Jackets eliminate Maple Leafs

Goalie Joonas Korpisalo and the Columbus Blue Jackets proved how they learned their lesson about holding three-goal leads.

They’re advancing to the first round of the NHL playoffs because they weren’t going to squander one for a second time in three days.

Korpisalo stopped 33 shots, Zach Werenski’s floater from the left point in the first period held up as the winner, and the Blue Jackets beat the host Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 in a decisive Game 5 on Sunday night.

“There’s no quit whatsoever in this team,” Blue Jackets center Gustav Nyquist said of the team putting behind blowing a three-goal lead over the final four minutes of a 4-3 overtime loss in Game 4 two nights earlier.

“That was a wild game obviously, the last game. This is kind of what we do, like you know we do it the hard way and we get it done,” he added. “It feels good to win so we can put that little debacle behind us.”

Liam Foudy sneaked in a shot from a bad angle with 8:20 remaining, and captain Nick Foligno sealed the victory by scoring into an open net with 23 seconds remaining.

Capitals 2, Bruins 1: T.J. Oshie and Tom Wilson scored, Braden Holtby made 30 saves and Washington beat Boston in Toronto in round-robin play to clinch the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference and set up a first-round matchup against former coach Barry Trotz’s New York Islanders.

Stars 2, Blues 1 (SO): Joe Pavelski tied it with 31.4 seconds left in the third period, Anton Khudobin stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and Dallas won the round-robin game to clinch the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference in Edmonton, Canada.