The only team to already have clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Boston Bruins return home from a five-game road trip to face the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.

Boston (53-11-5, 111 points) will play five of its next six games on home ice after finishing a 3-2-0 road trip with victories at Winnipeg, Minnesota and Buffalo.

The Bruins ensured the winning trip in dominant fashion on Sunday, scoring 15 seconds in and never looking back on the way to a 7-0 victory over the Sabres. Seven different players lit the lamp, with Jake DeBrusk logging four points and Patrice Bergeron three.

“When we’re playing connected like that, we all know where each other are in our spots,” Boston coach Jim Montgomery said. “It’s fun to watch them go.”

Star winger David Pastrnak netted his 48th goal — tying his single-season NHL high — after breaking a personal 21-game, power-play scoring drought during Boston’s 5-2 win over the Wild on Saturday.

The Bruins began the recent trip in Detroit and Chicago, where they took their first back-to-back regulation losses of the season.

“When things don’t go our way, we want to get right back, do it right and get a win,” Boston forward Charlie Coyle said. “We started the trip off with two losses. That’s not ideal. It’s not like us. We haven’t had much of that at all.”

Two of the past three wins were Jeremy Swayman-backed shutouts, marking a first for any Bruins goalie since Tuukka Rask in 2011. In Buffalo, the NHL’s Third Star of the Week stopped all 26 shots faced.

Linus Ullmark, who is 9-1-0 in his past 10 starts, will bring his league-leading 34 wins, 1.97 GAA and .935 save percentage back into the net on Tuesday.

“We don’t think we need to stray from it right now,” Montgomery said of rotating Swayman and Ullmark. “I always talk to (goaltending coach Bob Essensa and GM Don Sweeney) about what we should be doing to get our goalies to be in the best position to be ready. We’ll continue to do that, but … you don’t need to fix anything that’s not broken.”

The Bruins also have utilized a rotation to give defensemen a rest in the late stages of the season. Forward David Krejci rested minor “bumps and bruises” on Sunday.

Ottawa (34-31-5, 73 points) snapped a five-game skid with a 2-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. The Senators will look to claim the season series against the NHL’s top team, which it beat at home in October and December.

The last meeting between the teams was a 3-1 home win for the Bruins on Feb. 20.

On Monday, Drake Batherson scored the deciding goal on a power play with 2:09 remaining as the Senators won despite being outshot 49-21.

Dylan Ferguson made 48 saves in his first NHL start after being recalled from AHL Belleville a day earlier. Only three other goalies made at least 48 saves in their first career win and none since 1994.

“We’ve been playing some good hockey lately so this one felt good,” Ottawa defenseman Jake Sanderson said. “(Ferguson) was dialed in from the puck drop. I could tell from looking in his eyes. We were like, ‘Holy crap, this kid is a player.’ He was confident all night.”

The Senators were coming off consecutive 5-4 losses to the Colorado Avalanche and the Toronto Maple Leafs, the latter contest ending in a shootout.

“(Monday) was one of those games we stayed with it, but let’s make no mistake, the goalie comes in, he makes 19 saves in the first period, he’s on everything and it’s just a perfect end for a guy like that,” Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said.

Thomas Chabot also scored for the Senators, becoming the fifth defenseman in franchise history to reach the 10-goal mark multiple times.

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The Florida Panthers will look for their fourth consecutive victory when they face the host Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.

The Panthers (36-27-7, 79 points) earned a 5-2 road win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday.

Aleksander Barkov had an assist, his 43rd of the season, to set the Florida franchise record for most career points with 614. He broke a tie with Jonathan Huberdeau for the team mark.

“He’s maybe the most humble man I’ve ever met,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said of Barkov. “He’s the most humble elite player I’ve ever met. He feels like he’s the 13th forward or the seventh defenseman and they’re just as important. He treats people like that every day.”

For Barkov, the victory was much more important than the record.

“After my career, I’ll realize it even more,” he said. “Right now, everything happens so fast. We’re in a playoff race, and you don’t think about it all that much.”

Carter Verhaeghe scored two goals for the surging Panthers, who are 6-0-1 over the past seven games, putting them in the second Eastern Conference wild-card position.

Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk had one goal and two assists, giving him five goals and nine assists over the past five games. Eric Staal and Gustav Forsling also scored for the Panthers, who will complete a back-to-back set on Tuesday.

“It’s a road win,” Maurice said. “Gotta keep it going.”

Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky was solid on Monday with 20 saves on 22 shots. He has started 13 consecutive games.

The Flyers enter the Tuesday matchup having gone 1-4-1 in their past six games and 3-10-3 in their past 16.

In its most recent outing, Philadelphia fell 5-4 in overtime to the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.

