Mike Grier scored in overtime to give Edmonton a victory over Minnesota, extending an unbeaten streak to nine games.
Marty Reasoner scored on a power play and Tommy Salo stopped 27 shots to keep the Oilers in the thick of a tight Western Conference playoff race.
The Oilers are tied with Los Angeles for sixth in the conference.
Richard Park scored for Minnesota.
Minnesota 0 0 1 0 --; 1
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; Edmonton 1 0 0 1 --; 2
; First Period-- 1, Edmonton, Reasoner 5 (Brewer), 3:31 (pp).
Second Period-- None.
Third Period-- 2, Minnesota, Park 9 (Brunette, Walz), 15:01.
Overtime-- 3, Edmonton, Grier 8 (Marchant, Niinimaa), 2:15.
Shots on goal-- Minnesota 4-14-8-2-- 28. Edmonton 11-8-11-2-- 32.
Goalies-- Minnesota, Fernandez. Edmonton, Salo. A-- 16,839 (16,839).
SENATORS 4, HURRICANES 3
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Sami Salo had a goal and an assist to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 4-3 win Tuesday night over the Carolina Hurricanes, clinching a playoff berth.
Salo and Daniel Alfredsson scored 56 seconds apart in the first period to give Ottawa a 2-1 lead and the Senators never trailed again.
Carolina 1 0 2 --; 3
; Ottawa 2 1 1 --; 4
; First Period-- 1, Carolina, O'Neill 28 (Francis, Kapanen), 1:01. 2, Ottawa, Salo 4 (Herperger, Bala), 3:02. 3, Ottawa, Alfredsson 37 (White, Brunet), 3:58.
Second Period-- 4, Ottawa, Hossa 29 (Brunet, Bonk), :34 (pp).
Third Period-- 5, Carolina, Wesley 5 (Malik, Francis), 2:49. 6, Ottawa, Phillips 6 (McEachern, Salo), 3:29. 7, Carolina, O'Neill 29 (Francis, Hill), 10:47 (pp).
Shots on goal-- Carolina 9-5-24-- 38. Ottawa 12-5-4-- 21.
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Goalies-- Carolina, Irbe. Ottawa, Lalime. A-- 16,371 (18,500).
BRUINS 4, FLYERS 2
Bill Guerin scored the go-ahead goal and Brian Rolston added a short-handed goal, leading Boston past over Philadelphia.
Boston, which has won seven straight on the road, took a four-point lead over the Flyers for the top spot in the Eastern Conference with six games remaining.
Adam Oates and Keith Primeau scored for Philadelphia, which has lost four straight for the first time since the 1998-99 season.
Jeremy Roenick, the Flyers' second-leading scorer, gave the team an emotional lift by returning to the lineup after missing seven games with a partial tear of his right ACL. He was expected to miss up to four weeks after getting hurt on March 18. But after scoring twice in the first 7:44, the Flyers couldn't get anything by Bruins goaltender Byron Dafoe.
Boston 2 1 1 --; 4
; Philadelphia 2 0 0 --; 2
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; First Period-- 1, Philadelphia, Oates 12 (Therien, Desjardins), 5:19. 2, Philadelphia, Primeau 19 (Brashear), 7:44. 3, Boston, Gill 4 (Boynton), 14:53. 4, Boston, Murray 35, 17:44 (pp).
Second Period-- 5, Boston, Guerin 37 (Rolston, Murray), 17:15.
Third Period-- 6, Boston, Rolston 29, 6:48 (sh).
Shots on goal-- Boston 8-15-13-- 36. Philadelphia 9-7-12-- 28.
Goalies-- Boston, Dafoe. Philadelphia, Boucher. A-- 19,679 (19,519).
FLAMES 4, THRASHERS 2
Dean McAmmond scored twice and Jarome Iginla added his league-leading 47th goal as Calgary beat Atlanta.
McAmmond's goals, his 19th and 20th of the season, came on power plays in the second period and both gave the Flames the lead -- the second time, at 3-2, for good.
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Scott Nichol scored on a penalty shot for Calgary.
Atlanta 1 1 0 --; 2
; Calgary 0 3 1 --; 4
; First Period-- 1, Atlanta, Tjarnqvist 2 (Heatley, Stefan), 8:59 (pp).
Second Period-- 2, Calgary, Nichol 8 (penalty shot), :29. 3, Calgary, McAmmond 19 (Conroy, Morris), 6:04 (pp). 4, Atlanta, Heatley 23 (Stefan), 14:27 (pp). 5, Calgary, McAmmond 20 (Iginla, Conroy), 15:51 (pp).
Third Period-- 6, Calgary, Iginla 47 (Nichol), 8:57.
Shots on goal-- Atlanta 3-8-7-- 18. Calgary 7-13-7-- 27.
Goalies-- Atlanta, Hnilicka. Calgary, Turek. A-- 14,562 (17,158).
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CANUCKS 4, KINGS 4
Ed Jovanovski and Marcus Naslund scored 64 seconds apart late in the third period as Vancouver Canucks rallied to tie Los Angeles.
Todd Bertuzzi had a power-play goal and two assists for the Canucks, who are 10-2-1 in their last 13 games. Henrik Sedin also scored on a power play.
Vancouver 2 0 2 0 --; 4
; Los Angeles 1 1 2 0 --; 4
; First Period-- 1, Los Angeles, Deadmarsh 27 (Palffy, Allison), 1:16. 2, Vancouver, Bertuzzi 32 (Jovanovski), 7:29 (pp). 3, Vancouver, H.Sedin 15 (Bertuzzi, D.Sedin), 15:01 (pp).
Second Period-- 4, Los Angeles, Boucher 6 (Smolinski, E.Belanger), 15:15 (pp).
Third Period-- 5, Los Angeles, Schneider 7 (Ronning, Smolinski), 5:01 (pp). 6, Los Angeles, Eloranta 8 (Palffy, Allison), 10:55 (pp). 7, Vancouver, Jovanovski 17 (Naslund, Cassels), 17:30 (pp). 8, Vancouver, Naslund 34 (Bertuzzi, Ohlund), 18:34.
Overtime-- None.
Shots on goal-- Vancouver 18-8-5-4-- 35. Los Angeles 8-12-8-3-- 31.
Goalies-- Vancouver, Cloutier. Los Angeles, Potvin. A-- 18,118 (18,118).
SHARKS 3, MIGHTY DUCKS 1
Adam Graves had a goal and an assist, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped 25 shots as San Jose beat Anaheim.
Captain Owen Nolan had three assists, while Vincent Damphousse and Patrick Marleau also scored as the Sharks reclaimed sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division with their fourth victory in six games.
The victory pushed San Jose back ahead of Phoenix. The surprising Coyotes visit the Shark Tank on Thursday night.
Sami Pahlsson spoiled Nabokov's shutout bid with 40 seconds to play.
Anaheim 0 0 1 --; 1
; San Jose 0 1 2 --; 3
; First Period-- None.
Second Period-- 1, San Jose, Graves 16 (Nolan, Ragnarsson), 1:52.
Third Period-- 2, San Jose, Damphousse 19 (Graves, Nolan), 7:22. 3, San Jose, Marleau 15 (Selanne, Nolan), 16:31. 4, Anaheim, Pahlsson 6 (McDonald, Bylsma), 19:40.
Shots on goal-- Anaheim 8-11-7-- 26. San Jose 9-12-9-- 30.
Goalies-- Anaheim, Giguere. San Jose, Nabokov. A-- 17,496 (17,496).
