Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are wild-card spots based on the best remaining records in each conference.

The Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers play Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Saturday at Amerant Bank Arena.

The Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 3-0 in Game 2 of the Western Conference final to tie the series at 1-1. While Edmonton blew a 3-1 lead in the third period of Game 1's 6-3 loss, the away team held on while being outshot 9-2 in the final frame of Game 2.

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After some of the more intense first two rounds the NHL playoffs have seen, we're officially onto the Conference Finals this week. Tensions were extremely high as things kicked off in the East on Tuesday night,

Finland is well-represented in these NHL playoffs with 13 players on the rosters of the four teams in the conference finals.

Everybody in the NHL goes to the penalty box at some point — even the Hurricanes’ perennial Lady Byng Trophy candidate Jaccob Slavin. They feel more than shame for those two minutes, especially in the playoffs.

Offenses have had the upper hand this postseason, but these goalies are winning the battle with foundational principles.

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