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Florida’s Anthony Duclair celebrates his second goal of the game Sunday during a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Jeffrey T. Barnes/Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jonathan Huberdeau set Florida’s single-season points record, and the Panthers clinched a playoff berth with a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.

Huberdeau scored his 24th goal to extend his point streak to eight games and raise his season total to 97 points, one more than teammate Aleksander Barkov’s record set in 2019.

Anthony Duclair scored twice as the Panthers (48-15-6) established a franchise record for victories. Winning for the seventh time in eight games, Florida closed a two-game trip by improving to 20-9-6 on the road.

MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and an assist for Florida. Anton Lundell also scored, and Spencer Knight made 26 saves. Barkov and Claude Giroux each had two assists.

Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist for the Sabres, who are on the cusp of missing the playoffs for an NHL-record 11th consecutive season. Tage Thompson and Kyle Okposo also scored, and Dustin Tokarski stopped 35 shots.

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The loss ended Buffalo’s eight-game point streak (5-0-3) – its longest in three seasons. The Sabres will be eliminated from the playoffs with another loss, or a win by the Washington Capitals.

SENATORS 5, RED WINGS 2: Josh Norris scored three goals for his first career hat trick and Ottawa completed a sweep of its home-and-home series with visiting Detroit.

Artem Zub and Nikita Zaitsev also scored for the Senators, and Anton Forsberg made 30 saves.

The 22-year-old Norris reached the 30-goal milestone for the first time.

Michael Rasmussen and Dylan Larkin scored for the Red Wings, who have lost six straight. Thomas Greiss stopped 31 shots.

ISLANDERS 4, DEVILS 3: Jean-Gabriel Pageau had three goals and an assist, and visiting New York held off New Jersey to extend its winning streak to a season-high four games.

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Former Devil Cory Schneider made 27 saves in his first NHL start since March 6, 2020. Kyle Palmieri added New York’s other goal and added two assists, and defenseman Adam Pelech matched his career best with three assists as the Islanders improved to 11-3-1 in their last 14.

Jesper Boqvist, Tomas Tatar and Nico Hischier scored for the Devils, who have lost three straight.

WILD 5, CAPITALS 1: Joel Eriksson Ek scored his career-best 20th and 21st goals of the season and added an assist, and Minnesota cruised to a victory at Washington.

Marcus Foligno built on one career-high with his 20th goal and set another with his 16th assist for the Wild, who have won nine of their last 10 games.

COYOTES 3, BLACKHAWKS 2: Shayne Gostisbehere scored on a deflection with 14.7 seconds left in overtime, Michael Carcone and Travis Boyd also scored, and Arizona won at Chicago.

Gostisbehere’s winner came with Chicago’s Patrick Kane in the penalty box and deflected off Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews’ left toe before sliding past goaltender Kevin Lankinen.

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FLYERS 4, RANGERS 3: Kevin Hayes scored the only goal of the shootout and Martin Jones made 43 saves to lift Philadelphia to a win at New York.

Cam York and Owen Tippett scored early in the first period and Joel Farabee tallied 44 seconds into the third to give the Flyers a 3-0 lead before the Rangers rallied for three goals to send the game to overtime.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, CANUCKS 2: Shea Theodore scored 2:05 into overtime, leading visiting Vegas to its fifth straight win.

Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and assist, and Alex Pietrangelo also scored in regulation for Vegas. Robin Lehner returned from a lower-body injury to make 26 saves in his first start since March 8.

J.T. Miller and Bo Horvat scored in the third period for the Canucks, who trailed 2-0 in the first. Thatcher Demko stopped 27 shots for Vancouver, which lost its third in a row.

OILERS 6, DUCKS 1: Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists to extend his point streak to 13 games, Leon Draisaitl scored his 50th goal of the season, and visiting Edmonton got its fourth straight win.

Tyson Barrie and Brett Kulak each added a goal and two assists, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist as the Oilers pulled within one point of Los Angeles for second place in the Pacific Division with a game in hand. Edmonton plays at Los Angeles on Thursday.

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