Carolina Hurricanes

With their 4-3 victory Wednesday night, the Panthers completed a four-game sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference finals.

Florida has now won 10 of its past 11 playoff games and can advance to the franchise's first Stanley Cup Final since 1996 with a win over Carolina in Game 4 on Wednesday.

The Panthers lead the series 1-0. The game finished at 79:47 of overtime play, the sixth-longest game in Stanley Cup playoff history.

Brayden Point and Ross Colton scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy controlled the crease, helping the advancing Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0.

A four-game sweep sends the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals for the third time in nine years.

After patiently approaching his season in charge of the Minnesota Wild, general manager Paul Fenton has taken his first steps toward remaking the roster.

Bill Peters has not been able to lead the Carolina Hurricanes back to the NHL playoffs, so he announced Friday that he is resigning.

Shane Doan still isn't ready to retire. The 39-year-old Coyotes captain has agreed to a one-year, $2.5 million contract.

Jason Pominville and the Minnesota Wild were winless in shootouts this season until a perfect performance Saturday night. Pominville scored a goal in regulation and the game-winner in the shootout to lift Minnesota to a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Nino Niederreiter and Zach Parise scored for Minnesota with the first two shots of the season against Carolina fill-in goalie Justin Peters, and the Wild beat the Hurricanes 3-1 on Thursday night despite losing their own starting goalie to injury.