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Washington • Thomas Hickey scored in overtime as the New York Islanders rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Tuesday night to clinch a playoff berth.
Hickey returned to the game after being cut by a skate and beat Braden Holtby 2:13 into overtime to complete the comeback.
Holtby allowed four goals on 27 shots and lost in his first attempt to tie Martin Brodeur's single-season wins record. John Tavares, Kyle Okposo and Anders Lee also scored for New York, which got a 29-save performance from Christopher Gibson in his first career NHL start.
Alex Ovechkin scored his league-leading 46th and 47th goals of the season.
Hurricanes 2, Bruins 1 • In Boston, Noah Hanifin scored the only goal of a shootout in the fifth round and Cam Ward stopped 35 shots to help Carolina beat Boston and dent the Bruins' playoff hopes.
Blackhawks 6, Coyotes 2 • In Chicago, Trevor van Riemsdyk and Andrew Ladd scored after Artem Anisimov was knocked out of the game by a questionable hit from Antoine Vermette, and surging Chicago beat Arizona.
Rangers 3, Lightning 2 • In New York, Derek Stepan scored twice and set up Chris Kreider's winner while rallying New York to a win over playoff-bound Tampa Bay. Henrik Lundqvist withstood a 21-shot first-period barrage and finished with 39 saves.Predators 4, Avalanche 3 • In Nashville, Tenn., Craig Smith scored at 4:17 of the third period, and Nashville eliminated Colorado from playoff contention.
Sabres 3, Devils 1 • In Newark, N.J., Jack Eichel got his 24th goal and Ryan O'Reilly got his 21st to help Buffalo beat New Jersey.
Panthers 4, Canadiens 1 • In Montreal, Roberto Luongo made 32 saves and Aleksander Barkov got his 28th goal in Florida's fourth straight win.
Sharks 3, Wild 0 • In St. Paul, Minn., James Reimer made 29 saves for his third shutout in eight games and San Jose beat playoff-bound Minnesota.
Penguins 5, Senators 3 • In Ottawa, Ontario, Sidney Crosby and Carl Hagelin each scored twice and Pittsburgh beat Ottawa for their seventh straight victory. —
NHL standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA
xy-Florida 80 46 25 9 101 233 198
x-Tampa Bay 80 45 30 5 95 221 194
Detroit 79 40 28 11 91 204 216
Boston 80 41 30 9 91 234 222
Ottawa 80 36 35 9 81 227 245
Buffalo 80 34 35 11 79 196 215
Montreal 80 36 38 6 78 212 232
Toronto 79 28 40 11 67 192 233
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
z-Washington 79 55 17 7 117 244 186
x-Pittsburgh 80 47 25 8 102 240 197
x-N.Y. Rangers 80 45 26 9 99 232 211
x-N.Y. Islanders 79 44 26 9 97 223 206
Philadelphia 78 39 26 13 91 203 208
Carolina 80 35 29 16 86 194 217
New Jersey 80 37 35 8 82 177 203
Columbus 79 31 40 8 70 205 246
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Dallas 80 48 23 9 105 260 226
x-St. Louis 80 48 23 9 105 221 195
x-Chicago 80 47 26 7 101 230 202
x-Nashville 80 40 26 14 94 223 210
x-Minnesota 81 38 32 11 87 215 204
Colorado 80 39 37 4 82 211 231
Winnipeg 79 32 39 8 72 204 231
Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Anaheim 78 44 24 10 98 209 185
x-Los Angeles 79 46 28 5 97 215 186
x-San Jose 80 45 29 6 96 236 205
Arizona 80 35 38 7 77 207 241
Vancouver 79 30 36 13 73 182 227
Calgary 79 33 40 6 72 218 251
Edmonton 80 30 43 7 67 194 239
Tuesday's games
Carolina 2, Boston 1, SO
Buffalo 3, New Jersey 1
N.Y. Islanders 4, Washington 3, OT
N.Y. Rangers 3, Tampa Bay 2
Florida 4, Montreal 1
Pittsburgh 5, Ottawa 3
Nashville 4, Colorado 3
San Jose 3, Minnesota 0
Chicago 6, Arizona 2
Los Angeles at Calgary, late
Winnipeg at Anaheim, late
Wednesday's games
Columbus at Toronto, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton, 5 p.m.
Philadelphia at Detroit, 6 p.m.