Canadiens blow out candles on Penguins

Artturi Lehkonen flipped a shot past Tristan Jarry with 4:11 remaining to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a stunning 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, clinching their first playoff berth in three years.

Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby didn’t record a point on his 33rd birthday and and Shea Weber added an empty-net goal in the final seconds as the 12th-seeded Canadiens captured the best-of-five qualifying round over fifth-seeded Pittsburgh in four games at Toronto.

Carey Price stopped 22 shots to collect his sixth career playoff shutout. Montreal will advance to the first round of the playoffs against either Tampa Bay or Philadelphia.

Maple Leafs 4, Blue Jackets 3(OT): Toronto rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the last four minutes and won in overtime on Auston Matthews’ power-play goal to even their series.

Blackhawks 3, Oilers 2: Chicago, seeded 12th in the Western Conference, advanced in four games on a third-period strike by Dominik Kubalik. As the lowest seed, the Blackhawks will play the winner of Saturday’s round-robin game between Colorado and Vegas.

Islanders 5, Panthers 1: Anthony Beauvillier scored twice, and New York clinched the best-of-five preliminary round playoff series in four games.

Brock Nelson and Mathew Barzal had a goal and assist each in a game the Islanders never trailed.

The 10th-seeded Panthers wound up one-and-done for their fifth consecutive postseason appearance.

Coyotes 4, Predators 3 (OT): Brad Richardson scored on a rebound in overtime, Darcy Kuemper stopped 49 shots and Arizona advanced in the postseason for the first time in eight years.

Richardson won it after he redirected Vinnie Hinostroz’s shot and punched in the rebound to help the Coyotes win the Stanley Cup qualifier series 3-1.

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