PHILADELPHIA — Wayne Simmonds scored two goals, Steve Mason stopped 18 shots and the Philadelphia Flyers clinched a playoff berth with a 3-1 win over the playoff-bound Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.

The Flyers’ win eliminated Boston, which lost to Ottawa 6-1 earlier in the day. The Bruins lost a tiebreaker to Detroit for third place in the Atlantic Division, and the Flyers moved one point ahead of Boston in the Eastern Conference wild-card race.

Philadelphia will meet top-seeded Washington in the first round. The Penguins, who are the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference, will play the Rangers or Islanders.

Pittsburgh rested Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang, and played without Evgeni Malkin for the 15th consecutive game because of an upper-body injury.

Penguins goaltender Matt Murray was injured in a collision with Brayden Schenn and left the game in the first period. Murray has started five straight games because Marc-Andre Fleury is out with a concussion.

RANGERS 3, RED WINGS 2: Kevin Hayes scored with 5:38 remaining, Antti Raanta made 31 saves and New York defeated visiting Detroit.

Despite the loss, the Red Wings reached the playoffs for a 25th consecutive season when Ottawa beat Boston. Detroit finished in third place in the Atlantic Division and will play Tampa Bay in the first round.

STARS 3, PREDATORS 2: Jason Spezza scored his 300th career goal with one minute remaining to complete a hat trick, and Dallas clinched the Central Division title with a win over visiting Nashville.

CAPITALS 5, BLUES 1: Washington’s Alex Ovechkin reached the 50-goal mark for the seventh time in his career, recording a hat trick at St. Louis.

SABRES 4, ISLANDERS 3: Brian Gionta scored twice, including the deciding goal with 2:14 left in overtime, to lead Buffalo to a win in New York.

BLUE JACKETS 5, BLACKHAWKS 4: Scott Hartnell scored a power-play goal at 2:28 of overtime, and Columbus rallied for a win over visiting Chicago.

CANADIENS 5, LIGHTNING 1: Alex Galchenyuk and Max Pacioretty each scored twice to reach the 30-goal mark as Montreal won at home.

DUCKS 5, AVALANCHE 3: Jakob Silfverberg scored twice, Corey Perry had three assists and playoff-bound Anaheim beat Colorado in Denver.

DEVILS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 1: Adam Henrique scored twice and Kyle Palmieri once to become New Jersey’s first 30-goal scorers in four years as the Devils ended another disappointing season with a victory at home.

PANTHERS 5, HURRICANES 2: Teddy Purcell, Jussi Jokinen and Aaron Ekblad scored in the first eight minutes to spark Florida to a win over visiting Carolina.

FLAMES 2, WILD 1: Patrick Sieloff scored the go-ahead goal in his first NHL game and Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves against his former team, at St. Paul, Minnesota.

NOTES

AVALANCHE: General Manager Joe Sakic said Coach Patrick Roy will be back next season despite missing the playoffs for a second straight year.

Roy, a Hall of Fame goalie who won two Stanley Cup titles with Colorado, was coach of the year in 2013-14 when his team tied a franchise record with 52 wins.