The Anaheim Ducks will not sleep easy Tuesday night.

The club's tilt against Calgary turned ugly when defenseman Cam Fowler was forced from the game in the third period after taking a knee-on-knee hit from Flames captain Mark Giordano.

Fowler was in severe pain as he lay on the ice after the collision, and needed assistance in getting to the bench. He was unable to put any pressure on his right leg. No penalty was assessed on the play.

Fowler's teammate Josh Manson fought Giordano shortly after, and the final 15 minutes were full of scrums, chirping, slashing, and fighting. These two teams do not like each other.

The two teams could meet in the first round of the playoffs beginning next week, and that'd be something. If that's the case, the Ducks would surely welcome it, since they dominate the Flames in Calgary.

But more importantly, regardless of the opposition, the Ducks are hoping Fowler's okay.

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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is having a time in Hollywood.

The Edmonton Oilers forward scored twice Tuesday against the Kings, and his second marker was rather pretty. No. 93 split two Los Angeles defenders on his way to the net, before making Jonathan Quick look silly by finishing on his backhand.

Nugent-Hopkins has 18 tallies on the season and will be hoping to become the fifth Oiler to hit the 20-goal mark after Milan Lucic joined the club Tuesday.

The Kings, however, came out on top, erasing a 2-0 deficit to win 6-4.

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Cam Ward made one hell of a save Tuesday night in Minnesota.

The Carolina Hurricanes goaltender used every bit of his body to take a sure goal away from Wild forward Jason Pominville, who could only reach for his head after the fact.

Pominville won't lose too much sleep about it, though, as his team won 5-3 and clinched second place in the Central Division.

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Honka if you love overtime winners.

Dallas Stars defenseman Julius Honka capped a dominant extra-frame shift with the first goal of his NHL career, courtesy of a top-shelf slap shot past Mike Smith of the Arizona Coyotes.

The future is bright for the 14th overall pick at the 2014 NHL Draft.

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The Ottawa Senators secured an important two points over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night, but the result wasn't the only positive at Canadian Tire Centre.

Veteran winger Clarke MacArthur, who's been out of NHL action for 18 months due to concussion problems, surprisingly got the nod to rejoin the lineup shortly before puck drop.

Suffice to say, MacArthur was overjoyed to be back with his teammates.

"You don't know when you're going to get in, to get the call late in the day, and get a chance to play again it's just a great feeling." MacArthur told TSN's Brent Wallace. "It's been two years of never knowing if you're going to get back, or what's going to happen, I'm just happy to be back playing.

"It's a day I wasn't sure was going to come."

MacArthur recorded one hit in 9:44 of ice time, and was named the game's third star, which earned him a standing ovation from the home crowd.

The Senators won 2-0, inching ever closer to a playoff berth.

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What a rip.

Winnipeg Jets rookie Patrik Laine, who entered Tuesday's action without a goal in his past four games, scored his second of the night and 36th of the season with an absolute snipe past Jake Allen of the St. Louis Blues.

Laine now sits three goals behind Toronto's Auston Matthews for the rookie lead with two games remaining for the Jets.

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TORONTO - Lars Eller and Kevin Shattenkirk gave Washington a two-goal lead halfway through the game, and the Capitals cruised to a 4-1 win over Toronto on Tuesday night, snapping the Maple Leafs' four-game winning streak.

Nate Schmidt and Tom Wilson also scored for Washington and Philipp Grubauer stopped 27 shots. The Capitals, winners of eight of their last nine, moved closer to clinching the top spot in the Eastern Conference and the Presidents' Trophy with the league's best record. However, Pittsburgh's win over Columbus prevented them from doing so.

Mitch Marner scored his 19th of the season, spoiling Grubauer's shutout bid with a power-play goal with 1:08 to go. Curtis McElhinney finished with 34 saves for the Maple Leafs, who lost for just the second time in nine games.

Toronto lost center Brian Boyle to an upper-body injury, possibly from a hard collision with Wilson in the first period.

The Capitals beat the Maple Leafs for the seventh time in their last eight meetings and are 10-2-1 in the last 13 matchups. The first two games this season were tight - Toronto won 4-2 here on Nov. 26 and Washington won 6-5 in overtime at home on Jan. 3 - but the Capitals were in control in this one.

Washington spent a lot of time in the offensive zone in the first and Eller scored with 5:26 remaining in the opening period as he took a feed from Andre Burakovsky and sent a shot from near the right faceoff spot that took a deflection off a Toronto skate.

The Leafs came out with considerably more bite to open the second period and pressed the Washington goal. But the Caps weathered the storm and doubled their lead on Shattenkirk's power-play goal at the 10-minute mark. It was Shattenkirk's 12th of the year and first with the Capitals, and gave Washington its 36th power-play score in their last 40 games.

Alex Ovechkin got an assist on the play, moving him into sole possession of second place among Russian-born players on the NHL's all-time scoring list. He came into the game tied with Alexander Mogilny with 1,032 points and trailing Sergei Fedorov by 147 points for first place.

Washington played a controlled third period with Grubauer mopping up when needed. Schmidt, a late replacement for the injured John Carlson (lower body), added to the lead at 8:11 coming in from the point with little opposition to snap a shot past McElhinney.

Wilson made it 4-0 with a nifty deke with 3:14 left after being sent in alone by former Leafs player Daniel Winnik.

NOTES: It was the 100th NHL game for Leafs forward William Nylander. ... Ovechkin has 60 points (33 goals, 27 assists) in 42 career games against the Maple Leafs.

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Brad Marchand is breathing a sigh of relief, although he may not be fully off the hook quite yet.

The Boston Bruins winger was ejected from Tuesday's playoff-clinching win over Tampa Bay after a spear on Jake Dotchin, a play he admits was ill-advised, to say the very least.

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"It was an undisciplined penalty, there's no question about that," Marchand admitted after the game, per Joe MacDonald of ESPN. "It could have cost the team a very important game, but the guys did a great job of rallying and having a huge game."

As to whether he expects to hear from the NHL, Marchand said he has no idea, but he did acknowledge the game misconduct could be considered time served.

The Bruins have two games remaining in the regular season.

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On a pillow.

Taylor Hall set up his Devils teammate John Moore with a perfect saucer pass in overtime Tuesday, and Moore made no mistake, as New Jersey beat the Philadelphia Flyers 1-0.

For Flyers goaltender Steve Mason, it's the first point he's earned against the Devils in 10 career starts. Maybe next year he'll beat 'em.

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Tuukka Rask suffers no fools.

One week ago, questions abounded in regards to his ability to carry the Boston Bruins back to the postseason following a one-game absence due to injury.

There was even at least one call for interim head coach Bruce Cassidy to start Anton Khudobin - who did indeed step up in Rask's brief absence - until the backup lost a game, something he frequently did in the first half of the season.

But since his return to the crease March 28, Rask has posted a perfect 4-0-0 record with two shutouts and a .972 save percentage.

His latest clean sheet, earned in a playoff-clinching win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, set a new career high at eight, topping the seven he recorded in 2013-14, the season in which he won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goalie.

He concurrently recorded a career-high 38th win of the season, with his previous benchmark of 37 also coming in 2013-14.

Rask's season save percentage isn't quite as strong as it was three years ago, but neither is Boston's blue line.

In recent days, Rask has stepped up when his team needed him most, temporarily silencing those who seem to have forgotten what he's capable of.

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