NHL Playoffs

Vegas will host Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night.

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.

Dallas and Vegas previously met in the conference finals in 2020, when the Stars eliminated the Golden Knights in five games.

The major penalty was upheld and the game misconduct was issued after officials reviewed the play.

Frederick Gaudreau and John Klingberg scored goals, but the Wild couldn't catch up to Dallas in the Stars' 3-2 victory.

Hintz scored short-handed on Dallas' first shot in Game 2, added an even-strength goal in the second period, and then finished with a power-play goal in the third period of the Stars 7-3 win over the Wild.

Barron was injured in the first period during a big scramble in front of the Vegas Golden Knights' net in Game 1 of the Western Conference first-round series

The regular season is over, and it's time for the Wild to prove their regular season success translates to the postseason. The goal? Lord Stanley's Cup.