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If Logan Couture didn't hate Jonathan Quick before, he sure does now.

With three seconds left in the second period, the score tied 2-2, the Los Angeles Kings goaltender made an unbelievable desperation save by using his goalie stick to rob the San Jose Sharks forward of what looked to be a sure goal.

Couture already had his hands in the air in celebration. Yeah.

Here's a still of the save that will make you appreciate it that much more:

Stick save by Quick with 3.4 seconds left in 2nd to keep Kings/Sharks level at the Tank pic.twitter.com/WtO0QzKRvl

— Dennis Bernstein (@DennisTFP) March 29, 2016

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EDMONTON - Corey Perry scored his 31st goal of the season and John Gibson made 27 saves as the Anaheim Ducks won their second game in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Monday. Brandon Pirri also scored for the Ducks (42-23-10), who ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Blake Comeau had a goal and an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche used a fast start to edge the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Monday night.

Gabriel Landeskog and Jack Skille also scored in the first, helping Colorado chase Pekka Rinne at 11:40 after giving up three goals on 10 shots faced. Shawn Matthias's goal in the third wound up the game-winner.

The Avalanche played without centers Matt Duchene and Nathan MacKinnon because of knee injuries. But Colorado managed to stay close to Minnesota in the race for the second wild card in the Western Conference, pulling within three points of the idle Wild with six games left.

Nashville had recorded at least a point in 10 straight home games. It needed a regulation win to clinch its second straight playoff berth.

Craig Smith had a goal and an assist for the Predators, and Colton Sissons and Roman Josi scored 24 seconds apart late in the third. Carter Hutton was pulled for an extra attacker with about 90 seconds left, but the Predators couldn't beat goaltender Semyon Varlamov again as Colorado took the win and the season series 3-1 even with the final game back in Nashville on April 5.

The Predators had posted the NHL's best record since Feb. 12, with Rinne going 12-1-2 over his last 15 games. They were coming off a 5-1 win over Columbus on Saturday night that included a dominant first period.

Colorado got the strong start this time, and Nashville did not provide much help for Rinne.

Nashville defenseman Mattias Ekholm's turnover led to Comeau's goal on a wrist shot at 6:36. Landeskog scored his 19th at 10:10 when the puck went off his skate, and the goal was upheld on review. Skille chased Rinne with his tip-in off a pass from Cody McLeod. Hutton came in and faced only two shots the rest of the period.

Smith got Nashville on the board with a wrist shot past Varlamov off a nice cross-ice pass from Filip Forsberg at 17:08 of the first.

The Predators thought they had pulled within 3-2 late in the second period when Miikka Salomaki scored at 17:23. But Colorado coach Patrick Roy challenged, and officials waived off the goal with Nashville offside.

Matthias made it 4-1 at 12:13 of the third when he scored his 10th off a pass from Mikkel Boedker. Nashville made it interesting when Sissons tipped in a shot by Salomaki at 14:58, and then Josi scored on a wrister at 15:22.

NOTES: Comeau's goal was the 100th of his career. ... Duchene missed his fourth straight game and MacKinnon his third. ... Josi set the Nashville scoring record for defensemen with his 57th point this season, breaking a tie with captain Shea Weber. ... Smith's goal gave him 20 for a third straight season.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Blake Comeau had a goal and an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche used a fast start to edge the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Monday night. Gabriel Landeskog and Jack Skille also scored in the first, helping Colorado chase Pek...

Roman Josi made Nashville Predators' history on Monday.

With a goal against Colorado, Josi recorded his 57th point, setting a new single-season club record for defensemen.

The bar was previously set by captain Shea Weber in 2013-14.

The record-breaking point came in Josi's 76th game of the season, giving him six more to work with as he looks to raise his point total even further.

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Mistakes happen in life. Ask Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Jonathan Bernier.

Dressed as the backup to Garret Sparks on Monday night, Bernier let loose a loogie from the bench that landed on an unsuspecting Tampa Bay Lightning ice worker. And Bernier's reaction was absolutely priceless.

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DETROIT - Dylan Larkin, Riley Sheahan and Luke Glendening scored, and the Detroit Red Wings held on for a 3-2 victory against the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.

Detroit desperately needed the two points to boost its chances of extending the franchise's postseason streak to 25.

The Red Wings pulled within a point of Boston for the third and final guaranteed spot from the Atlantic Division. Both teams have six games left in the regular season.

Detroit is tied with Philadelphia for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference, but the Flyers have one more game to earn at least a point. Philadelphia beat Winnipeg 3-2 in overtime on Monday night.

Detroit's Jimmy Howard gave up goals to Zemgus Girgensons and Sam Reinhart in a 61-second span late in the game.

Howard finished with 18 saves. He faced just nine shots through two periods before the Sabres got 11 shots on net in the third.

Buffalo's Chad Johnson stopped 26 shots, but his team simply couldn't generate much offense until the final few minutes.

The Red Wings got off to a listless start in front of a quiet crowd.

Larkin fired up the red-clad fans, scoring on a power play with 1:28 left in the first period. He has a team-high 22 goals and ranks among its leaders with 44 points, the most by a Red Wings rookie since Henrik Zetterberg finished with the same total during the 2002-03 season.

Sheahan scored unassisted midway through the second, taking the puck from deep in the Detroit end and shooting a wrist shot from the top of the left circle that got past Johnson's glove.

The Sabres pulled Johnson for the first time with a few minutes left to add an extra skater and Glendening took advantage of the chance to shoot into an empty net. They did avoid a shutout nine seconds later with Girgensons' off-balance shot and suddenly turned a lopsided game into a close one with Reinhart's goal. Buffalo created chances in the final seconds, but couldn't get the puck past Howard.

NOTES: The Red Wings celebrated Gordie Howe's 88th birthday, which is Thursday, during the first period by signing ''Happy Birthday,'' to the Hall of Famer and presenting him with a cake. ... The Sabres will be relegated to watching the playoffs for the fifth straight year. ... Detroit D Brendan Smith was a healthy scratch.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jimmy Vesey plans to test free agency rather than sign with the Nashville Predators and play immediately, though general manager David Poile says he isn't giving hope of signing the forward selected in the 2012 draft. Poile...