PERRIS, Calif. – This Saturday the AMSOIL USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series will return to Perris Auto Speedway for the Sokola Shootout.

Promoted by Don Kazarian, the fourth point race of the year for the AMSOIL USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series will also showcase the PAS Senior Sprint Cars and the PAS Young Gun Sprint Cars.

The Sokola Shootout has been a popular race on the West Coast since Tony Jones won the inaugural show at Manzanita Speedway on March 17, 2001. Originally called the Sokola Classic to honor past CRA President and USAC Sprint Supervisor Gary Sokola, the event has grown to also honor former driver Mark Sokola and their contributions to racing.

Last year, fast qualifier Brody Roa, Jake Swanson, Danny Faria Jr. and Charles Davis Jr. followed Damion Gardner to his third Sokola victory.

Since March 6, 2004, the Lake Perris Fairgrounds has held 214 AMSOIL USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series events and thirty-eight different drivers have claimed victory. Gardner leads all drivers with 45 home track wins and the one-lap track record of 15.833 seconds was set by Nic Faas on Feb. 25, 2012.

Entering Saturday’s event, Roa sits atop the point standings with a 14-point advantage. Driving the BR Performance No. 91R HD Industries/Burris Racing Maxim, Roa has one win, three top-10 finishes and 28 feature laps led. The 2016 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series champion is tied with Matt Mitchell, Richard Vander Weerd, and Austin Williams for 14th on the USAC-CRA win list and will be looking for his eighth series triumph.

Gardner ranks second in the chase for the championship. Racing Mark Alexander’s No. 4 Trench Shoring/All Coast Construction Spike, Gardner finished seventh in the Perris So-Cal Showdown. To date, the seven-time champion has also posted one Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award, two heat race victories and three top-10 finishes on the year. This Saturday, Gardner will have his sights the eighty-first USAC-CRA feature win of his career.

Settling into his new ride, Williams is third in the USAC-CRA point chase. Piloting Tom and Laurie Sertich’s No. 92 Huntington Beach Glass & Mirror/Lucas Oil DRC, Williams finished third at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds on March 30. He has three top-10 finishes on the season and will be looking for his eighth series win.

R.J. Johnson ranks fourth in the USAC-CRA championship point standings. Driving the Bobby Martin Racing No. 51 Martin Family Auto Museum/Pro Flyer Race Engines Sherman, Johnson was in contention for the Marth 30 win until a lap 16 flip resulted in a 16th-place finish. To date, the five-time USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series champion has posted two heat race victories, two top-10 finishes and 16 laps led in the campaign. The second generation driver will have his sights on claiming his seventh USAC-CRA victory.

Stevie Sussex is currently fifth in the USAC-CRA point standings. Racing Robbie & Gaye Allen’s No. 12 ABC Body Shop/PPG Automotive Finishes Maxim, Sussex charged to fifth in the So-Cal Showdown after starting 10th. At press time, the 2017 USAC National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year has three top-10 finishes and will be looking to earn his first USAC-CRA main event win.

OCALA, Fla. – Big Frog Motorsports has announced that Tanner English will drive the M&W Transport No. 58 Dave’s Towing/XR1 Rocket Chassis/Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model in select events.

“I began talking about possibilities with Tanner a month or so ago after his deal with Randy Weaver Racing dissolved. We both thought it would be a good fit to have him drive our team’s car, but we just couldn’t find dates that worked for both of us,” said Big Frog Motorsports owner Augie Burttram. “We recently talked again, and decided to give this deal a shot, so he’ll be piloting our car in the Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals races on April 19-20.

“We’re going to reevaluate after that first weekend, and see how it works out for both of us and what we can do together to be successful. Tanner is a super-talented driver, and I’m excited to have him behind the wheel of our team’s car.”

English is the two-time defending Schaeffer’s Oil MARS Racing Series champion. He previously inked a deal to drive for Randy Weaver Racing this year, but it fell apart when the team shut down.

“Augie [Burttram] and I decided to take this deal on a race-to-race basis and see if it’s a good fit for both of us,” the 25-year-old English said. “Big Frog Motorsports has top-notch equipment, and I’m grateful for this opportunity. I’ve got some races already committed in my personal car and a couple of other rides for the remainder of this year, but I’d love to race with Big Frog Motorsports, whenever makes sense for both of us. Hopefully, we can gel and enjoy success together.”

English will make his debut in the Big Frog Motorsports No. 58 on April 19-20 in Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals competition in Georgia. The weekend opens on Friday night at Blue Ridge Motorsports Park in Blue Ridge, Ga., with a $4,000-to-win race before shifting to Toccoa (Ga.) Raceway on Saturday night for a $10,000-to-win affair.

They say anything can happen in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and yet one of the greatest regular-season teams in NHL history blowing a three-goal lead to lose on home ice to the lowest seed in its conference felt stunning to the point where "anything" wouldn't cover it.

