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Juan Soto has played 1127 games and is 1 stolen base from reaching 100 in his MLB career to go with 250 HR and 914 BB. No player in MLB history has reached 250 HR, 900 BB and 100 SB in fewer than 1257 games (Mickey Mantle).

Tonight, four different Cavaliers put up at least 20 points while no Pistons player reached 18. It was the second-ever playoff game of its kind in NBA history, after Game 3 of the First Round between Washington and Chicago in 2005.

With a win in tonight's Game 7, the @DetroitPistons would join the 2007-08 Celtics as the only No. 1 seeds to win each of their first two playoff series in seven games (since the first round expanded to best-of-seven in 2003).

The @BuffaloSabres are the first team in NHL history to be down by multiple goals on the road in a playoff game but end up winning by 5+ goals.

Cristopher Sánchez of the @Phillies is the second MLB pitcher in the modern era to have a 3-start span with: 24.0+ innings pitched 30+ strikeouts no more than 1 walk 0 runs allowed The other was Clayton Kershaw in 2015.

Ages at End of NHL Regular Season: Hutson in 25-26: 21 years, 352 days Coffey in 82-83: 21 years, 245 days

Lane Hutson recorded his 90th point of the 2025-26 season in Game 5, becoming the youngest defenseman to record 90+ points in a single season (reg. season + postseason) since Paul Coffey in 1982-83 (based on age at the end of regular season).

After Friday night, the @Brewers' Aaron Ashby now has 8 wins this year - all in relief. No one else in MLB has more than 6 wins. It's the first time in the modern era a pitcher had at least 2 more relief wins than any other MLB pitcher had total wins at the end of any given day.

A'ja Wilson of the @LVAces is the first player in NBA or WNBA history to have a game with: 45+ points 80.0+ FG% 100.0 3P% 100.0 FT%

The @DetroitPistons' 21-point win tonight ties the largest road win to force a Game 7 in NBA history (also Hawks at Lakers in the 1960 Western Division Finals).

Kyle Schwarber of the @Phillies hit his 20th HR of the season tonight. This is the earliest date any player has reached that mark in MLB history (previous record: Luis Gonzalez on May 17 in 2001).

Donovan Mitchell of the @cavs has made 232 threes in his 75 career playoff games. The only NBA player with more made threes through his first 75 playoff games was Steph Curry (314).

JJ Bleday in his first 16 games with the Reds: 18 RBI 17 hits 13 walks 10 XBH 6 HR No other MLB player has reached those marks over his first 16 games with a team (since RBI became official in 1920).

Pavel Dorofeyev this postseason: vs. Utah: Games 1-3: 0 goals Games 4-6: 4 goals vs. Anaheim: Games 1-3: 0 goals Games 4-6: 5 goals No one else in NHL history has had 2 separate series in the same postseason where he had no goals in the first 3 games but 4+ goals after that.

Beckett Sennecke’s current four-game goal streak is the longest by an NHL rookie in the playoffs since Auston Matthews’ in 2017. A goal tonight would tie the longest rookie goal streak in NHL playoff history with Milan Marcetta (1968 North Stars) and Joe Mullen (1982 Blues).

On August 16, 1909, Johnson homered at the plate but lasted just 5.0 innings on the mound & took the loss. He then started again the next day & tossed a 12.0-inning shutout. Babe Ruth started on the mound the day after homering 8 times, but none of those starts were scoreless.

Shohei Ohtani has now had 6 instances in his MLB career where he homered one day and then delivered a scoreless start on the mound the next day. All other MLB players in the modern era have combined to do that just once (Walter Johnson, August 16-17, 1909).

The Wild are the first team in NHL history to have a 3+ goal lead at the first intermission of a playoff game but then have fewer than 10 shots on goal the rest of the way and end up losing.

Gavin Sheets of the @Padres is the first player in MLB history to hit a go-ahead 3+ run HR in the 9th inning 3 times in the same season (April 10, April 23 & tonight).

Jacob Misiorowski has 19 Ks, 0 R and 2 TB allowed over his last 2 starts. The only other pitchers in the modern era (since 1901) to have a two-start span with each of those marks are: Rube Marquard (August 28-September 1, 1911) Max Scherzer (June 14-June 20, 2015)