Daily News (Los Angeles)

Stars defeat Kraken to clinch Central Division title

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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.

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.

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

RANGERS 3, ISLANDERS 2 (SO) >>

JETS 7, AVALANCHE 0 >>

Travis Konecny scored a short-handed breakaway

FLYERS 1, DEVILS 0 >>

WESTERN CONFERENCE

PACIFIC DIVISION

x-Vancouver x-Edmonton x-Kings x-Vegas Seattle Calgary Ducks

San Jose y-Dallas x-Winnipeg x-Colorado x-Nashville St. Louis Minnesota Arizona Chicago

GP W

80 79 80 79 79 79 81 80

CENTRAL DIVISION

81 80 80 81 80 80 80 79

Saturday's games

49 48 43 43 33 36 26 19

GP W

51 50 49 47 42 38 35 23

L OT

22 25 26 28 33 38 50 52

L OT

21 24 25 29 33 33 40 51 9 6 11 8 13 5 5 9 9 6 6 5 5 9 5 5

Kings 3, Ducks 1

N.Y. Rangers 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, SO Dallas 3, Seattle 1

Winnipeg 7, Colorado 0 Philadelph­ia 1, New Jersey 0 Florida 3, Buffalo 2, OT Washington 4, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 5, Toronto 4, OT

Ottawa 5, Montreal 4, SO

Pts

107 102 97 94 79 77 57 47

Pts

111 106 104 99 89 85 75 51

GF GA

273 282 250 259 209 241 200 178

GF GA

296 251 296 267 234 245 246 172

x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division 218 225 208 237 225 261 294 317 233 194 249 244 247 258 266 278 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.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC DIVISION

x-Boston x-Florida x-Toronto x-Tampa Bay Detroit Buffalo Ottawa Montreal x-N.Y. Rangers x-Carolina

N.Y. Islanders Washington Philadelph­ia Pittsburgh New Jersey Columbus

Today's games

GP W

80 81 80 80 80 81 80 80 81 80 80 80 81 80 81 81 47 51 46 44 39 38 36 30

METROPOLIT­AN DIVISION

GP W

54 51 37 38 38 37 38 26

Nashville 6, Columbus 4 Boston 6, Pittsburgh 4 Vancouver 3, Edmonton 1 Minnesota 6, San Jose 2

L OT

18 24 24 28 32 37 40 36

L OT

23 22 27 31 32 31 38 43

Seattle at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Colorado at Vegas, 12:30 p.m. Carolina at Chicago, 3 p.m. Arizona at Calgary, 5 p.m. 15 6 10 8 9 6 4 14 4 7 16 11 11 12

5 12

Pts

109 108 102 96 87 82 76 74

Pts

112 109 90 87 87 86 81 64

CAPITALS 4, LIGHTNING 2 >>

GF GA

266 263 297 283 268 242 252 228

GF GA

278 272 237 216 234 247 263 231

PREDATORS 6, BLUE JACKETS 4 >>

219 198 252 260 266 242 276 279 229 208 258 256 259 244 279 297

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.

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,

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.

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.

BRUINS 6, PENGUINS 4 >>

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.

PANTHERS 3, SABRES 2 (OT) >>

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.

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.

CANUCKS 3, OILERS 1 >>

 ?? KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPH­ER ?? Pierre-Luc Dubois of the Kings celebrates with teammates, including Drew Doughty, upper left, Viktor Arvidsson and Kevin Fiala, after scoring against the Ducks during the second period at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday night. The Kings also got goals from Matt Roy and Fiala in a 3-1 victory in the final Freeway Faceoff of the season. For details and more on the Kings and Ducks, go to
KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPH­ER Pierre-Luc Dubois of the Kings celebrates with teammates, including Drew Doughty, upper left, Viktor Arvidsson and Kevin Fiala, after scoring against the Ducks during the second period at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday night. The Kings also got goals from Matt Roy and Fiala in a 3-1 victory in the final Freeway Faceoff of the season. For details and more on the Kings and Ducks, go to
 ?? ABBIE PARR — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Denver forward Jared Wright celebrates a goal during the second period against Boston College in the championsh­ip.
ABBIE PARR — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Denver forward Jared Wright celebrates a goal during the second period against Boston College in the championsh­ip.

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