In a season filled with maddening losses, the Flyers (25-32-12, 62 points) executed their game plan throughout. Tyson Foerster, Brendan Lemieux and Noah Cates each produced one goal and one assist, and Joel Farabee added a goal against the Metropolitan Division-leading Hurricanes.

Carolina tied the game with 0.3 seconds left on a power-play goal by Martin Necas and then 28 seconds into overtime on a tally by Sebastian Aho.

“A lot of guys battled hard, we battled back, get the lead there,” Philadelphia’s Scott Laughton said. “I take a (holding) penalty with seven seconds left (in the third), they score, and then score first shift of overtime. That’s it.”

That’s why it was tough for outspoken Philadelphia coach John Tortorella to be too upset after the loss.

The Flyers were less than a second from earning two points instead of settling for one.

“I thought we played really well,” Tortorella said. “I thought we had the game controlled. I don’t know how to evaluate it right now.”

The Flyers now will play in the fourth game of a season-high, seven-game homestand.

Since the struggling Flyers almost certainly will miss the playoffs, each game is about competing and seeing how their young players can succeed in the future.

“It was a good feeling to score, but at the end of the day, we didn’t win the game,” said Foerster, who notched his first career goal in his fifth contest. “I feel like every game for me has been about learning, gaining confidence. I just wish we came out with the win.”

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Carter Verhaeghe scored two goals to lead the Florida Panthers to a 5-2 road win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday.

Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists, Gustav Forsling and Eric Staal each scored and Sam Bennett had two assists for Florida, which has won three straight.

Aleksander Barkov also added an assist, tallying his 614th point with the Panthers to become the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. He broke the mark set by longtime teammate Jonathan Huberdeau, who is now with the Calgary Flames.

Pius Suter and Dylan Larkin scored for Detroit, which has lost three straight.

Senators 2, Penguins 1

Goaltender Dylan Ferguson made 48 saves in his first NHL start and Drake Batherson scored a power-play goal with 2:09 left in regulation to give visiting Ottawa a win over Pittsburgh.

From the top of the crease, Batherson fended off Pittsburgh defenseman Brian Dumoulin and swatted the puck inside the left post for the winner. Thomas Chabot also scored for the Senators, who snapped a five-game losing streak (0-4-1).

Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins, who have lost four in a row. Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan Jarry made 19 saves.

Oilers 5, Sharks 4 (OT)

Darnell Nurse scored with 15 seconds remaining in overtime to give Edmonton a wild win over visiting San Jose, the Oilers’ fourth consecutive victory.

Mattias Ekholm had two goals and Kailer Yamamoto had a goal and assist for Edmonton. Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid each had two assists, and Nick Bjugstad scored the Oilers’ other goal. Jack Campbell stopped 28 of 32 shots for the win.

James Reimer made 46 saves for the Sharks, who are on a seven-game losing streak (0-4-3). Erik Karlsson had two goals, Alexander Barabanov had a goal and an assist, and Steven Lorentz scored San Jose’s other goal.

Avalanche 5, Blackhawks 0

Denis Malgin had two goals and an assist, Alexandar Georgiev turned away 27 shots for his fifth shutout of the season and Colorado beat Chicago in Denver.

Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist and Logan O’Connor and Kurtis MacDermid also scored goals. Georgiev notched the 13th shutout of his career to help Colorado win its sixth straight.

Alex Stalock made 27 saves for the Blackhawks, who have lost two in a row.

Kings 8, Flames 2

Adrian Kempe had two goals and an assist for Los Angeles in a win against visiting Calgary.

Carl Grundstrom scored two goals and Viktor Arvidsson, Drew Doughty and Mikey Anderson each had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who are 8-0-2 in their past 10 games. Los Angeles’ Gabriel Vilardi also scored, and Anze Kopitar, Quinton Byfield and Rasmus Kupari logged two assists apiece.

Tyler Toffoli and Noah Hanifin scored, and Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 of 26 shots for Calgary before he was replaced after two periods. Dan Vladar came in and finished with 11 saves for the Flames, who are 1-1-2 in their past four games.

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Adrian Kempe had two goals and an assist for the Los Angeles Kings in an 8-2 win against the visiting Calgary Flames on Monday night.

Carl Grundstrom scored two goals and Viktor Arvidsson, Drew Doughty and Mikey Anderson each had a goal and an assist for the Kings (41-20-10, 92 points), who are 8-0-2 in their past 10 games.

Los Angeles’ Gabriel Vilardi also scored, and Anze Kopitar, Quinton Byfield and Rasmus Kupari logged two assists apiece.

Pheonix Copley made 16 saves for Los Angeles, which moved back into a tie in points with the Vegas Golden Knights for first place in the Pacific Division.

Tyler Toffoli and Noah Hanifin scored, and Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 of 26 shots for Calgary before he was replaced after two periods.

