NEW YORK — The Ottawa Senators rallied from three goals down in the first period to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in overtime Tuesday. Mark Stone's second of the night with 2:17 left in the extra session gave the Senators playoff hopes a boost and prevented the Penguins from sewing up a berth. Ottawa (41-26-13) is now tied with the Boston Bruins for the final wild card spot, but the Bruins have a game in hand and win the tie-breaker between the two teams. Sidney Crosby opened the scoring for the Penguins (42-26-12) with his 28th goal of the season. Rangers 4, Devils 2: The New York Rangers clinched the President's Trophy for winning the most points in the regular season and locked up home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs by defeating the New Jersey Devils 4-2. New York (52-21-7) also tied the franchise record for regular-season wins set in 1993-94, when the organization won its fourth Stanley Cup. The Rangers, who have 111 points, got first-period goals from Kevin Hayes and Ryan McDonagh and third-period goals from James Sheppard and Carl Hagelin, the latter into an empty net. The Devils (32-35-13) will miss the playoffs for the third straight season. Wild 2, Blackhawks 1: The Minnesota Wild clinched their third consecutive playoff berth with a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Mikael Granlund and Jason Zucker scored and goaltender Devan Dubnyk stopped 32 of 33 shots for the Wild (45-27-8). Bryan Bickell scored the Blackhawks' lone goal as Chicago (48-26-6) dropped their second consecutive game on home ice. Jets 1, Blues 0: Ondrej Pavelec recorded his second shutout in as many nights as Winnipeg scored a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues, giving the Jets two key points in the battle for a playoff spot. Pavelec made 30 saves against the Blues for his fourth shutout of the season and the win moved Winnipeg into a tie with the Minnesota Wild for the top wild-card spot in the Western Conference with 96 points. Red Wings 3, Hurricanes 2: Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk each had a goal and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat Carolina 3-2 and moved closer to clinching their 24th straight playoff berth. The Red Wings, who saw Gustav Nyquist also score and goaltender Jimmy Howard make 30 saves, could have clinched a post-season berth with an Ottawa loss but the Senators defeated Pittsburgh to prolong the wait. Chris Terry had a goal and an assist and Nathan Gerbe scored for Carolina. Oilers 4, Kings 2: The Los Angeles Kings' playoff hopes suffered a major blow when they lost 4-2 to Edmonton. Matt Fraser scored twice for the Oilers. Avalanche 3, Predators 2: Jarome Iginla and Ryan O'Reilly scored nine seconds apart, Joey Hishon got his first NHL goal and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 3-2. Ryan Ellis and Calle Jarnkrok had goals and goalie Pekka Rinne had 20 saves for the Predators (47-23-10), who lost their fourth straight and missed the chance to move ahead of St. Louis in the battle for the Central Division title. Nashville trails the Blues by a point but hold the tiebreaker. Flames 3, Coyotes 2: Sean Monahan ripped home his 31st goal of the season to break a third-period deadlock and give the Calgary Flames a 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes. Flyers 5, Islanders 4: Brayden Schenn scored a stunning goal with two seconds left in regulation to lift Philadelphia to a 5-4 win over the New York Islanders. — Reuters
