It's looking increasingly likely that playoff hockey won't be played in Florida this spring.

Tuesday night was excruciating for the state's two teams, as the Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning dropped must-win games against teams they simply had to beat: the Carolina Hurricanes and Arizona Coyotes.

Goaltending was the reason why on this night:

In fact, with the Panthers' 4-3 loss to Hurricanes, Carolina's now jumped Tom Rowe's club in the Eastern Conference standings. The Canes are hot: 6-1-3 in their last 10, and now six points back of the second wild-card spot, currently held by Toronto.

They've featured prominently in the Panthers' season, going 2-0-1 against the club. Fired head coach Gerard Gallant's final game with the Panthers was a 3-2 loss to Carolina, back on Nov. 27.

The Panthers won the Atlantic Division last season. This time around, they're fighting tooth and nail just for a chance to sneak back into the dance.

The Lightning, meanwhile, have now lost three in a row after a 5-3 setback to Arizona, and are stuck at 77 points, with the Maple Leafs owning a game in hand.

The Coyotes went into Tuesday's game with more points than only hapless Colorado. The Lightning simply had to get two points, any which way.

Six of Tampa Bay's remaining 10 games are against teams in playoff position, including Boston and Montreal twice. There's one more date with Toronto, on April 6, which looms very large.

The Lightning are in jeopardy of missing the playoffs for the first time since 2013, after back-to-back deep runs, to the Eastern Conference Final last year and the Stanley Cup Final two years ago.

The rest of the way is a bit tougher on the Panthers, with seven of 10 left against playoff-bound clubs.

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The 2016-17 campaign has been a resurgent one for the Winnipeg Jets' offense, with Mark Scheifele continuing his ascent and Patrik Laine establishing himself among the game's next great snipers.

But the club's depth hasn't been half bad either. Mathieu Perreault continued to add to that bolstered depth scoring on Tuesday night, coming up with a goal and an assist during Winnipeg's 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

The 29-year-old's line rolled over the Flyers as mates Scheifele and Blake Wheeler added a combined six points as well, giving the line an impressive eight points on the night.

The multi-point night was Perreault's second in as many games, as he tallied two assists during the Jets' recent win over the Minnesota Wild as well.

In fact, Perreault has been racking up points for over a month, dating back to an overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Feb. 16.

After netting an assist in that game, Perreault put points on the board in each of the subsequent six contests - his longest point streak of the season by a mile.

With his two-point effort against the Flyers, Perreault now has 16 points through his past 14 games - a welcome improvement, as the formerly struggling veteran is set to play the first of a four-year extension next season.

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Anthony Mantha took matters into his own hands Tuesday.

The Detroit Red Wings forward scored a sensational overtime goal, putting the puck through Alex Galchenyuk before whipping a wrist shot over the catching glove of Al Montoya, capping a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.

For Mantha, it was his 15th goal of the season and snapped a six-game pointless skid.

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T.J. Oshie is poised to be compensated very well in free agency this summer, according to teammate Alex Ovechkin.

The Washington Capitals forward hit the 30-goal plateau for the first time in his career in the second period Tuesday against the Calgary Flames, and as such will be in line for a big raise, at least Ovechkin seems to think so.

"It's huge, especially his last year of the deal. Ka-Ching," Ovechkin said, according to Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press.

Related: Watch: Oshie scores 30th of season after picture perfect passing play

Oshie is in the final year of a five-year, $20.875-million contract.

Ovechkin could be onto something regarding the new deal, as with his 30 goals coming in just 59 games, Oshie owns the NHL's fifth-best goals per game average.

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Pittsburgh Penguins winger Jake Guentzel has been diagnosed with a concussion, according to head coach Mike Sullivan.

Guentzel was forced from the Penguins' Tuesday night tilt with the Buffalo Sabres after absorbing a blindside hit from defender Rasmus Ristolainen midway through the first period. Ristolainen was subsequently ejected from the game.

The young winger was bloodied by the hit, and didn't return to the game.

Guentzel has thrived this season on captain Sidney Crosby's wing, posting 11 goals and 25 points through 34 games.

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BOSTON - Kyle Turris scored twice and Craig Anderson made 33 saves as the Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Tuesday night to end a four-game losing streak.

Mike Hoffman had two assists for the Senators, who moved six points ahead of Boston for second place in the Atlantic Division with their first win since March 11.

Tom Pyatt also scored for Ottawa, which never trailed and went up for good on Turris' goal 4:04 into the third period.

Torey Krug had a goal and an assist, and David Krejci also scored in Boston's third straight defeat. The Bruins were coming off a 4-2 loss at Toronto on Monday night and never recovered from a flat start back at home Tuesday.

Tuukka Rask made 19 saves for Boston.

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Not everyone on the Minnesota Wild has stumbled during the team's recent skid.

The club has gone 2-7-0 in its last nine games, but defenseman Matt Dumba has been playing some of his best hockey.

With a goal against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night, the 22-year-old has now picked up six points in his last eight games dating back to March 5 - not including the two games he missed March 7 and 10 with an illness.

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Dumba's 10th goal of the season matched his career high, which he hit in 81 games last season, while his 30 points are already four points more than his previous high of 26 - also hit last season.

He has quickly become one of the Wild's most trusted D-men, averaging the third-most ice time on the team, while leading all Wild defenders in goals and power-play goals, and sitting second in power-play points.

Despite the team's recent struggles, it will be playoff-bound in less than a month, and can push on knowing at least one of its young stars is upping his game at the right time.

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WASHINGTON - Alex Ovechkin had a goal and two assists, T.J. Oshie scored his 30th of the season and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals defeated the surging Calgary Flames 4-2 on Tuesday night.

The top line of Ovechkin, Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom dominated all game. Ovechkin led all players with a season-high 11 shots, finally beating Flames goaltender Brian Elliott late in the third period for his 29th goal.

Evgeny Kuznetsov and Kevin Shattenkirk also scored, and Backstrom had three assists as the Capitals snapped Elliott's franchise-record winning streak at 11 games. Elliott kept his team in it by stopping 36 shots as Calgary lost for just the fifth time in 22 games.

Playing his 300th career game, counterpart Braden Holtby celebrated his bobblehead night by making 29 saves for Washington, which has 102 points.

Sean Monahan and former Capitals winger Troy Brouwer scored for the Flames.

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The defending champs are headed back to the dance.

After some phenomenal theatrics from captain Sidney Crosby, the Pittsburgh Penguins clinched a playoff spot for the 11th straight season with a 3-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.

The victory gave the Penguins 101 points on the season, leaving them one point behind the Washington Capitals for first in the league. As of right now, the Metropolitan is the only division to see its top three clubs already clinch.

If the top tier of the Metro rankings hold, the Penguins will face the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round. However, with Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Washington all separated by just two points, all three remain in the running for the division title and a favorable wild-card matchup.

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You'll be talking about Torey Krug at the old watercooler Wednesday.

One day after the legendary Bobby Orr's 69th birthday, Krug honored the Boston Bruins Hall of Famer with a beautiful end-to-end rush that resulted in his seventh goal of the season.

It appeared as though Krug was going to lose the puck after he took the Ottawa Senators' zone, but he used his backhand to stretch and keep the puck on his stick, before shifting quickly to his forehand and going roof on Craig Anderson.

Pretty goal.

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