The Carolina Hurricanes avoided elimination in the Eastern Conference finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 3-0 win at Florida on Monday night to reduce the Panthers’ series lead to 3-1 as Frederik Andersen had 20 saves in the shutout. … UNC is the No. 5 seed in the NCAA baseball tournament and will meet Holy Cross on Friday in the Chapel Hill regional (ACC Network, noon). … N.C. State is the No. 2 seed in the Auburn regional and will take on Stetson on Friday (ESPN+, 2 p.m.). … Duke is going to the Athens, Georgia, regional and will play Oklahoma State on Friday (ESPNU, 6 p.m.). … East Carolina faces Florida in the regional at Coastal Carolina on Friday (ESPN2, noon). … Wake Forest is in the Knoxville regional and plays Cincinnati on Friday (ESPM+, 1 p.m.). … Oklahoma City took a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals of the NBA playoffs on Monday night with a 128-126 win at Minnesota. … Indiana has a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals going into a home game tonight with New York (TNT, 8 p.m.).