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NHL Capsules Pittsburgh Penguins centers Matt Cullen (7) and Sidney Crosby PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jake LIGHTNING 4, DEVILS 2
Continued from page 17 (87) celebrate Crosby’s winning goal with defenseman Kris Gardiner scored a power- NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jon-
Letang (58) after the overtime period of an NHL hockey game play goal at 2:51 of over- athan Drouin scored the
Dickinson was recalled against the Washington Capitals, Thursday, April 7, 2016, in time to lift Toronto past Phil- winning goal in his second-
from Texas of the AHL ear- Washington. adelphia. chance return to the NHL
lier Thursday because of The Flyers fell a point be- and Tampa Bay beat New
injuries to Stars forwards, in- Associated Press hind Boston and Detroit Jersey to clinch home-
cluding 30-goal scorers Ty- for the eighth seed in the ice advantage for the first
ler Seguin and Jason Spe- a rebound attempt off a sists, Brad Marchand and Eastern Conference. But round of the playoffs.
zza. The game was score- shot from Kevin Shattenkirk. Loui Eriksson each added Philadelphia would secure Eric Condra and Cedric
less until Dickinson back- His team-best 39th goal a goal and assist, and Bos- a playoff berth by winning Paquette also scored and
handed a shot past Calvin was an easy one, with Alex ton beat Detroit to keep its its last two games. The Bru- Ben Bishop made 20 saves
Pickard from short range at Pietrangelo making a nice playoff hopes alive. ins and Red Wings each as the injury-plagued Light-
15:13 of the first period. pass to set up an open net Tuukka Rask had 13 saves, have one game left and ning snapped a two-game
Colton Sceviour and Jordie for the winner. and David Pastrnak and one of them is guaranteed losing streak and won for
Benn scored on the power St. Louis won for the eighth Lee Stempniak also scored a playoff berth that goes to only the third time in seven
play in the second period, time in nine games to re- to help Boston tie Detroit the third-place team in the games. Valtteri Filppula
and Antoine Roussel add- main tied with Dallas for for third place in the Atlan- Atlantic Division. scored an empty-net goal
ed an empty-net goal with the Central Division lead. tic Division. Wayne Simmonds scored in the final minute.
3:06 remaining for the Stars. Jonathan Toews scored for Alexey Marchenko and An- the tying goal for the Fly- Sergey Kalinin scored twice
Francois Beauchemin and Chicago. dreas Athanasiou scored ers with 58 seconds left and for the Devils.
Shawn Matthias scored for BRUINS 5, RED WINGS 2 for Detroit. goalie Steve Mason pulled As much as they wanted
Colorado in the third pe- BOSTON (AP) — Torey Krug MAPLE LEAFS 4, FLYERS 3, for the extra skater. With home-ice advantage, the
riod. had a goal and two as- OT Andrew MacDonald in the story for the Lightning was
BLUES 2, BLACKHAWKS 1, penalty box for tripping, Drouin. The third pick over-
OT Gardiner ripped a slap shot all in the 2013 draft walked
CHICAGO (AP) — Vladimir past Mason to win it for the away from the Lightning’s
Tarasenko scored his sec- Leafs. American Hockey League
ond goal of the game at William Nylander, Colin affiliate in Syracuse in Janu-
3:37 of overtime, and St. Greening and Michael ary after they refused to
Louis cooled off Chicago Grabner also scored goals trade him.
in a possible playoff pre- for Toronto, and Jonathan Tampa Bay suspended him
view. Bernier made 41 saves. and he did not return to
Tarasenko also tied it with Brayden Schenn and Mac- the minors until asking gen-
1:16 left in regulation with a Donald also scored for the eral manager Steve Yzer-
laser from the left circle on Flyers. man for a second chance.
