NHL playoff matchups determined after frantic final night

[ASFN Admin]

It took until the final game on the final night of the NHL regular season to set the matchups for the first round of the playoffs. The playoffs begin Monday when the Metropolitan Division-champion Carolina Hurricanes host the Boston Bruins in Game 1. Nashville blowing a four-goal lead and losing to last-place Arizona hours after Dallas beat Anaheim with an emergency backup goaltender in net for the third period flipped two matchups in the Western Conference.

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