Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey

NHL: First round play-offs: Dallas 5 St Louis 3 (Dallas lead best-of-seven series 1-0); NY Rangers 6 NY Islanders 0 (Rangers lead best-of-seven series 1-0); Buffalo 2 New Jersey 0 (Buffalo lead best-of-seven series 1-0); Washington 5 Pittsburgh 3 (Washington lead best-of-seven series 1-0).

BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP Play-offs Group A: Cardiff 10 Whitley 6; Nottingham 6 Durham 4; Durham 6 Cardiff 6; Whitley 5 Nottingham 5. Group B: Fife 4 Sheffield 5; Murrayfield 15 Humberside 5 (at Livingston); Sheffield 15 Murrayfield 8; Humberside 5 Fife 5. Promotion/relegation play-off Group A: Billingham 12 Telford 9; Blackburn 4 Milton Keynes 9; Milton Keynes 18 Billingham 10; Telford 10 Blackburn 6. Group B: Romford 2 Peterborough 7; Medway 4 Slough 3; Peterborough 7 Medway 4; Slough 13 Romford 6.