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The Boston Bruins saved their season with a dominant 5-1 win over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night to even the series at 3-3.

Which gives us fans the best thing in sports: A Game 7 for the Stanley Cup.

How great is that?

St. Louis fans probably don’t think its that great because the city was ready to explode Sunday night. Fans packed Enterprise Center hoping to hear Gloria as the Blues skated around the rink with the Cup raised above their heads.

Approximately 30,000 fans watched outside in the city, ready to party all night long in celebration of the franchise’s first-ever championship.

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It’s June. The time of year when temperatures warm up, days get longer and winter’s marquee sport enters its most important period of play, the Stanley Cup Final. This is absurd. The only kind of ice anyone should be thinking about right now is the type that goes in lemonade.

Even for me, a hockey enthusiast born and raised in chilly Canada, staying focused for Thursday’s Game 5 between the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues this close to summer is a challenge. Worse yet for the sport, potential viewers who aren’t die-hard fans are turned off from tuning in at all. And it’s not just the dissonant weather and the long slog the NHL is asking newcomers to undertake. The timing also means hockey is facing off against a sport with greater worldwide popularity — basketball — that is also in the midst of its showcase playoff run.

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The St. Louis Blues battle the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Final in St Louis on June 3. Fans could enjoy the playoffs more if they were held in May.Bruce Bennett / Getty Images file

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The 2019 Women’s World Cup kicked off in style as hosts France cruised to victory over South Korea in the opening game on Friday – so what can we expect from day two?

More than 45,000 supporters watched the French claim three points in Paris, with many more expected to flock to Rennes, Le Havre and Reims for three matches on Saturday.

BBC Sport takes a look at the big stories surrounding the second day of competition and how you can stay across the action.

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Will we get one more game at Oracle Arena? The scene of so much Golden State wonderfulness the past five seasons? A building about to be abandoned when the Warriors move from Oakland to a state-of-the-art arena across the Bay?

Hold up. Asking one more game out of the Warriors seems a lot at the moment.

These guys just suffered their second consecutive home playoff loss by 10 points or more, something that hasn’t happened to this franchise in 50 years. After three straight games scoring precisely 109 points, the Warriors came up 15 short Friday. They are 0-9 overall this season when held to double digits, and 0-11 in the playoffs during the Steve Kerr era, when they score 94 or fewer.

And now they’re on the wrong side of a 3-1 deficit, lacking everything from certain healthy bodies to an edge, a sharpness that was missing in the second half.

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