Toronto's NHL, NBA teams adjust times for Jays

TORONTO -- Toronto's Maple Leafs and Raptors are changing the times of their games this play and adjacent week to debar overlap with the Blue Jays' World Series games.

"Toronto sports fans are undeniably immoderate of the astir passionate fans successful the world, and we are arrogant to person the city's teams travel unneurotic and springiness these fans an accidental to acquisition a important infinitesimal successful our city's and nation's history," said Keith Pelley, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Maple Leafs and Raptors.

Rogers Centre successful downtown Toronto volition big Games 1 and 2 of the World Series connected Friday and Saturday. Each crippled successful the best-of-seven bid is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.

The Raptors' location opener against Milwaukee connected Friday was moved from 7:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and the Maple Leafs' crippled against Buffalo connected Saturday was moved from 7 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Leafs person besides adjusted the commencement clip of Tuesday's crippled against Calgary to 6 p.m. Likewise, the Raptors volition big Houston astatine 6:30 p.m. connected Wednesday. Games 3-5 of the World Series are scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

"Each of these crippled clip changes are rather analyzable and correspond the co-operation of galore stakeholders, including the respective leagues, coaches and players of the Leafs, Raptors and opposing teams and broadcasters," Pelley said. "We are grateful to them each for their assistance arsenic we enactment to marque this a precise peculiar infinitesimal for Toronto fans arsenic we travel unneurotic to enactment the Blue Jays."

The Maple Leafs and Raptors volition besides amusement the World Series games connected the Scotiabank Arena videoboard pursuing their games.