Detroit: Jimmy Howard made 30 saves, Darren Helm, Andreas Athanasiou and Kyle Quincey scored for Detroit, and the Red Wings took a step toward a 25th consecutive play-off appearance with a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.
The Red Wings (93 points) lead Boston (91) in the race for third place in the Atlantic Division. Philadelphia (91) are tied with the Bruins for the second wild card.
The Flyers have three games remaining, while Detroit and Boston each have two. The Bruins host the Red Wings on Thursday night.
Helm scored in the first period and Athanasiou added a short-handed goal in the second for Detroit, who haven’t missed the postseason since 1990. Quincey’s goal was an empty-netter.
Howard held on for his second shutout of the season.
At Edmonton, Patrick Maroon scored twice as the Oilers won at Rexall Place for the final time, beating Vancouver 6-2.
Nail Yakupov, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Taylor Hall also scored for the Oilers, who ended a three-game losing skid.
Matt Bartkowski and Bo Horvat scored for the Canucks, who had their three-game winning streak end.
It was the last NHL game scheduled to be played at Rexall, with the Oilers moving into a new downtown arena in the fall.
The Oilers have played in the building since 1974 when they were in the World Hockey Association.
More than 150 Oilers alumni were on hand for the farewell game and lengthy postgame ceremony, including the likes of Hall of Famers Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey, Glenn Anderson and Grant Fuhr.
The Blue Jackets had a 5-1 win over the Maple Leafs in Toronto, with Brandon Dubinsky scoring two goals and Brandon Saad adding a goal and assist.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves for the Blue Jackets.
Morgan Rielly scored for the Leafs, who can finish no higher than 29th place overall in the league.
