What we’re watching Monday

⚾ Brewers at Phillies, 6:40 p.m. on MLB Community
⚾ Giants at Diamondbacks, 9:40 p.m. on FS1