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Highlights of Sunday's NHL games

[April 10, 2017] April 9 (The Sports Xchange)

Ducks 4, Kings 3 (OT)

Shea Theodore scored 53 seconds into overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks the Pacific Division title with a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings at the Honda Center.

The Ducks, who face the Calgary Flames in the first round of the playoffs, are the seventh team in NHL history to win five consecutive division titles.

The most recent team to accomplish the feat was the Vancouver Canucks, who captured the now-defunct Northwest Division from 2009 to 2013.

Patrick Eaves, Antoine Vermette and Nate Thompson scored for the Ducks, who received three assists from captain Ryan Getzlaf. Jonathan Bernier stopped 15 shots.

Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown and Kyle Clifford scored for the Kings, who received 20 saves from goalie Jonathan Quick.

Oilers 5, Canucks 2

Connor McDavid hit the 100-point mark, and Jordan Eberle got a hat-trick as Edmonton beat Vancouver.

Laurent Brossoit got his fourth career win, stopping 15 shots for the Oilers, who will face the San Jose Sharks in the first round of the playoffs. Leon Draisaitl and Drake Caggiula also scored for the Oilers.

Nikolay Goldobin and Nikita Tryamkin scored for the Canucks.

Red Wings 4, Devils 1

Riley Sheahan scored his first two goals of the season, and Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg, playing his 1,000th NHL game, had one goal and set up another to beat New Jersey in the final game at Joe Louis Arena, the Red Wings' home venue since 1979.

The Wings will move into the new Little Caesars Arena next season.

Tomas Tatar also scored for the Red Wings, and Frans Nielsen and Gustav Nyquist contributed two assists apiece.

John Moore scored a third-period goal for the Devils.

Lightning 4, Sabres 2

Brayden Point ended an impressive rookie campaign with his second multi-goal game of the week to lift Tampa Bay to a season-closing victory against Buffalo.

Andrei Vasilevskiy closed out the season by picking up his 23rd victory of the season while making 26 saves for the Lightning.

Braydon Coburn also scored for Tampa Bay while Victor Hedman had a goal and assist to finish with a career-high 72 points.

Islanders 4, Senators 2

A victory in the regular-season finale was as bittersweet for New York as the loss was inconsequential for Ottawa.

The Islanders won their season-high sixth straight game to close out the 2016-17 campaign in strong fashion.

However, the latest win came less than 24 hours after the Islanders were mathematically eliminated from the Eastern Conference playoff race when the Toronto Maple Leafs clinched that final postseason berth in the East with a win Saturday.

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Blues 3, Avalanche 2

Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 39th goal of the season early in the third period to give St Louis a win over Colorado.

Tarasenko's goal came 1:19 after the Blues tied the game on a goal from Vladimir Sobotka, who was playing his first game in the NHL in nearly three years.

Blue Jackets 3, Maple Leafs 2

Matt Calvert had a goal and an assist as Columbus came back to defeat Toronto to end a six-game losing streak.

Calvert set up Cam Atkinson with the go-ahead goal in the final minute of the second period. Josh Anderson also scored for the Blue Jackets.

James van Riemsdyk scored two goals for the Maple Leafs.

Rangers 3, Penguins 2

Jimmy Vesey's goal with 12:37 remaining helped New York end the regular season on a positive note with a win against Pittsburgh at Madison Square Garden.

Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan scored for the Rangers, who will be on the road for Game One of their first-round playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens.

Nick Bonino and Carter Rowney scored for the Penguins, who will host Game One of their first-round playoff series against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Panthers 2, Capitals 0

James Reimer stopped 38 shots for his second shutout in two days and Florida defeated Washington.

Derek MacKenzie scored a short-handed goal midway through the second period, and Denis Malgin added a power-play tally at 9:47 of the third period as the Panthers finished a poor season with back-to-back wins after losing six straight.

With home ice secured throughout the playoffs, the Capitals rested several players.

Hurricanes 4, Flyers 3 (SO)

Brock McGinn scored two goals in regulation and netted the winner in the shootout to lift Carolina over Philadelphia.

Sebastian Aho sent the game into overtime when he scored a power-play goal with 5:10 remaining in regulation, and Eddie Lack stopped 41 shots to earn the win for the Hurricanes.

Dale Weise scored a pair of goals and Wayne Simmonds netted his team-high 31st goal for the Flyers.

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