Senators 5, Devils 4
period to make it 4-1. St. Louis rallied in the closing minutes, but Nazem Kadri ended the threat by scoring an emptynet goal with 46.2 seconds left.
Canucks 5, Kraken 2
In Vancouver, British Columbia, Quinn Hughes had a goal and two assists to set a franchise record for points by a Vancouver defenseman, and the Canucks beat Seattle but were eliminated from playoff contention.
Dallas ensured Vancouver would miss the playoffs for a second year in a row with a 3-2 shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Oilers 5, Penguins 1
In Pittsburgh, Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists to outduel Sidney Crosby, and surging Edmonton rolled past Pittsburgh.
McDavid pushed his point total to an NHL-best 122 by finishing off his 22nd career four-point game with a pretty shot from a tight angle 9:13 into the third period. His 44th goal gave the Oilers a three-goal lead.
Stars 3, Golden Knights 2, SO
In Dallas, Miro Heiskanen made the only shot in a seven-round shootout and Dallas moved closer to clinching a playoff spot with a victory over Vegas, which is still hanging on to slim playoff hopes.
Jason Robertson reached the 40-goal mark by scoring twice for the Stars. Dallas and Nashville are tied atop the
Western Conference wild-card standings with 95 points, and both have two games left. The top two teams advance.
In Washington, Playing without injured captain Alex Ovechkin, Washington missed an opportunity to move up in the standings with a loss to New York.
The Capitals blew a lead and gave up four unanswered goals to an opponent that has long been out of playoff contention.
In
Islanders 4, Capitals 1 Coyotes 5, Wild 3
St. Paul, Minn., Travis Boyd
scored the go-ahead goal, which stood after a long review, and last-place Arizona beat Minnesota to slow the Wild’s pursuit of home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
The loss snapped a 10-game winning streak for the Wild, who are in a battle for home ice with the St. Louis Blues, their first-round opponent.
Lightning 4, Blue Jackets 1
In Tampa, Fla., Steven Stamkos reached the 100-point mark for the first time in his NHL career by scoring two goals and assisting on two more, and Tampa Bay beat Columbus.
Stamkos has at least three points in each of his past five games and is the eighth NHL player to reach 100 points this season.
In Ottawa, Ontario, Drake Batherson scored in overtime to give Ottawa a win over New Jersey.
Batherson also scored in regulation, Tim Stutzle had a pair of goals and Thomas Chabot also scored for Ottawa in this matchup of teams near the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Brady Tkachuk chipped in three assists, while Anton Forsberg made 37 saves.
Ducks 5, Sharks 2
In San Jose, Calif., Max Comtois and Sonny Milano scored in a span of less than a minute in the second period and Anaheim beat San Jose. Neither team is playoff-bound.