Here's what happened last night -- check out replays of every playoff game on ESPN+ -- and what to watch for tonight, in today's edition of ESPN Stanley Cup Playoffs Daily:

Jump ahead: Last night's games | Three Stars
Play of the night | Tonight's games | Social post of the day

About last night...

Game 1: Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3. The Lightning jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period, and the team that tied the record for most regular-season wins ever (62) looked like it was going to roll through the playoffs. But then a sloppy Ryan McDonagh pass resulted in a Nick Foligno goal in the second period that ignited the Blue Jackets' physical and forechecking games. Defenseman David Savard undressed Victor Hedman on a goal in the third. Less than four minutes after that, Josh Anderson scored a short-handed goal to tie the game, and Seth Jones's power-play goal at 14:05 of the third gave them the lead. Sergei Bobrovsky went from Game 1 goat to a 16-save savior in the final two periods.

The Lightning are the 10th team in the history of the Stanley Cup playoffs to blow a three-goal lead in their first game of a postseason. Only two of the previous nine recovered to win the series. Uh-oh. Meanwhile, John Tortorella lit a fire under his team (and nearly burned down the dressing room):

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Think this fiery Torts pep talk had anything to do with the @BlueJacketsNHL>#CBJ>pic.twitter.com/gmhAAyVXz1 - FOX Sports Ohio (@FOXSportsOH) April 11, 2019

Game 1: New York Islanders 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (OT). Nassau Coliseum was deafening at times during the Islanders' Game 1 victory, although the Penguins tried to do their best to stun them into silence with Justin Schultz's goal at 18:31 of the third period to tie the game at 3-3. But the fans blew the roof off the old barn when Josh Bailey tucked home the game winner at 4:39 of overtime, thanks to an incredible move from Islanders star Mathew Barzal to set it up, deking several Penguins out of their skates:

Bailey wins it in OT! pic.twitter.com/2edd3msKlN - NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) April 11, 2019

Game 1: St. Louis Blues 2, Winnipeg Jets 1. Tyler Bozak scored the game winner with 2:05 left in regulation on a pass from Patrick Maroon, and it might have been the most meaningful assist in Maroon's career: He dedicated the win to his late grandfather, who passed away at 95 years old on Tuesday. "It's been emotional, tough days for me," Maroon said. "But being with the guys and having them by my side has been really good." Rookie goalie Jordan Binnington did the rest, with 24 saves in his first playoff start.

Game 1: Dallas Stars 3, Nashville Predators 2. Rookie defenseman Miro Heiskanen scored two goals, becoming the youngest player to score a playoff goal in franchise history, while goalie Ben Bishop and the team's defense did the rest in their win over the Predators. Mats Zuccarello, the Stars' trade deadline pickup, had the game-winning goal. So desperate for offense were the Predators that coach Peter Laviolette pulled goalie Pekka Rinne with 3:13 left in the game and Nashville on the power play. "We lost our way, we lost the game," Laviolette said. "There's nothing encouraging about tonight. We know we're capable of playing at high speed with high gears and competitiveness. Like I said, it went their way."

Game 1: San Jose Sharks 5, Vegas Golden Knights 2. It was an ugly game, and not just because Sharks captain Joe Pavelski got his mouth mangled by deflecting the first goal in with his jaw. The Sharks ruled in puck possession through two periods, building a 4-1 lead and limiting the Golden Knights' attack. They pummeled them physically and dominated them defensively. Brent Burns (1G, 1A) and Erik Karlsson (2A) controlled play. Martin Jones was steady in making 24 saves. Mark Stone scored two goals for Vegas in his playoff debut for them, one of the few highlights in a forgettable game for the Knights.

Three stars

1. Jordan Binnington, G, St. Louis Blues. The rookie sensation announced his arrival in the Stanley Cup playoffs by skating into the most hostile of territories -- the White-Out crowd of Winnipeg -- and stopping 24 of 25 shots . That included 17 saves in the first two periods, many of them spectacular, to give the Blues a chance to rally. The showstopper, literally, was this stop on Mark Scheifele late in the third, the same player who was penalized earlier in the game for charging into him:

Jordan Binnington absolutely robs Mark Scheifele in the final minute to seal the deal for the Blues in Game 1 https://t.co/4Y4rFvj8ka>pic.twitter.com/OtcKm4Q7iG - Hockey Night in Canada (@hockeynight) April 11, 2019

2. Miro Heiskanen, D, Dallas Stars. Another sensational rookie making his mark, the Stars defenseman scored a power-play goal in the second period to tie the game and an even-strength goal in the third for the lead in their eventual 3-2 win over Nashville. He was second on the team in ice time at 23:24. Heiskanen is just the third teenager to record a multi-goal game in the playoffs over the past 20 seasons, joining Sean Couturier (hat trick in 2012) and teammate Tyler Seguin (2011).

