A rundown of games and events to watch for locally and nationally from the world of sports:

Today

Prep baseball, Intermountain Conference/Intermountain Hybrid season openers, 4:30 p.m.: The meat of the season is upon us, and in today’s featured game, Class 5A No. 2-ranked Bend High entertains crosstown rival Summit. In other Intermountain action, Mountain View travels to Redmond to face Ridgeview, and Redmond is at Prineville to take on Crook County.

Wednesday

Prep softball, Intermountain Conference/Intermountain Hybrid season openers, 3 p.m.: Central Oregon rivals face off in doubleheaders to kick off the Intermountain portion of the schedule. Summit is at home to play Bend High; Ridgeview travels to Bend to take on Mountain View; and Redmond plays host to Crook County.

Wednesday

NHL, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, 4 p.m. (CNBC); Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins, 4:30 p.m. (NBCSN); Dallas at Anaheim, 7 p.m. (NBCSN): The Chicago Blackhawks look to defend Lord Stanley’s Cup, while last year’s runner-up Boston Bruins had this season’s best regular-season record.

Wednesday

NBA, Los Angeles Clippers at Portland Trail Blazers, 7:30 p.m. (BlazerNet): Both teams will be tuning up for the playoffs in this regular-season finale at the Moda Center. The Clippers won their franchise record-tying 56th game on Saturday. The Blazers have already secured their winningest season since the 2008-09 campaign.

Saturday

NBA playoffs, teams TBD, noon (ABC), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN), 5 p.m. (ESPN) and 7:30 p.m. (ESPN): The regular season ends Wednesday, but for the teams that emerge as conference champions, some two months of basketball remains. With the new 2-2-1-1-1 format for the Finals — a departure from the 2-3-2 format used since 1985 — a seventh game, if needed, would be played on June 20.