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 Winger Mark Stone's second of the night with 2:17 left in the extra
session gave the Senators playoff hopes life, while preventing the
Penguins from clinching a postseason berth.
Ottawa is now tied with the Boston Bruins for the final wild-card
spot, but the Bruins have a game in hand and win the tie-breaker
between the two teams.
The Senators are also one point back of the Penguins, and two behind
the Detroit Red Wings.
Winger Mike Hoffman and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored for the
Senators.
Center Sidney Crosby, winger Beau Bennett and winger Patric
Hornqvist scored for the Penguins.
Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made 40 saves while Senators goalie
Andrew Hammond stopped 25 shots.
Jets 1, Blues 0
ST. LOUIS -- Ondrej Pavelec recorded his second shutout in as many
nights to give Winnipeg a victory over St. Louis.
The win strengthened Winnipeg's palce as the second wild-card team
with 96 points while the loss snapped a three game winning streak
for the Blues and kept their point total at 105.
Right wing Chris Thorburn scored the only goal of the game 2:31 into
the second period. After goalie Jake Allen stopped a shot from the
point by center Jim Slater, Thorburn was able to gather in the
rebound and get a backhander past Allen.
Wild 2, Blackhawks 1
CHICAGO -- Minnesota clinched its third consecutive playoff berth
with a win at Chicago.
Center Mikael Granlund and left winger Jason Zucker scored for
Minnesota, which earned its 11th consecutive road win to increase
its franchise record streak. Goaltender Devan Dubnyk stopped 32 of
33 shots for the Wild (45-27-8).
Left winger Bryan Bickell scored the Blackhawks' lone goal. Chicago
(48-26-6) dropped its second consecutive game on home ice.Goaltender
Corey Crawford turned aside 28 of 30 shots in the loss.
Red Wings 3, Hurricanes 2
DETROIT -- Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and an
assist each and Detroit rallied from a third-period deficit for a
win against Carolina at Joe Louis Arena.
Right winger Gustav Nyquist also scored for Detroit while goaltender
Jimmy Howard made 30 saves.
Left winger Chris Terry had a goal and an assist and left winger
Nathan Gerbe scored for Carolina. Center Victor Rask had two assists
and goalie Anton Khudobin stopped 22 shots.
Flyers 5, Islanders 4
PHILADELPHIA -- Center Brayden Schenn scored a stunning goal with
two seconds left in regulation to lift Philadelphia to a win over
the New York Islanders.
Center Claude Giroux scored two goals and left winger Pierre-Edouard
Bellemare and defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo also scored for the
Flyers. Philadelphia netminder Steve Mason made 36 saves.
Center Anders Lee scored twice and center John Tavares and
defenseman Johnny Boychuk one each for the Islanders. Goaltender
Jaroslav Halak made 22 saves in the loss.
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Rangers 4, Devils 2
NEWARK, N.J. -- The New York Rangers clinched the Presidents' Trophy
that goes to the team with the most points in the regular season,
and they assured themselves of home-ice advantage throughout the
playoffs by defeating New Jersey at the Prudential Center.
New York (52-21-7) also tied the franchise record for regular-season
wins set in 1993-94, when the organization won its fourth Stanley
Cup.
The Rangers got goals from right winger Kevin Hayes and defenseman
Ryan McDonagh, center James Sheppard and left winger Carl Hagelin,
the latter into an empty net. Forwards Patrik Elias and Steve
Bernier scored for the Devils.
Oilers 4, Kings 2
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Los Angeles' playoff hopes suffered a major
blow when it dropped a game at 28th-place Edmonton.
Left winger Matt Fraser scored twice, including an empty-netter to
seal it, and right winger Tyler Pitlick and left winger Benoit
Pouliot also scored for Edmonton.
Defensemen Jake Muzzin and Drew Doughty scored for the Kings.
Flames 3, Coyotes 2
CALGARY, Alberta -- Sean Monahan ripped home his 31st goal of the
season to break a third-period deadlock and give Calgary a win over
Arizona.
The win keeps the Flames (44-29-7) ahead of the Los Angeles Kings in
the Pacific Division playoff race and means Calgary can clinch its
first playoff berth since 2009 with a regulation victory over Los
Angeles on Thursday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
NHL rookie scoring leader Johnny Gaudreau and David Jones also
scored for the Flames, while the Coyotes (24-48-8) got goals from
Craig Cunningham and B.J. Crombeen in the loss.
Avalanche 3, Predators 2
DENVER -- Right winger Jarome Iginla and center Ryan O'Reilly scored
nine seconds apart, center Joey Hishon got his first NHL goal and
Colorado beat Nashville.
Defenseman Ryan Ellis and center Calle Jarnkrok had goals and goalie
Pekka Rinne had 20 saves for the Predators, who lost their fourth
straight.
Nashville missed a chance to move ahead of St. Louis in the battle
for the Central Division title. The Blues lost to Winnipeg at home
Tuesday night and maintain a one-point lead on Nashville with two
games remaining. Nashville (47-23-10) currently holds the tiebreaker
on St. Louis.
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