The Ottawa Senators clinched second place in the Atlantic Division and home-ice advantage in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 3-1 win over the visiting New York Rangers on Saturday.

The Senators’ postseason opponent remains unknown at this point, but they have the luxury of resting players for Sunday’s final regular-season game against the New York Islanders.

Mike Hoffman, Derick Brassard, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for the Senators. Craig Anderson made 18 saves.

Mike Zibanejad scored for New York. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 30 shots. The Rangers have lost back-to-back games. They have clinched the top wild-card spot in the East and will face the Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs.

Pageau tipped Mark Borowiecki’s point shot into the net to make it 3-0 at 6:19 of the third period.

Zibanejad broke Anderson’s shutout bid, scoring a wraparound goal in the final minute of play.

The Senators came out flying in the second period and were rewarded with a 2-0 lead as they outshot New York, 16-5.

Ottawa controlled the momentum throughout the period and took a 2-0 lead as Viktor Stalberg dropped a pass back to Brassard who beat Lundqvist stick-side.

There was no denying Brassard’s relief as he scored his first in 11 games.

The Senators opened the scoring at the three-minute mark as Hoffman beat Lundqvist from the top of the faceoff circle after the Senators had created a number of chances.

Both teams seemed to struggle in the first period as neither created many opportunities and shots were 4-4 after 20 minutes.

Defenseman Erik Karlsson missed his second game in a row and his fourth in the past six with a lower-body injury and is not expected to play Sunday.

Maple Leafs 5, Penguins 3 — Connor Brown broke a tie with 2:48 left and host Toronto beat Pittsburgh to wrap up their first playoff spot since 2013.

James van Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak, Kasperi Kapanen, and Auston Matthews also scored for Toronto, and Curtis McElhinney stepped in for an injured Frederik Andersen with 12 saves.

Toronto, tied with the Bruins for third in the Atlantic Division, will play the Ottawa Senators in the first round of the playoffs if the Maple Leafs pick up at least a point in their season finale against Columbus on Sunday.

Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel scored for Pittsburgh, and Marc-Andre Fleury gave up four goals on 30 shots.

Islanders 4, Devils 2 — Jaroslav Halak made 37 saves, Anders Lee scored twice, and visiting New York briefly kept its playoff hopes alive with a victory over New Jersey.

Adam Pelech and Jason Chimera also scored as the Islanders won their fifth straight game, all with Halak in goal. He is 6-1-0 since recalled from Bridgeport of the AHL on March 23.

When the Maple Leafs beat the Penguins later Saturday night, they got the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and eliminated the Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Beau Bennett scored twice for the Devils, who have three wins in their last 23 games (3-16-4).

Blues 5, Hurricanes 4 — Vladimir Tarasenko scored in the fourth round of the shootout, and visiting St. Louis beat Carolina. Scottie Upshall scored a shorthanded goal, and Alexander Steen, Ryan Reaves, and Ivan Barbashev added goals. The Blues clinched the No. 3 seed in the Central Division after earning at least a point for the 16th time in 18 games.

Kings 3, Blackhawks 2 — Drew Doughty scored 27 seconds into overtime to lift host Los Angeles. Dustin Brown scored with 55 seconds remaining to send it to overtime and Tyler Toffoli added a power-play goal for the Kings.

Artemi Panarin and Jonathan Toews scored and Corey Crawford made 23 saves for the Blackhawks, who will head into the playoffs on a four-game losing streak.

Flyers 4, Blue Jackets 2 — Steve Mason made 20 saves and host Philadelphia got goals from four players in a victory over reeling Columbus.

Forwards Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Jakub Voracek and defensemen Michael Del Zotto and Ivan Provorov scored goals for the Flyers, who snapped a two-game losing streak.

The Flyers have won five of their past seven games (5-1-1), but missed the playoffs for the third time in five years. The Blue Jackets lost for the sixth straight game (0-5-1).

Jets 2, Predators 1 — In Winnipeg, Blake Wheeler scored a shorthanded goal with 45 seconds left in regulation to lift the Jets to their franchise-record seventh straight victory.

With Joel Armia in the penalty box for tripping, Mark Scheifele carried the puck up the center of the ice, waited for Wheeler to get near the net and then sent him a pass he used for a low backhander past Pekka Rinne. It was Wheeler’s 26th goal.

Winnipeg was already eliminated from the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons since relocating from Atlanta, but ended the season in record-breaking form.

Kyle Connor, playing in his first NHL game since Nov. 29, also scored for Winnipeg. Ryan Ellis had a short-handed goal for Nashville.

Panthers 3, Sabres 0 — Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice and James Reimer made saves to help host Florida beat Buffalo.

Nick Bjugstad also scored, and Jaromir Jagr had two assists.

The shutout was the second this season for Reimer, who also blanked the Chicago Blackhawks in a 7-0 home victory two weeks ago.

Robin Lehner had 34 saves for the Sabres.

Canadiens 3, Red Wings 2 — Alex Galchenyuk scored 1:42 into overtime to lift visiting Montreal. The Atlantic Division-champion Canadiens, with nothing at stake, rested many players in their final game of the regular season.

Stars 4, Avalanche 3 — Tyler Seguin scored the only goal in the shootout as Dallas beat Colorado. Dallas finished the season 34-37-11, amid speculation that Lindy Ruff was coaching the Stars for the last time.

Wild 3, Coyotes 1 — Darcy Kuemper stopped 20 shots, Martin Hanzal scored in his return to the desert, and Minnesota set a franchise record with its 49th win.

The Wild already clinched home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs and the victory over the Coyotes gave them a franchise-record 105 points.