Jaden Schwartz scored his second goal of the game 30 seconds into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. Schwartz skated up the middle and fired a shot past Anton Khudobin. The Blues won for the fifth time in six games to move within a point of the final Western Conference wild-card spot.BOX SCORE: BLUES 2, BRUINS 1Jake Allen made 21 saves to improve to 24-21-2.Ryan Donato scored for Boston. The Bruins clinched a playoff spot and moved within four points of Tampa Bay for the Eastern lead. 
Mitch Marner led the charge on a night full of milestones for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Marner had a goal and an assist to extend his point streak to 10 games and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Wednesday night to set a franchise record with their 46th win.Toronto also set a high-water mark with its 27th home win. The Philadelphia Flyers held off the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 later Wednesday, keeping the Leafs from clinching a playoff spot for at least one more night.''Those things are all nice to get,'' Toronto coach Mike Babcock said of the records. ''But we've got bigger plans. 
Members of the Canadiens and Red Wings explain how to approach games after being eliminated from playoff contention.In a dozen National Hockey League locker rooms already, talk of the playoffs is muted. 
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The Panthers', Frank Vatrano (72), is knocked to the ice by the Predators', Matt Irwin (52), on April 3 in Sunrise, Flo. The Panthers won 2-1.
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Schwartz scores twice, Blues beat Bruins 2-1 in OT
Jaden Schwartz scored his second goal of the game 30 seconds into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. Schwartz skated up the middle and fired a shot past Anton Khudobin. The Blues won for the fifth time in six games to move within a point of the final Western Conference wild-card spot.BOX SCORE: BLUES 2, BRUINS 1Jake Allen made 21 saves to improve to 24-21-2.Ryan Donato scored for Boston. The Bruins clinched a playoff spot and moved within four points of Tampa Bay for the Eastern lead.
Duncan Keith scored his second goal of the year late in the third period and the Chicago Blackhawks deal serious blow to St. Louis Blues playoff hopes .
Duncan Keith scored a power- play goal with 8.5 seconds left and the Chicago Blackhawks beat St. Louis 4-3 on Wednesday night to hurt the Blues ' playoff hopes . Duncan Keith scored his second goal of the year late in the third period and the Chicago Blackhawks deal serious blow to St. Louis
© AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Duncan Keith‘s goal with 8.5 seconds to go broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues Wednesday night.
The Blues are still in pursuit of a wild card spot in the Western Conference, but with the loss remain a point behind the Colorado Avalanche with two games to go, including a Saturday night tilt vs. the Avs.
BOX SCORE: BLACKHAWKS 4, BLUES 3
Chicago wanted to play spoiler for their Central Division rivals, with Blackhawks forward Alex DeBrincatsaying before the game, “They’re a good team and they’re fighting for a playoff spot right now. We’re not going out there and just letting them take it. We want to crush their hopes.”
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This video is about all the Stanley Cup Playoff Goals, Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks has scored. Keith has won three Stanley Cups and one Conn
Keith scores with 8.5 seconds left. Do you hear that? That' s the Blues playoff hopes dying! Eight point five seconds remaining. Duncan Keith with his second goal of the season to break it to Keith one timer. And Beaches, Jake Allen to the far side, not sure if it' s change any direction that' s right on Pier' s
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It was looking good for the Blues early in the second period when Vladimir Tarasenko gave the home side a 3-1 lead. But St. Louis and Jake Allen began to falter minutes later. Blackhawks rookie Blake Hillman jumped into the rush and scored his first NHL goal with Chicago on a power play to cut the deficit to 3-2 midway through the period.
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With DeBrincat wanting to “crush their hopes,” he backed up his words and tied the game with 11:30 to go, thanks to some more questionable goaltending by Allen.
The self-destruction of the Blues continued as Chris Butler took a holding penalty with two minutes to go. The Blackhawks waited until the very end of that power play to capitalize, with Keith finally notching his second goal of the season and also sending the Los Angeles Kings to playoffs in the process.
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Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith wins the James Norris Memorial Trophy at the 2010 NHL Awards in Las Vegas. The James Norris Memorial Trophy is an
In a savage move, Duncan celebrated his kick by wagging his finger at the Nebraska bench, Dikembe Mutombo style, and then blowing his opponents a kiss.
Your thoughts, Doug Armstrong?
© Provided by NBCU News Group, a division of NBCUniversal Media LLC And as if the Blues haven’t been demonized enough by the Blackhawks, the two teams meet again Friday night at United Center. How soon will St. Louis be able to erase this one from memory and focus on the two biggest games of their season this weekend?
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Close game
The Jets' Tucker Poolman (3) tries to keep the puck away from the Senators' Thomas Chabot on April 2 in Ottawa. The Jets won, 6-5.
Luongo leads Panthers past league-leading Predators to keep slim playoff hopes alive
About midway into the second period of the Panthers' 2-1 win over the Predators on Tuesday night, Roberto Luongo hunched over in his crease and reached toward his right side. He'd just absorbed a Colton Sissons shot where his shoulder meets his chest, and dropped to the ice.Florida could hardly afford this. Its top goaltender, on the eve of his 39th birthday, was playing on back-to-back nights for the first time in two years. It entered Tuesday night in the shadow of playoff elimination should a blend of results tick the wrong way. It was fighting for their season, and suddenly its veteran goaltender was combating pain.
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Going after the puck
Jordan Staal of the Hurricanes and Alex Ovechkin of the Capitals go after the puck on March 30 in Washington. The Hurricanes won 4-1.
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Hurricanes crush Ottawa
Magnus Paajarvi of the Senators and Roland McKeown of the Hurricanes chase the puck on March 26 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes won 4-1.
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The Capitals’ Tom Wilson checks the Rangers’ Mats Zuccarello on March 26 in New York. The Capital won 4-2.
Bruins can claim top East spot after Lightning loss
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About midway into the second period of the Panthers' 2-1 win over the Predators on Tuesday night, Roberto Luongo hunched over in his crease and reached toward his right side. He'd just absorbed a Colton Sissons shot where his shoulder meets his chest, and dropped to the ice.Florida could hardly afford this. Its top goaltender, on the eve of his 39th birthday, was playing on back-to-back nights for the first time in two years. It entered Tuesday night in the shadow of playoff elimination should a blend of results tick the wrong way. It was fighting for their season, and suddenly its veteran goaltender was combating pain. 
At least five NHL teams that don’t make the playoffs this season will make them in 2018-19, and the Arizona Coyotes are first on our list.The Arizona Coyotes’ wait-until-next-year promise carries more weight than usual. 
St. Louis Blues-Colorado Avalanche previewAfter how the 2016-17 campaign went for the Avalanche, fighting for a postseason berth seemed years away, not a year away 
What Boston needs to do against Florida to claim the Atlantic Division.Saturday’s games opened the door for this last-minute scenario. The Tampa Bay Lightning grabbed a standings point, but they fell to the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime, so they’ll finish the season with a 54-23-5 record, 113 standings points, and 48 regulation/overtime wins. 
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