Soaking up that confetti

The GIST: It wasn’t a fluke — the Edmonton Oilers (now down 3-2) have turned the tides in the Stanley Cup Final, officially forcing a Game 6 against the Florida Panthers back home in Alberta. Oh Canada is right.

Captain Connor McDavid puts on a clinic: Edmonton’s generational talent was the difference maker last night and is now the third player to notch at least 40 points in the postseason (he has 42) after scoring two goals and contributing two assists in the 5–3 Game 5 win.

• Down 3–0 in the second period, the Panthers fought back tooth and nail, beginning with a righteous goal from right winger Matthew Tkachuk (who truly did all he could to stop the Oilers) but his efforts alone weren’t enough to pull off the comeback.

Wheels up for Game 6: Only one team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to raise Lord Stanley: the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs. Is McDavid’s squad on their way to breaking an 82-year-old record? We’ll have to wait until Friday at 8 p.m. ET to find out as the series shifts 2,543 miles back to Edmonton.

The GIST: ICYMI, the Boston Celtics won their NBA-record 18th championship with Monday’s 106–88 Game 5 rout of the Dallas Mavericks. While they fire up the duck boats, here’s a look at Boston’s historic victory, by the numbers:

2: As in the dynamic duo of Jayson Tatum and NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown, who silenced the haters and came together to win their first title after seven rollercoaster seasons together.

• Boston already inked Brown to a supermax $304M deal last offseason, and now they’re reportedly set to offer Tatum a five-year, $315M extension, which would be the largest contract in NBA history. Cha-ching.

6: There’ve been six different NBA champions over the last six years, but the Celtics — who have every player on this championship roster under contract next season — appear to have the makings of a dynasty poised to shake up that parity.

18: Boston finally raising that elusive 18th banner means they now have the most ’ships in NBA history, breaking a tie with their archrivals, the LA Lakers. Different here, indeed.

186: The record number of playoff games 17-year NBA veteran Al Horford competed in before finally hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Soak up that confetti.

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The GIST: The world’s best women’s golfers are taking over the Pacific Northwest as the 70th KPMG Women’s PGA Championship — the third of five LPGA majors — tees off from the Sahalee Country Club tomorrow with even more than the $10.4M purse on the line.

The context: The Olympic qualification period closes after this event, so players have one last chance to compete for a spot in the coveted 60-player field heading to Paris next month. The International Golf Federation uses the official world golf rankings to determine Olympics eligibility and the top 15 automatically book their tickets.

• That means we’ll definitely be seeing world No. 1 Nelly Korda and her group, defending KPMG Women’s PGA champion world No. 3 Ruoning Yin and world No. 5 Hannah Green in Paris. Question is, who else will be joining them?

More players to watch: World No. 20 Japan’s Ayaka Furue leads the LPGA with eight top-10 finishes this season, and a strong showing this weekend could land her the nation’s second Olympic spot, where she would join two-time U.S. Women’s Open winner and world No. 6 Yuka Saso.

• As for World No. 13 Canadian Brooke Henderson, the stars are aligning for the 2016 Women’s PGA champion, who has her sights set on running it back on the same course where she won her maiden major eight years ago. Tee it up.

⚽ UEFA Euro 2024: No. 16 Germany vs. No. 26 Hungary — Today at 12 p.m. ET — Fox Sports 1

• While French superstar Kylian Mbappé focuses on deep breaths and face masks, host country Germany is hunting for their second tourney win (and a knockout berth clincher) as Hungary fights to stay alive in Group A. Fan-footy-tastic.

🏊 Swimming: 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials — Today through June 23rd — NBC, Peacock

• The splishing and splashing continues from Indianapolis, highlighted by three 2020 Olympic medalists — Regan Smith (butterfly), Ryan Murphy (backstroke), and Lilly King (breaststroke) — diving in for a shot at Paris tomorrow.

🎓⚾ NCAA baseball: Men’s College World Series — Today through June 24th — ESPN Networks

• And then there were…five? With yesterday’s game between Kentucky and Florida rescheduled to today due to inclement weather, five squads remain in contention in Omaha, where this weekend’s three-game championship will be booked by tomorrow at the latest.

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