Mike Knuble scored the tiebreaking goal 15 seconds into the third period Monday to lead the Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Mike O'Connell's home debut as Boston coach.
Steve Shields stopped 24 shots, including a glove save on Alexander Mogilny's wrist shot in the final 45.9 seconds to preserve the win.
Rob Zamuner and Martin Lapointe also scored for Boston.
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Darcy Tucker and Tomas Kaberle scored for Toronto and Ed Belfour stopped 30 shots as the Maple Leafs lost in regulation for the first time in eight games.
Toronto twice took one-goal leads before the Bruins tied it.
Flyers 6, Thrashers 2
In Philadelphia, Michal Handzus had two goals as Philadelphia scored three times within 1:36 of the third period to beat Atlanta.
Tony Amonte added a goal and an assist, while Keith Primeau and Donald Brashear each had two assists as the Flyers stopped Atlanta's four-game road unbeaten streak (2-0-2).
Amonte has five goals in seven games since being acquired from Phoenix on March 10.
Ilya Kovalchuk and Marc Savard scored for the Thrashers.
Robert Esche, starting his fourth consecutive game in place of injured goalie Roman Cechmanek, made 16 saves.
Sabres 4, Avalanche 3, OT
In Buffalo, New York, Jochen Hecht scored his second goal of the game with 44.8 seconds remaining in overtime as Buffalo rallied to beat Colorado.
Peter Forsberg scored twice, once on the power play, while Milan Hejduk scored his 43rd goal for Colorado. Forsberg, who had never scored a goal in four previous games at HSBC Arena, has seven points in the last two games, and 18 goals and 66 points in the last 41 games.
Daniel Briere tied it at 3-3 when he scored a power-play goal with 7:19 remaining in regulation. Maxim Afinogenov also scored for Buffalo.
Colorado backup David Aebischer, playing in his 22nd game, stopped 31 shots. Buffalo's Martin Biron made 33 saves.
Devils 4, Panthers 1
In Sunrise, Florida, Brian Gionta's second-period goal held up as the game-winner in New Jersey's victory over Florida.
Jiri Bicek, Jay Pandolfo and Joe Nieuwendyk also scored for the Devils, who won their fourth straight game.
Mighty Ducks 5, Blue Jackets 0
In Anaheim, California, Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 29 saves, and Rob Niedermayer scored two goals as Anaheim beat Columbus.
Giguere earned his eighth shutout this season, moving him into a tie for the league lead. The Ducks broke open a one-goal game by scoring three times after Anaheim learned it clinched its first postseason berth since 1999.
Playing for first-year coach Mike Babcock, the Ducks have already set a franchise record for wins and points. Their previous best was 85 points and 36 wins set during the 1996/1997 season.
Lightning 4, Sharks 1
San Jose, California, Vincent Lecavalier and Dave Andreychuk each had a goal and an assist as Tampa Bay beat San Jose clinched a playoff berth.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 34 saves as the Lightning extended their unbeaten streak to a franchise-record nine games (6-0-3). Khabibulin hasn't lost since Feb. 11 (11-0-2).
Andre Roy and Ruslan Fedotenko also scored for Tampa Bay, which earned just the second playoff trip in the club's 11-year history while extending its Southeast Division lead over Washington to five points with six games to play.
Flames 2, Coyotes 0
Calgary, Alberta, Stephane Yelle and Martin Gelinas scored, and Roman Turek made 16 saves as Calgary knocked Phoenix out of the Western Conference playoff picture.
Turek recorded his fourth shutout of the season and 24th of his career. He didn't face a shot until he smothered Paul Mara's soft wrister 3:15 into the second period.
The Coyotes were outshot 15-0 in the first period.
Calgary beat the Coyotes on home ice for the first time in 11 tries (1-7-2-1) dating to Oct. 30, 1997.
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