MacKinnon reaches 140 points
Valeri Nichushkin scored twice in Colorado's four-goal first period, Nathan MacKinnon had two assists to reach 140 points, and the Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Denver on Thursday night.
MacKinnon, who finished second in scoring in the NHL, set the franchise record for points in a season, topping Peter Stastny's 139 points in 1981-82 with the Quebec Nordiques.
Mikko Rantanen scored, Zach Parise had a goal in his final regular-season game, Josh Manson also scored and Justus Annunen had 25 saves for Colorado (50-25-7, 107 points), which opens the playoffs at Winnipeg on Sunday night.
Avalanche forward Jonathan Drouin left the game late in the second period with a lower-body injury and didn't return.
Dylan Holloway scored and Calvin Pickard turned away 13 shots in relief of Stuart Skinner, who had nine saves on 13 shots in the first period for Edmonton (49-27-6, 104 points).
Flames 5, Sharks 1
It was milestone night for Calgary as they concluded the season with a home-ice victory over San Jose.
Adam Klapka scored his first NHL goal, Blake Coleman reached 30 goals for the first time in his career in a twopoint game and defenseman MacKenzie Weegar hit 20 goals for the first time. Kevin Rooney and Oliver Kylington also scored for the Flames (3839-5, 81 points), who missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season.
Dustin Wolf, the AHL's two-time top goaltender, made 16 saves for the victory.
Fabian Zetterlund spoiled Wolf 's shutout bid by scoring a power-play goal with 8.9 seconds remaining.
Sharks starting goalie Devin Cooley surrendered five goals on 23 shots before being mercifully pulled. Georgi Romanov stopped 14 shots in relief.
Ducks 4, Golden Knights 1
Frank Vatrano scored a hat trick and Lukas Dostal stopped 32 of 33 shots as Anaheim handed Vegas a loss in the regular-season finale for both teams in Las Vegas.
It was the sixth career hat trick and third of the season for Vatrano, who finished with a team-leading 37 goals, including seven in the final five games.
Jackson LaCombe had a goal and an assist and Ryan Strome added two assists for Anaheim (27-50-5, 59 points), which won its team-record third straight game against the Golden Knights.
Jack Eichel scored for Vegas (4529-8, 98 points), which had a six-game home winning streak snapped. Adin Hill finished with 19 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights, who will face either the Dallas Stars or the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
Anaheim took a 1-0 lead at 4:25 of the second period on a power-play goal by Vatrano. He blasted a one-timer from the top of the right circle that hit the bottom of Hill's glove and caromed into the net.
Jets 4, Canucks 2
Nikita Chibrikov scored the gamewinner in his NHL debut as host Winnipeg earned its eighth victory in a row, defeating Vancouver in the regularseason finale for both teams.
Winnipeg's Cole Perfetti scored twice and Gabriel Vilardi added a goal. Laurent Brossoit made 18 stops for the Jets (52-24-6, 110 points), who will host the opener of their first-round playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.
Conor Garland had a goal and an assist and Elias Lindholm also tallied for Vancouver (50-23-9, 109 points), which had gone 3-0-1 in its previous four games. Thatcher Demko turned aside 22 shots for the Canucks, who will host the Nashville Predators to open the postseason on Sunday.
Chibrikov broke a 2-2 tie at 5:18 of the third period. He scored off a quick release after a nice touch pass by Nino Niederreiter in tight.
Perfetti got his second of the game into the empty net off a long shot from the Jets' defensive zone with 2:05 remaining to seal the outcome.
Kraken 4, Wild 3
Tye Kartye scored the go-ahead goal with 2:40 remaining and Seattle held on to beat Minnesota in the season finale for both teams in Saint Paul, Minn.
Yanni Gourde scored two goals for Seattle (34-35-13, 81 points), which snapped a four-game losing streak. Matty Beniers added a goal, while Oliver Bjorkstrand and Brandon Tanev each had two assists.
Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord stopped 21 of 24 shots to finish 19-18-11.
Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello and Brock Faber scored one goal apiece for Minnesota (39-33-10, 87 points). Matt Boldy logged two assists.
Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside 23 of 26 shots.
Kings 5, Blackhawks 4, OT
Adrian Kempe scored six seconds into overtime – tied for the fastest OT goal in NHL history – to lift Los Angeles to a win against visiting Chicago in the regular-season finale.
Viktor Arvidsson scored two goals, including the game-tying goal during six-on-four play with 1:21 left, and he added an assist for the Kings (44-27-11, 99 points), who leapfrogged the Vegas Golden Knights (45-29-8, 98 points) for third place in the Pacific Division.
Kempe, Quinton Byfield and Trevor Moore each had a goal and an assist, Phillip Danault had three assists and Cam Talbot made nine saves for Los Angeles, which will face the Edmonton Oilers in the first round for a third straight season.
Tyler Johnson, Joey Anderson and Ryan Donato scored five minutes apart early in the third period to give Chicago a 4-3 lead.