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

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

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves, Charlie Coyle scored in the first period and the Minnesota Wild avoided elimination with a 2-0 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of the first-round playoff series on Wednesday night.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jaden Schwartz scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Jake Allen made 40 saves to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday for a 3-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

St. Paul, MN (AP)  --  A St. Louis goal with less than two-and-a-half minutes to go gave the Blues a 2-1 N-H-L playoff victory Friday night over the Wild.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Joel Edmundson scored for St. Louis at 17:48 of overtime, Jake Allen made a career-high 51 saves and the Blues sneaked into Minnesota to steal Game 1 of their first-round series from the Wild with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday.

DETROIT (AP) — Andreas Athanasiou scored 1:52 into overtime and lifted the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 win Sunday over the reeling Minnesota Wild.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jason Spezza scored his fourth goal of the series and added three assists, and goalie Kari Lehtonen and the Dallas Stars needed every last one of them to hold off the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Sunday to wrap up the first-round series in six games. ...

Cavs, Heat to travel with 2-0 leads UNDATED (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat have retained home-court advantage in the NBA's Eastern Conference quarterfinals by sweeping the first two games at home.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jason Spezza scored the go-ahead goal with his skate, Ales Hemsky and Patrick Eaves each scored on a second-period power play to give Dallas' lagging special teams a lift, and the Stars defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Wednesday night to push their series lead to 3-1.

Spurs silence Grizzlies...Hawks stymie Celtics UNDATED (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs put together another lopsided win over the Memphis Grizzlies to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA's Western Conference quarterfinals.

Caps, Stars, Isles open with wins WASHINGTON (AP) — The NHL's top team in the regular season is off to a fine start in the Stanley Cup playoffs.