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The Detroit Red Wings became the first NHL team to win 61 games in a season with a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.

The Red Wings surpassed the 1976-77 Canadiens for most wins.

Red Wings 5, Blackhawks 3

Chicago 2 1 0 - 3 Detroit 1 3 1 - 5

First period-1, Chicago, Dubinsky 2 (Moreau, Cummins), 2:20. 2, Detroit, Coffey 12 (Lidstrom, Yzerman), 9:19 (pp). 3, Chicago, Amonte 31 (Carney, Ciccone), 11:38.

Second period-4, Chicago, Murphy 22 (Daze, Savard), 1:51 (pp). 5, Detroit, Larionov 22 (Kozlov, Fetisov), 6:20 (pp). 6, Detroit, Primeau 26 (Coffey, Yzerman), 6:53 (pp). 7, Detroit, Coffey 13 (Draper, Errey), 12:49 (sh).

Third period-8, Detroit, Draper 7 (Yzerman), 19:15 (en).

Shots on goal-Chicago 5-7-2-14. Detroit 13-14-19-46.Powerplay opp.-Chicago 1 of 7; Detroit 3 of 11.Goalies-Chicago, Hackett 18-11-4 (45 shots-41 saves). Detroit, Vernon (8-5), Osgood 38-6-5 (8:25 second, 6-6).A-19,983 (19,875).

Lightning 3, Rangers 2 New York

Alexander Selivanov’s second goal of the game lifted Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay 1 1 1 - 3 N.Y. Rangers 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, New York, Berg 3, 12:20 (sh). 2, Tampa Bay, Ysebaert 16 (Bradley, Shaw), 16:37.

Second period-3, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 29 (Gratton, Houlder), 13:47 (pp).

Third period-4, New York Verbeek 40 (Robitaille, Nemchinov), 13:14. 5, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 30 (Bellows, Zamuner), 15:22.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 11-12-6-29. New York 7-6-11-24. Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 1 of 4; New York 0 of 4.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 29-16-9 (24 shots-22 saves). New York, Healy 17-14-11 (29-26).A-18,200 (18,200).

Islanders 1, Panthers 1 Uniondale, N.Y.

Stu Barnes scored with 4:54 left in regulation as Florida took sole possession of fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

Florida 0 0 1 0 - 1 N.Y. Islanders 1 0 0 0 - 1

First Period-1, New York, Andersson 14 (Bertuzzi), 2:07.

Second Period-None.

Third Period-2, Florida, Barnes 19 (Warrener), 15:06.

Overtime-None. Shots on goal-Florida 2-9-21-3-36 New York 13-9-5-1-28.Power-play opp.-Florida 0 of 5; New York 0 of 6.Goalies-Florida, Fitzpatrick 15-11-3 (28 shots-27 saves). New York, Fichaud 7-12-1 (36-35).A-14,744 (16,297).

Jets 5, Kings 3 Winnipeg, Manitoba

The Jets won their last regular-season game in Winnipeg and clinched a playoff berth.

Los Angeles 1 1 1 - 3 Winnipeg 2 2 1 - 5

First period-1, Los Angeles, Lang 6 (Todd), 1:48. 2, Winnipeg, Janney 19 (Tkachuk, Numminen), 3:01. 3, Winnipeg, Janney 20 (Olczyk, Numminen), 10:20 (pp).

Second period-4, Los Angeles, Ferarro 28 (LaFayette, Johnson), 3:35. 5, Winnipeg, Maciver 7 (Shannon, Korolev), 7:01. 6, Winnipeg, Doan 7 (Fraser), 14:31.

Third period-7, Los Angeles, LaFayette 2 (Ferraro), 7:18. 8, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 50, 19:59 (en).

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 10-5-15-30. Winnipeg 9-16-10-35.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 3; Winnipeg 1 of 3.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 14-24-8 (34 shots-30 saves). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 26-19-3 (30-27).A-15,567 (15,393).

Flames 6, Sharks 0 San Jose, Calif.

Calgary clinched a playoff spot as Michael Nylander and Theoren Fleury scored twice.

Calgary 1 4 1 - 6 San Jose 0 0 0 - 0

First period-1, Calgary, Nylander 16 (Fleury, Chiasson), 19:36 (pp).

Second period-2, Calgary, Lemieux 5 (Sweeney), 2:25. 3, Calgary, Nylander 17 (Lemieux), 9:29. 4, Calgary, Lapointe 4 (Evason, Zalapski), 11:05. 5, Calgary, Fleury 45 (Lapointe, Tabaracci), 16:33.

Third period-6, Calgary, Fleury 46 (Sullivan, Titov), 18:54.

Shots on goal-Calgary 13-16-14-43. San Jose 6-7-12-25.Power-play opp.-Calgary 1 of 2; San Jose 0 of 3.Goalies-Calgary, Tabaracci 19-15-3 (25 shots-25 saves). San Jose, Irbe 4-12-4 (43-37).A-17,190 (17,190).

Mighty Ducks 5, Stars 3 Anaheim, Calif.

Steve Rucchin and Teemu Selanne scored power-play goals 27 seconds apart as Anaheim beat Dallas.

Dallas 1 1 1 - 3 Anaheim 1 3 1 - 5

First period-1, Dallas, Kennedy 8 (Hogue, Matvichuk), 8:27. 2, Anaheim, Oksiuta 22 (Dollas, York), 16:48.

Second period-3, Anaheim, Rucchin 19 (J.Sacco, Karpov), 4:40 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Selanne 39 (Olausson, Semenov), 5:07 (pp). 5, Anaheim, J.Sacco 13 (Rucchin, Dollas), 8:25. 6, Dallas, Kennedy 9 (Ledyard, K.Hatcher), 19:42 (pp).

Third period-7, Anaheim, Selanne 40 (Semenov, Kariya), 6:48. 8, Dallas, Hogue 19 (Modano, Kennedy), 10:07.

Shots on goal-Dallas 10-8-11-29. Anaheim 15-8-11-34.Power-play opp.-Dallas 1 of 8; Anaheim 2 of 6.Goalies-Dallas, Moog 13-19-7 (34 shots-29 saves), Wakaluk (18:14 third, 0-0). Anaheim, Hebert 27-23-5 (29-26).A-17,174 (17,174).