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,

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We are on to the NHL's conference finals, with the Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers all advancing.

Referee Chris Rooney, who was hit in the face with a hockey stick during the Florida Panthers-Toronto Maple Leafs series, is doing well and hopes to return to work the NHL playoffs, a league source told UPI on Tuesday.

The NHL’s playoff final four has a very familiar feel. The Western Conference final is a rematch of the same round last year with the Dallas Stars facing the Edmonton Oilers.

NHL referee Chris Rooney hopes to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after a scary scene unfolded during Game 7 of the second-round series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers on Sunday night.

Ernie Clement took some inspiration from the Toronto Maple Leafs. And with that inspiration came a walk-off hit for the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Clement delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Tigers and snap the Blue Jays' three-game skid.

Leon Draisaitl is the betting favorite to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP going into the conference finals round of the NHL playoffs, with the Edmonton Oilers eight wins away from the Stanley Cup that has eluded him and Connor McDavid.