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 Athletic polled its staff on who would win each second-round series, plus the conference champions, Stanley Cup winner and Conn Smythe.