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 The Ducks clinched a playoff berth thanks to getting a point for
the overtime loss. Anaheim is headed to the postseason for the
fourth consecutive season and the ninth time in 11 years.
Tyler Bozak also scored twice for the Maple Leafs, while Connor
Brown and Frank Corrado also scored. Garret Sparks made 33 saves for
his sixth career victory.
Jamie McGinn scored twice while Andrew Cogliano, Ryan Garbutt and
Brandon Pirri scored for the Ducks. Frederik Andersen stopped 20
shots in the loss.
Hurricanes 3, Blue Jackets 2
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Carolina broke out of a two-period malaise with a
flurry of goals early in the third, jumping Columbus for a win in
Nationwide Arena.
Viktor Rask, Chris Terry and Elias Lindholm scored for the
Hurricanes, all in a 98-second span. Eddie Lack had 39 saves for his
12th win of the season.
Boone Jenner and Matt Calvert scored goals for the Blue Jackets and
Sergei Bobrovsky finished with 21 saves.
 Panthers 4, Bruins 1
BOSTON -- Roberto Luongo made 34 saves and backstopped Florida into
first place in the Atlantic Division with a victory over sliding
Boston.
Vincent Trocheck and Jussi Jokinen each had a goal and an assist and
former Bruin Reilly Smith also beat Tuukka Rask to extend his
career-high goal total to 24. Jonathan Huberdeau scored into an open
net with 20.9 seconds left.
Red Wings 4 Canadiens 3
DETROIT -- Riley Sheahan scored two goals and Detroit held off
Montreal at Joe Louis Arena.
Luke Glendening also scored and Anthony Mantha got his first career
goal for Detroit. Mike Green had two assists and Petr Mrazek made 26
saves.
Tomas Plekanec, Paul Byron and Max Pacioretty scored for Montreal.
Ben Scrivens made 36 saves.
Jets 4, Kings 1
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Dustin Byfuglien and Paul Postma scored less
than three minutes apart on nearly identical point shots early in
the third period to power Winnipeg to an improbable victory over Los
Angeles.
Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele registered assists on both goals,
while Drew Stafford and Adam Lowry also scored for the Jets.
Anze Kopitar scored the Kings goal.
Devils 3, Penguins 0
PITTSBURGH -- Scott Wedgewood stopped 39 shots to shut out the NHL's
hottest team in only his second career game, Kyle Palmieri scored
twice in the first period and New Jersey beat Pittsburgh.
Wedgewood, who allowed only one goal in his first two starts, halted
two streaks: the Penguins' six-game winning streak and captain
Sidney Crosby's 12-game scoring run.
Adam Henrique adding his 27th in the third period to secure the
Devils' fifth win in seven games.
Wild 6, Flames 2
SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Zach Parise ended a month-long slump with a
first-period hat trick, and that was all the offense Minnesota
needed.
Mikko Koivu added a trio of assists, Jared Spurgeon scored twice and
Nino Niederreiter also scored for the Wild, who won their fourth in
a row. Devan Dubnyk had 31 saves.
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Johnny Gaudreau and Jakub Nakladal scored for the Flames, who got 23
saves from Niklas Backstrom in his return to his former home rink.
Backstrom spent the first nine seasons of his career with the Wild
before being traded to Calgary on Feb. 29.
Predators 3, Canucks 2 (SO)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Rallying from a two-goal, third-period deficit,
Nashville beat Vancouver in a shootout.
Craig Smith scored the decisive goal in the fourth round of the
shootout.
James Neal and Filip Forsberg scored for the Predators in the third
period, with Forsberg tying the game at 13:08.
Bo Horvat and Daniel Sedin scored first-period goals for the
Canucks, whose last win was over the Predators on March 12.
Coyotes 3, Stars 1
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Martin Hanzal scored a pair of goals, including
his first short-handed tally since Dec. 4, 2008, and Louis Domingue
made 37 saves as Arizona defeated Dallas at Gila River Arena.
Tobias Rieder also scored for the Coyotes.
Ales Hemsky scored for the Stars, who got 26 saves from goalie Kari
Lehtonen.
Flyers 4, Avalanche 2
DENVER -- Radko Gudas and Claude Giroux scored 19 seconds apart late
in the third period and the Philadelphia beat Colorado in a battle
of teams fighting for playoff spots.
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Ryan White also scored for the Flyers,
who kept pace with Detroit in the battle for the second wild card in
the Eastern Conference. The Red Wings nearly blew a four-goal lead
against Montreal but held on to win 4-3 and stay even in points with
85.
John Mitchell and Nick Holden scored for the Avalanche, who fell
three points behind Minnesota for the second wild card in the
Western Conference.
Oilers 6, Sharks 3
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Edmonton scored five unanswered goals over the
final 40 minutes to beat San Jose at SAP Center.
The Sharks failed to clinch a playoff spot for a second straight
game, and they failed to take advantage of the fact Los Angeles lost
and Anaheim earned only one point during an overtime loss. San Jose
remains in third place in the Pacific.
Taylor Hall scored twice and Lauri Korpikoski, Adam Clendening,
Patrick Maroon and Jordan Eberle scored one each for the Oilers.
Tommy Wingels, Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau scored for the
Sharks.
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