Florida Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov, makes his way to the bench as Ottawa Senators right wing Buddy Robinson celebrates his first NHL goal with teammates during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, April 7, 2016 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Florida Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov, makes his way to the bench as Ottawa Senators right wing Buddy Robinson celebrates his first NHL goal with teammates during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, April 7, 2016 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT Credit: The Canadian Press — Sean Kilpatrick

Washington — Sidney Crosby scored in overtime and the streaking Pittsburgh Penguins rebounded after blowing a three-goal lead to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Thursday night to clinch home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

The Penguins have won eight games in a row and 14 of their past 15 to vault into second place in the Metropolitan Division. The Presidents’ Trophy-winning Capitals have lost three consecutive games for the first time all season and have dropped four of their past five.

Matt Cullen scored twice and Matt Murray stopped 27 shots for the Penguins, who have thrived since losing star center Evgeni Malkin to an upper-body injury. Conor Sheary also scored for Pittsburgh.

Marcus Johansson had two goals and Andre Burakovsky one for Washington. Braden Holtby made 31 saves but fell short in his second attempt to tie Martin Brodeur’s single-season record of 48 wins.

Maple Leafs 4, Flyers 3, ot

Philadelphia — Jake Gardiner scored a power-play goal at 2:51 of overtime to lift Toronto past Philadelphia.

The Flyers fell a point behind Boston and Detroit for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. But Philadelphia would secure a playoff berth by winning its last two games. The Bruins and Red Wings each have one game left and one of them is guaranteed a playoff berth that goes to the third-place team in the Atlantic Division.

Wayne Simmonds scored the tying goal for the Flyers with 58 seconds left and goalie Steve Mason pulled for the extra skater. With Andrew MacDonald in the penalty box for tripping, Gardiner ripped a slap shot past Mason to win it for the Leafs.

William Nylander, Colin Greening and Michael Grabner also scored goals for Toronto, and Jonathan Bernier made 41 saves. Brayden Schenn and MacDonald also scored for the Flyers.

Lightning 4, Devils 2

Newark, n.j. — Jonathan Drouin scored the winning goal in his second-chance return to the NHL and Tampa Bay beat New Jersey to clinch home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs.

Eric Condra and Cedric Paquette also scored and Ben Bishop made 20 saves as the injury-plagued Lightning snapped a two-game losing streak and won for only the third time in seven games. Valtteri Filppula scored an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Sergey Kalinin scored twice for the Devils.

As much as they wanted home-ice advantage, the story for the Lightning was Drouin. The third pick overall in the 2013 draft walked away from the Lightning’s American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse in January after they refused to trade him.

Tampa Bay suspended him and he did not return to the minors until asking general manager Steve Yzerman for a second chance. Drouin returned March 7 and had nine goals in a 10-game span. With Steven Stamkos (blood clot) and Ryan Callahan (lower body) out, the Lightning recalled the 21-year-old Drouin on Thursday, and it paid off.

Islanders 4, Rangers 1

New York — John Tavares had a goal and an assist, Thomas Greiss made 36 saves and the New York Islanders earned their first regular-season sweep of the New York Rangers.

Shane Prince also had a goal and an assist, and Frans Nielsen and Casey Cizikas added goals for the Islanders. They moved into a tie for third with the Rangers with 99 points in the Metropolitan Division.

Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein scored with 2:48 left to end Greiss’ shutout bid.

Canadiens 4, Hurricanes 2

Raleigh, n.c. — Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist in Montreal’s victory over Carolina.

Charlie Lindgren had 26 saves in his first NHL appearance and Darren Dietz scored his first NHL goal late in the first period for Montreal. Daniel Carr and Lars Eller also scored.

Riley Nash and Noah Hanifin scored for Carolina, and Cam Ward stopped 27 shots.

No penalties were called against Carolina, with just one against Montreal.

Senators 3, Panthers 1

Ottawa, Ontario — Buddy Robinson scored his first NHL goal, helping the Ottawa Senators defeat the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night.

Mika Zibanejad and Cody Ceci also scored for the Senators, who finished 21-14-6 at home. Craig Anderson made 32 saves in his 60th start of the season.

Jaromir Jagr had the lone goal for the Panthers, whose three-game winning streak was stopped.

The Senators took a 2-0 lead midway through the second period when Robinson redirected Ceci’s point shot. It was Robinson’s second NHL game after he spent the majority of the season with the American Hockey League’s Binghamton Senators.

Zibanejad opened the scoring late in the first period with a power-play goal. It was his 20th of the season and gave the Senators five 20-goal scorers for the second straight season.