The Nuggets picked up a commanding 125-113 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of their opening-round playoff series on Monday night to keep their postseason hopes alive. Jokić had his 23rd career triple-double, which is the third-most all time behind only Magic Johnson and LeBron James.

Trailing the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 in their best of seven series, the Oilers had no room left for error. That said, they didn’t at all look like a team who was feeling pressure. Rather than coming out of the gates nervous,

Game projections for RJ range from 20.9 to more than 22 points in Game 5. Prior to Game 4’s black hole of basketball sorrow, Barrett had scored at least 20 points in nine of his last 11 games overall.

Connor Dewar, Kris Letang and Elmer Soderblom scored and the Pittsburgh Penguins avoided elimination for the second time in 48 hours with a 3-2 win over Philadelphia in Game 5 of their first-round series on Monday night.