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Canadiens beat Panthers to win Atlantic title
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ARTTURI Lehkonen scored twice in the third period and had an assist to help the Montreal Canadiens clinch the Atlantic Division title with a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday night.
Andrew Shaw and Alexander Radulov also scored for the Canadiens while Charlie Lindgren stopped 31 shots in his second NHL start.
Jonathan Marchessault scored for Florida and Reto Berra finished with 27 saves.
Lehkonen put Montreal ahead 2-1 at 1:27 of the third as he beat Berra with a rising shot from between the circles high to the glove side. He made it a two-goal game when he followed Paul Byron’s breakaway attempt by knocking in the rebound for his 16th with 3:11 remaining.
In Detroit, Evgeni Svechnikov scored the only goal of the shootout in his NHL debut, lifting Detroit past Ottawa 5-4.
In the seventh round of the tiebreaker, Svechnikov went to his backhand and slid the puck between the pads of Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson.
Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist while Frans Nielsen, Gustav Nyquist and Dylan Larkin all scored in regulation for Detroit. Nick Jensen had two assists and Petr Mrazek stopped 41 shots.
In Buffalo, New York, Auston Matthews scored his 39th goal to set the record for most by an American-born rookie and Toronto moved closer to clinching its second playoff berth in 12 seasons by beating the Sabres 4-2.
Nazem Kadri had a goal and an assist while James van Rimedsyk and Leo Komarov also scored. Frederick Andersen made 18 saves for the Maple Leafs in their fourth straight win. The victory vaulted Toronto (39-24-15) one point ahead of Ottawa and Boston for second-place in the Atlantic Division.
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