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 Senators 4, Penguins 3 (overtime)
The Ottawa Senators rallied from three goals down in the first
period to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in overtime.
Mark Stone's second of the night with 2:17 left in the extra session
gave the Senators playoff hopes a boost and prevented the Penguins
from sewing up a berth.
Ottawa (41-26-13) are 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.
Sidney Crosby opened the scoring for the Penguins (42-26-12) with
his 28th goal of the season.
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Rangers 4, Devils 2
The New York Rangers clinched the President's Trophy for winning the
most points in the regular season and locked up home-ice advantage
throughout the playoffs by defeating the New Jersey Devils 4-2.
New York (52-21-7) also tied the franchise record for regular-season
wins set in 1993-94, when the organisation won their fourth Stanley
Cup.
The Rangers, who have 111 points, got first-period goals from Kevin
Hayes and Ryan McDonagh and third-period goals from James Sheppard
and Carl Hagelin, the latter into an empty net.
The Devils (32-35-13) will miss the playoffs for the third straight
season.
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Wild 2, Blackhawks 1
The Minnesota Wild clinched their third consecutive playoff berth
with a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Mikael Granlund and Jason Zucker scored and goaltender Devan Dubnyk
stopped 32 of 33 shots for the Wild (45-27-8).
Bryan Bickell scored the Blackhawks' lone goal as Chicago (48-26-6)
dropped their second consecutive game on home ice.
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Jets 1, Blues 0
Ondrej Pavelec recorded his second shutout in as many nights as
Winnipeg scored a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues, giving the
Jets two key points in the battle for a playoff spot.
Pavelec made 30 saves against the Blues for his fourth shutout of
the season and the win moved Winnipeg into a tie with the Minnesota
Wild for the top wild-card spot in the Western Conference with 96
points.
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Red Wings 3, Hurricanes 2
Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk each had a goal and an assist as
the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat Carolina 3-2 and moved closer
to clinching their 24th straight playoff berth.
The Red Wings, who saw Gustav Nyquist also score and goaltender
Jimmy Howard make 30 saves, could have clinched a post-season berth
with an Ottawa loss but the Senators defeated Pittsburgh to prolong
the wait.
Chris Terry had a goal and an assist and Nathan Gerbe scored for
Carolina.
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Oilers 4, Kings 2
The Los Angeles Kings' playoff hopes suffered a major blow when they
lost 4-2 to Edmonton.
Matt Fraser scored twice for the Oilers.
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Avalanche 3, Predators 2
Jarome Iginla and Ryan O'Reilly scored nine seconds apart, Joey
Hishon got his first NHL goal and the Colorado Avalanche beat the
Nashville Predators 3-2.
Ryan Ellis and Calle Jarnkrok had goals and goalie Pekka Rinne had
20 saves for the Predators (47-23-10), who lost their fourth
straight and missed the chance to move ahead of St. Louis in the
battle for the Central Division title.
Nashville trail the Blues by a point but hold the tiebreaker.
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Flames 3, Coyotes 2
Sean Monahan ripped home his 31st goal of the season to break a
third-period deadlock and give the Calgary Flames a 3-2 win over the
Arizona Coyotes.
The teams traded goals twice before Monahan made a nifty move to
shake a defender and fire a top-corner blast past Mike Smith to put
the Flames ahead at 9:26 of the third period.
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 their
first playoff berth since 2009 with a regulation victory over Los
Angeles on Thursday.
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Flyers 5, Islanders 4
Brayden Schenn scored a stunning goal with two seconds left in
regulation to lift Philadelphia to a 5-4 win over the New York
Islanders.
The Islanders (46-28-6) trailed 4-1 but capped a furious
third-period rally 18 seconds before the go-ahead score when Anders
Lee notched his second goal of the night on a pass from John
Tavares.
Flyers center Claude Giroux scored his 24th and 25th goals of the
season, and Philadelphia (33-29-18) netminder Steve Mason made 36
saves.
(Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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