The United States has won its third straight women's world hockey championship, beating Canada 3-2 in overtime, according to an ESPN.com report. Hilary Knight scored the winner 7:48 into the extra period Monday for her fifth goal of the tournament, giving the U.S. its fourth world title in the last five events.

Nick Spaling scored his second goal of the game at 4:53 of the third period and the Predators won a playoff series for the first time in their history, beating the Ducks 4-2 on Sunday, according to an Associated Press report.

Rangers captain Chris Drury scored his first goal of the season during his first shift and provided a lift that led to a 5-2 comeback win over the Devils on Saturday, according to an ESPN.com report. That, coupled with the Hurricanes' 6-2 home loss Saturday night to the Lightning, put the Rangers into the playoffs as the No. 8 seed and into a first-round matchup with the top-seeded Capitals.

P.K. Subban scored a power-play goal at 1:19 of overtime and Montreal clinched its fourth straight playoff trip with a 2-1 win over Chicago on Tuesday night, according to an ESPN.com report.

The Sharks topped the Kings 6-1 on Monday night to lock up their fourth straight Pacific Division title. "We have a pretty darned good division, so it's a feather in your cap," Joe Thornton said. "But we still have some work to do. We're still fighting to get that second seed. But it's a good step for us." Thornton had a goal and an assist to give him 999 career points.