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Pittsburgh • The Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins won't meet in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

If their paths cross down the line, the theater should be delicious. As usual.

Mark Streit's backhanded shot from the right circle caromed between Marc-Andre Fleury's pads 2:10 into overtime as the Flyers beat the Penguins 4-3 on Saturday to assure themselves of a first-round matchup with the Metropolitan Division-rival New York Rangers.

Streit's 10th goal of the season was the game-winner.

"It was another big game, it's always a big rivalry," Streit said of the Penguins. "It got heated at the end, a lot of emotions. We wanted that third spot and we got it."

Jakub Voracek scored twice for the Flyers, and Claude Giroux added his team-high 28th goal of the season. Ray Emery made 12 saves after replacing injured starter Steve Mason to begin the third period.

Mason was held out as a precaution after getting bowled over late in the second period when Pittsburgh's Jayson Megna failed to put on the brakes while streaking to the net.

Flyers coach Craig Berube expects Mason to be fine, though the play turned an atypically sleepy meeting between the two clubs into something decidedly more lively. EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

z-Boston 81 54 18 9 117 259 174

y-Pittsburgh 81 51 24 6 108 247 204

x-Montreal 82 46 28 8 100 215 204

x-N.Y. Rangers 82 45 31 6 96 218 193

x-Tampa Bay 81 45 27 9 99 239 215

x-Philadelphia 81 42 30 9 93 231 229

x-Columbus 82 43 32 7 93 231 216

x-Detroit 81 38 28 15 91 219 230

Washington 81 38 30 13 89 235 239

New Jersey 81 34 29 18 86 194 206

Ottawa 81 36 31 14 86 233 263

Toronto 82 38 36 8 84 231 256

Carolina 81 35 35 11 81 201 225

N.Y. Islanders 81 33 37 11 77 221 264

Florida 82 29 45 8 66 196 268

Buffalo 81 21 51 9 51 154 244

WESTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

y-Anaheim 80 52 20 8 112 259 204

x-Colorado 81 52 22 7 111 248 217

x-St. Louis 81 52 22 7 111 248 188

x-San Jose 82 51 22 9 111 249 200

x-Chicago 82 46 21 15 107 267 220

x-Los Angeles 81 46 28 7 99 203 170

x-Minnesota 81 43 26 12 98 204 199

x-Dallas 81 40 30 11 91 234 226

Phoenix 81 36 30 15 87 214 230

Nashville 81 37 32 12 86 209 239

Winnipeg 82 37 35 10 84 227 237

Vancouver 80 35 34 11 81 189 217

Calgary 81 35 39 7 77 208 236

Edmonton 81 28 44 9 65 198 268

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

Saturday's games

Boston 4, Buffalo 1

Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT

Montreal 1, N.Y. Rangers 0, OT

Ottawa 1, Toronto 0

Columbus 3, Florida 2

Nashville 7, Chicago 5

San Jose 3, Phoenix 2

Vancouver at Edmonton, late

Anaheim at Los Angeles, late

Saturday's games

Detroit at St. Louis, 10:30 a.m.

Boston at New Jersey, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 3 p.m.

Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Nashville at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m.