3. Seth Jones, D, Columbus Blue Jackets. Along with scoring the game-winning goal, Jones was instrumental in helping the Jackets keep the Lightning's top players scoreless in their Game 1 stunner.

Play of the night

It's a one-goal game thanks to @dsavy58.>#StanleyCup>pic.twitter.com/QFhLzWWOmh - NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) April 11, 2019

Oh, nothing to see here except David Savard of the Blue Jackets looking like Bobby Orr while undressing Victor Hedman, one of the best defensemen on the planet, before lasering home the second goal of their rally.

Dud of the night

The Lightning's stars. As lackadaisical as the Tampa Bay defense was in allowing the Blue Jackets to rally, the fact that Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos and Brayden Point combined for 16 shot attempts, eight shots on goal, a minus-4 and zero points was even more shocking.

On the schedule

Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Bruins, Game 1, 7 p.m. ET

The rivalry continues for these two, one year after the Bruins eliminated the Leafs in seven games. But this Toronto team has a few new tricks: Namely star center John Tavares and veteran defenseman Jake Muzzin. Will things be different this time, or are we in store for another year of Toronto media complaining about the playoff format because Boston owns the Leafs?

Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals, Game 1, 7:30 p.m. ET

The underdog Canes play their first postseason game since May 26, 2009, in taking on the defending Stanley Cup champions. The Capitals dominated Carolina in the regular season to the tune of 4-0-0. Do these ''Bunch of Jerks'' from Raleigh have more defiant magic in the postseason, or are the Capitals just too talented for an upset?

Colorado Avalanche at Calgary Flames, Game 1, 10 p.m. ET

The Avs will get big boost entering this one with the return of Mikko Rantanen to the lineup, and, one assumes, to the line that has Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog. Colorado has a red-hot goalie in Philipp Grubauer (8-1-2 in his past 11 games), but is he enough to handle a Flames offense that was third in the NHL at 3.52 goals per game?

Social post of the day

Torts complains the interview room smells like BO then ends his presser, reporter stands up and smells himself ������ pic.twitter.com/AxnqyRKrrs - CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) April 11, 2019

John Tortorella left the locker room and walked into the interview room -- which smelled like a locker room. He noted the body odor as Torts does, and then walked out ... leaving a member of the great unwashed (aka the media) to administer a sniff test. Wow.

Quotable

"The only critics that matter are the ones in the room, and there aren't any. I don't think he cares about whether he silenced you guys, and I don't think we care either." -- Sharks coach Pete DeBoer on goalie Martin Jones, and whether his Game 1 performance quieted his critics.

Marcos Alonso's late header helped Chelsea to a hard-fought 1-0 win away to Slavia Prague in their Europa League quarterfinal first leg on Thursday.

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri fielded a strong XI in Prague, including an in-form Eden Hazard, who was outstanding in a two-goal outing on Monday as the Blues beat West Ham to move into third place in the Premier League.

However, the visitors found chances hard to come by over the course of the first 45 minutes as the league leaders in the Czech top flight dug in with a raucous home crowd urging them on in a scoreless first half.

Despite a lack of goals, the second half provided some entertaining end-to-end football, with Slavia Prague's Ibrahima Traore stinging Kepa Arrizabalaga's palms from distance on 70 minutes and Chelsea seeing a goal ruled out for offside shortly after.

Alonso's header from an inswinging Willian cross as full-time approached wound up being the difference for Chelsea, who return home for the second leg on April 18 with an important away goal giving them the upper leg for passage to the semifinals.

Tottenham Hotspur's England striker Harry Kane suffered serious ankle ligament damage in Tuesday's 1-0 Champions League victory over Manchester City, the Premier League club said on Thursday.

Kane rolled his left ankle in the second half of the quarterfinal first leg after a hefty tackle on City defender Fabian Delph and left the field immediately.

Spurs gave no timeframe for when Kane might be fit again.

"Following assessment over the past two days, we can confirm that Harry Kane has sustained a significant lateral ligament injury to his left ankle following a challenge in our Champions League quarterfinal, first leg win against Manchester City," Spurs said on their website.

"Investigations are ongoing and he will continue to be assessed by our medical staff over the coming week."

Kane tweeted on Wednesday that he was "gutted to go off injured but every setback is a chance to come back stronger than ever."

Following Tuesday's win, Spurs boss Maurio Pochettino said: "It's very, very sad. It's going to be tough and we're going to miss him -- maybe for the rest of the season."

The England captain, who has scored 24 goals in all competitions this season, left the club's new stadium on crutches with a protective boot on his foot. Kane had previously missed six weeks of action after injuring the same ankle during a Jan. 15 Premier League match against Manchester United.

The club also confirmed that Dele Alli fractured his left hand during Tuesday's fixture.

The England midfielder will be assessed to determine his availability for this weekend's match against Huddersfield Town.

Information from Reuters was used in this report.