The Caps and 'Canes let things boil over late in the season matchup on April 2 in which there were eight 10-minute misconducts handed out, four fighting majors and a whole lot of bad blood that was created and, yes, Tom Wilson was involved in it. But so were a lot of guys on both teams.

The Dallas Stars emerged from a seven-game series against Colorado, and the Edmonton Oilers rallied from down 2-0 to eliminate Los Angeles and move on in the NHL playoffs.