Pens earn 16th straight playoff berth

Jake Guentzel scored twice, Sidney Crosby also had a goal and the Pittsburgh Penguins earned a playoff berth for the 16th straight season with a 6-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

Guentzel scored his 36th and 37th goals and Crosby his 29th as the Penguins extended the longest active postseason streak among teams in major North American professional sports.

Lightning 4, Ducks 3 —

Anthony Cirelli scored 1:58 into overtime and Tampa Bay beat Anaheim to clinch a playoff berth.

Ross Colton, Alex Killorn and Nikita Kucherov also scored for the Lightning.

Maple Leafs 7, Capitals 3 —

William Nylander, Michael Bunting and Ilya Mikheyev each scored twice, Auston Matthews had two assists to reach 101 points and Toronto routed Washington.

John Tavares had four assists to help the Maple Leafs improve to 48-20-6, a victory shy of the club record set in 2017-18.

Blues 6, Sabres 2 — Vladimir Tarasenko scored three times as part of a career-best fivepoint outing and St. Louis rolled to its seventh straight win.

Robert Thomas had five assists to extend his point streak to 11 games. Red Wings 3, Hurricanes 0 —

Alex Nedeljkovic had 46 saves in a sharp performance against his former team, getting his third shutout of the season and helping Detroit beat Carolina.

Moritz Seider, Adam Erne and Filip Zadina scored for Detroit.

Oilers 4, Predators 0 — Leon Draisaitl had three goals and Mike Smith made 30 saves, leading Edmonton to a win in Nashville.

Draisaitl’s hat trick gave him 54 goals this season, four behind NHL-leading Auston Matthews (58) of Toronto.

Wild 3, Stars 2 — Frederick Gaudreau scored at 1:40 overtime after assisting on Kevin Fiala’s two regulation goals in Minnesota’s victory over Dallas.