HOCKEY
By The Associated Press
All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GAy-New Jersey 50 27 4 104 241 207x-Philadelphia 43 26 11 97 258 232x-Pittsburgh 44 28 9 97 261 238x-N.Y. Rangers 42 30 9 93 206 215N.Y. Islanders 26 45 9 61 197 270Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GAz-Boston 52 18 10 114 267 188x-Montreal 41 29 11 93 248 244Buffalo 40 32 9 89 244 233Ottawa 36 34 11 83 215 232Toronto 33 35 13 79 245 291Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GAy-Washington 50 23 8 108 268 238x-Carolina 45 29 7 97 237 223Florida 40 30 11 91 227 227Atlanta 34 41 6 74 251 278Tampa Bay 24 39 18 66 208 273WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division
W L OT Pts GF GAy-Detroit 51 19 10 112 293 237x-Chicago 44 24 12 100 257 214x-Columbus 41 30 10 92 223 224x-St. Louis 40 31 10 90 232 233Nashville 40 34 8 88 213 233Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GAx-Vancouver 44 27 10 98 245 220x-Calgary 45 30 6 96 250 247Minnesota 39 33 9 87 213 197Edmonton 38 34 9 85 233 244Colorado 32 44 4 68 199 255Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GAz-San Jose 53 17 11 117 254 200x-Anaheim 42 33 6 90 241 233Dallas 36 35 11 83 230 257Phoenix 35 39 7 77 203 248Los Angeles 33 37 11 77 203 231Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionz-clinched conferenceFriday's GamesMinnesota 8, Nashville 4St. Louis 3, Columbus 1Edmonton 5, Calgary 1Anaheim 4, Dallas 3, SOSaturday's GamesCarolina at New Jersey, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.Chicago at Detroit, 3 p.m.Vancouver at Colorado, 3 p.m.Boston at Buffalo, 4 p.m.San Jose at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Columbus, 7 p.m.Washington at Florida, 7 p.m.Anaheim at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m.Sunday's GamesDetroit at Chicago, 2 p.m.St. Louis at Colorado, 5 p.m.Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.End of Regular Season
SCOREBOARDSaturday, April 11San Jose at Los Angeles (4 p.m. EDT). The Sharks can wrap up the Presidents' Trophy as the regular-season points leader with a victory.STARSThursday• Keith Tkachuk, Blues, had two goals and an assist to help St. Louis clinch a playoff spot with a 3-1 victory over Columbus.• Jonas Hiller and Teemu Selanne, Ducks. Hiller made 42 saves, Selanne scored the deciding goal in a shootout and Anaheim beat Dallas 4-3 in a shootout to wrap up a playoff spot.• Marc-Andre Bergeron, Wilds, scored twice in Minnesota's 8-4 win over Nashville.• Shawn Horcoff and Sheldon Souray, Oilers, each had a goal and two assists in Edmonton's 5-1 victory over Calgary.STANDINGSThe eight-team Western Conference playoff field was set Friday night when St. Louis and Anaheim clinched spots. Nashville and Minnesota were eliminated.SALUTEBoston University senior defenseman Matt Gilroy received the Hobey Baker Memorial Award on Friday night as the top college hockey player. The second Terrier to win the award following Chris Drury in 1998, Gilroy was selected over fellow finalists Colin Wilson of BU and Northeastern goalie Brad Thiessen. Boston University will play Miami University on Saturday night in the NCAA title game in Washington.STATUSPittsburgh recalled right winger Miroslav Satan from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League after he cleared waivers. Satan had 17 goals and 19 assists in 65 games for Pittsburgh before being sent to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in a salary cap move at the March 4 trading deadline.SAVESCharline Labonte made 22 saves, and Jennifer Botterill and Caroline Ouellette scored in Canada's 2-1 victory over the United States on Friday in the women's world championships in Finland. Canada, 4-0 in round-robin play, will face the defending champion United States (3-1) again in the title game Sunday. Monique Lamoureux scored for the United States.SCOUTINGZach Boychuk had an assist for Albany in his first American Hockey League game Friday night, a 4-2 loss to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Boychuk, drafted 14th overall last year by Carolina, joined the RiverRats after Lethbridge was eliminated from the Western Hockey League playoffs. He played two games this season for the Hurricanes.SPEAKING"You kind of choke up a little bit. I had to get off the bench pretty quick after the game, I'll tell you that. How can you not be emotional about something like that? People going crazy." St. Louis coach Andy Murray after the Blues beat Columbus on Friday night to clinch a playoff spot.