Stars defeat Kraken to clinch Central Division title NHL standings
Defenseman Miro Heiskanen had a goal and two assists, and Jason Robertson had a goal and an assist as the host Dallas Stars beat the Seattle Kraken 3-1 on Saturday to clinch the Central Division title for the first time in eight years.
Craig Smith also scored for the Stars, who remain in contention for both the top seed in the Western Conference and the Presidents' Trophy with one game to play in the regular season.
Jake Oettinger stopped 26 shots. Kailer Yamamoto spoiled Oettinger's bid to shut out Seattle for the second time in two weeks late in the third period.
RANGERS 3, ISLANDERS 2 (SO) » Artemi Panarin scored late in the third period to tie game and tallied the shootout winner as the host New York Rangers rallied to defeat the New York Islanders for a franchise-record 54th win on Saturday.
Igor Shesterkin made 33 saves, Braden Schneider scored a shorthanded goal and Vincent Trocheck ended the shootout with another goal as the Rangers inched closer to winning the Presidents' Trophy for the NHL's best regular-season record.
Brock Nelson scored twice in second period to put the Islanders ahead 2-1. The Islanders moved closer to clinching a playoff spot.
JETS 7, AVALANCHE 0 » Josh Morrissey and Adam Lowry scored 10 seconds apart in a four-goal first period that chased Colorado goaltender Alexandar Georgiev from the net, and visiting Winnipeg moved into the driver's seat for the Central Division's second seed with its sixth straight win.
Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves for his fifth shutout of the season
FLYERS 1, DEVILS 0 » Travis Konecny scored a short-handed breakaway goal and Samuel Ersson stopped 20 shots to keep host Philadelphia's miniscule postseason hopes alive with one game left to play in win over New Jersey.
The Flyers entered Saturday with two games left while Pittsburgh, Washington and Detroit all had three games remaining as they competed for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. RED WINGS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 4, (OT) » Dylan Larkin scored on a power play 41 seconds into overtime and visiting Detroit overcame Auston Matthews' 69th goal of the season to beat Toronto.
Alex DeBrincat scored twice, David Perron had a goal and an assist, Simon Edvinsson also scored and J.T. Compher had two assists for the Red Wings.
Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists, John Tavares and Nick Robertson also scored, and Morgan Rielly had two assists for the Maple Leafs.
PREDATORS 6, BLUE JACKETS 4 » Roman Josi scored two goals and assisted on two others, Tommy Novak had two goals and an assist, and Nashville defeated Columbus.
Cody Glass and Filip Forsberg also scored for the playoff-bound Predators, winners of three of four. Gustav Nyquist and Luke Evangelista each had two assists.
Trey Fix-Wolansky scored twice for the Blue Jackets,
CAPITALS 4, LIGHTNING 2 » John Carlson scored the go-ahead goal on a power play with 11:31 left, Charlie Lindgren made 32 saves in another strong performance when his team needed him and host Washington kept its playoff hopes alive by beating Tampa Bay.
Sonny Milano scored twice and Nic Dowd provided an insurance goal with 3:14 remaining as the Capitals won for just the second time in nine games to at least temporarily move into the Eastern Conference's second and final wildcard spot. They may need to win their final two games of the season to return to the postseason after missing last year.
BRUINS 6, PENGUINS 4 » Brad Marchand scored short-handed to cap visiting Boston's four-goal second period and the Bruins Boston beat Pittsburgh.
Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist, and Jake DeBrusk, Kevin Shattenkirk, Danton Heinen and Morgan Geekie also scored as the Bruins regained the top spot in the Atlantic Division with their fifth win in six games.
Michael Buntin scored twice for the Penguins, who fell out of the second wild card in the Eastern Conference and now trail Washington, Detroit and Philadelphia by one point.
PANTHERS 3, SABRES 2 (OT) » Sam Reinhart got his 55th goal of the season with 1:02 left in overtime and host Florida clinched home ice for at least Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs by beating Buffalo.
SENATORS 5, CANADIENS 4, (SO) » Brady Tkachuk had two goals and an assist, Drake Batherson scored the only goal in the shootout and host Ottawa beat Montreal. Cole Caufield had two goals for the Canadiens.
CANUCKS 3, OILERS 1 » Sam Lafferty scored in the first period, Pius Suter in the second to lead visiting Vancouver, which pulled five points ahead of Edmonton in the fight for first place in the Pacific Division. The Canucks have two games remaining, the Oilers three.