The Denver Post

PANTHERS 4, LIGHTNING 0

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FLA.» Chris Driedger SUNRISE, stopped 30 shots to record his third shutout of the season, Juho Lammikko scored a short-handed goal, and the Panthers secured home-ice advantage for the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a win over the Lightning in the regular season finale for both clubs on Monday night.

The Lightning opened the game with the first all-Black line in NHL history -- Mathieu Joseph, Gemel Smith and Daniel Walcott. Walcott was making his NHL debut, Smith was in his fifth game of the season and Joseph has been in the lineup for all 56 Tampa Bay games in 2020-21.

BRUINS 3, ISLANDERS 2, OT

BOSTON» Taylor Hall scored his second goal of the game 2:53 into overtime and the Bruins beat the Islanders in their home finale to clinch third place in the East Division.

Brad Marchand also scored for Boston, which will face secondplac­e Washington in the first round of the playoffs.

FLYERS 4, DEVILS 2

PHILADELPH­IA» Joel Farabee scored two goals and James van Riemsdyk added one on the power play to lead the Flyers to a 4-2 win over the Devils in the season finale for both teams.

OILERS 4, CANADIENS 3, OT

MONTREAL» Connor McDavid scored 2:42 into overtime for his league-leading 102nd point of the season and the Oilers beat Montreal in overtime as the Canadiens clinched the last playoff spot in the North Division.

Dominik Kahu, Ryan NugentHopk­ins and James Neal also scored for the Oilers, who won their sixth straight on the road.

STARS 5, BLACKHAWKS 4, OT

CHICAGO» Jason Robertson scored 4:30 into overtime, and the Stars rallied to beat the Blackhawks in the final game of the season for each team.

PREDATORS 5, HURRICANES 0

TENN.» Pekka Rinne NASHVILLE, made 30 saves for his second shutout of the season as the Predators finished the regular season by beating the Hurricanes.

CANUCKS 3, JETS 1

MANITOBA» Nils WINNIPEG, Hoglander scored twice and the Canucks beat the Jets.

Bo Horvat also scored for the Canucks.

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