Dan Vladar came in and finished with 11 saves for the Flames (31-25-15, 77 points), who remain four points behind the Winnipeg Jets for the final Western Conference wild-card spot.

Grundstrom scored for the third straight game to start the offensive barrage at 8:15 of the first period.

Doughty scored his third goal in four games to make it 2-0 at 11:16 of the first. Byfield won the puck in the corner and made a long pass to Doughty at the right point. The defenseman had room to skate in and take a wrist shot from the top of the right circle that sailed through traffic before hitting the net.

Vilardi scored his 23rd goal of the season 57 seconds later off a feed from Alex Iafallo to extend the lead to 3-0.

The Kings were on their first power play when Arvidsson scored at 15:46 to make it 4-0, their fourth goal on 14 shots.

Toffoli scored 34 seconds into the second period to make it 4-1, but Kempe scored twice before the end of the period to give the Kings a 6-1 advantage heading into the third.

After Hanifin scored to cut the deficit to 6-2 at 9:01 of the third, the Kings received a scare when Vilardi left the game after sliding into the boards with 9:52 left.

Anderson scored on a power play for a 7-2 lead with 7:29 remaining.

Grundstrom scored again with 4:09 left, allowing the Kings to match their season-high goal total.

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Darnell Nurse scored with 15 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a wild 5-4 win over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Monday.

The back-and-forth game saw both teams hold and give away leads, multiple close calls on shots off goalposts, and a total of four goals erased after video reviews. It set the stage for an appropriately dramatic ending, as Nurse found some room down the side of the ice to score his eighth goal of the season.

The Oilers (40-23-8, 88 points) are on a four-game winning streak, and they increased their hold on third place in the Pacific Division.

Mattias Ekholm scored two goals and Kailer Yamamoto had a goal and assist for Edmonton. Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid each had two assists, and Nick Bjugstad scored the Oilers’ other goal.

Jack Campbell stopped 28 of 32 shots to earn his 18th win of the season. Campbell had been winless in his previous five games.

The Sharks (19-37-15, 53 points) came away with a point despite being outshot by a 51-32 margin.

James Reimer stopped 46 of 51 shots, almost singlehandedly keeping the Sharks alive against Edmonton’s offensive barrage.

San Jose is on a seven-game winless streak (0-4-3) and is just 1-8-4 in its past 13 games.

Erik Karlsson had two goals for the Sharks, and Alexander Barabanov had a goal and an assist. Steven Lorentz scored San Jose’s other goal.

Karlsson’s tallies were his 21st and 22nd of the season, setting a career high. Karlsson’s 14th NHL season has been arguably his best, as the star defenseman has also established a personal best in points (87).

The Sharks had a goal erased in each of the three regulation periods, on two offside calls and a goaltender-interference ruling. The Oilers’ Zach Hyman also had a first-period goal overruled due to goalie interference.

Draisaitl has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) over the course of a six-game point streak.

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Denis Malgin had two goals and an assist, Alexandar Georgiev turned away 27 shots for his fifth shutout of the season and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 in Denver on Monday night.

Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist and Logan O’Connor and Kurtis MacDermid also scored goals.

Georgiev notched the 13th shutout of his career to help Colorado win its sixth straight. The Avalanche (41-22-6, 88 points) have moved into a tie with Minnesota for second place in the Central Division.

Dallas is in first place with 89 points, but Colorado has played one less game than the Stars and Wild.

Alex Stalock made 27 saves for the Blackhawks (24-40-6, 54 points), who have lost two in a row.

Colorado defenseman Cale Makar was scratched for an undisclosed issue.

Makar’s absence gave MacDermid a chance to play, and he made the most of it early in the first period. His shot through traffic went off the knee of Chicago defenseman Ian Mitchell and caromed by Stalock at 2:41 to give the Avalanche a 1-0 lead.

It was his first goal of the season.

Colorado nearly went ahead by two later in the first, but Stalock denied Nathan MacKinnon when he got the shaft of his stick on MacKinnon’s rebound shot.

Georgiev kept it a 1-0 game when he slid over to make a save on Andreas Athanasiou late in the first period.

The Avalanche killed off a penalty and then added to their lead. Malgin carried the puck into the Blackhawks’ zone, gave Valeri Nichuskin the puck with a drop pass, got it back and beat Stalock with a sharp-angle shot at 6:17 of the second period.

Colorado struck again on its first and only power play when J.T. Compher slid a pass to Rantanen in the right circle, and Rantanen’s wrister got by Stalock at 10:54. It was his team-leading 47th goal of the season.

O’Connor’s eighth goal of the season at 13:33 of the third made it 4-0 and 14 seconds later Malgin scored his second of the night and 10th of the season.

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