Sam Morton and Zayne Parekh scored in their NHL debuts, Nazem Kadri had two goals and the Calgary Flames beat the playoff-bound Kings 5-1 in the regular season finale Thursday night in Los Angeles.

Taylor Ward scored in his NHL debut for the Kings, whose four-game winning streak ended with only their fifth loss in 22 games since the trade deadline. The Kings fell short of setting new franchise highs for points and victories, instead matching the 2015-16 team’s 48 wins and the 1974-75 team’s 105 points.

David Rittich stopped 24 shots for the Kings, who will face the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth consecutive season — but with home-ice advantage for the first time. Los Angeles had the NHL’s best home record at 31-6-4.

Calgary scored four goals in 5 1/2 minutes in the third period.

The game had been postponed from January due to the wildfires in Southern California.

MILESTONE WIN

Ryan McLeod scored a goal and added two assists, and Lindy Ruff became the NHL’s fifth coach to reach 900 wins in the Sabres’ 5-4 win over the over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night in Buffalo.

Ruff joined Florida’s Paul Maurice (916 wins) as the NHL’s only active coaches with 900 or more wins. In his second stint coaching the Sabres, Ruff ranks second with 607 victories with one team, behind only Al Arbour, who had 740 with the Islanders.

LEGENDS’ SHOW

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show in the regular-season finale on Thursday night, showcasing their greatness in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals.

Ovechkin finished his record-breaking season by netting his 897th career goal in the second period. Crosby, meanwhile, finished his 20th season in the NHL with a goal and an assist to push him past the 90-point barrier for the ninth time.

The Capitals begin the quest for the franchise’s second Stanley Cup on Monday against the Montreal Canadiens.

Ovechkin’s 44th goal of the season moved him three clear of Wayne Gretzky, whose career record Ovechkin smashed earlier this month.

PLAYOFFS BEGIN

The puck drops on the first round of the playoffs today when Winnipeg hosts St. Louis followed by the must-see matchup of Colorado and Dallas.

The other six series get going next week, from the Toronto-Ottawa Battle of Ontario to Tuesday’s opener of another cross-state showdown between Tampa Bay and defending champion Florida.

An infusion of young talent fresh to the league in recent weeks — class of 2025 headlined by Montreal’s Ivan Demidov, St. Louis’ Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota’s Zeev Buium and Washington’s Ryan Leonard — a handful of veterans in their mid-to-late 30s chasing the Stanley Cup — Blues defenseman Ryan Suter is 39 and has played 1,526 regular-season games (the most of anyone currently in the NHL who has not won the Stanley Cup), Carolina’s Brent Burns, also 39, is next at 1,496 — and the best goaltender in the league this season — Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck — looking to change his reputation are among the things to watch as the playoffs unfold.

“Helly” just finished a second consecutive season that should win him the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s best goaltender, which would be his third. He went 47-12-3 with a league-best 2.00 goals-against average and a .925 save percentage that’s the highest of any netminder with more than 35 starts.

He also might win the Hart Trophy as MVP.