UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Rookie defenseman Joe DiPenta had a goal and an assist for his first NHL points, and Dany Heatley added his 39th goal to lead the Atlanta Thrashers to a 3-2 victory Saturday over the playoff-bound New York Islanders.

New York clinched the league’s final playoff berth when the New York Rangers were eliminated by a loss to New Jersey on Friday night.

The Islanders’ loss assured that they will finish eighth in the Eastern Conference and play Ottawa in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs that begin next week. The Senators have the league’s top record.

Boston earned the No. 7 seed in the East and will take on New Jersey in the first round.

Senators 3, Maple Leafs 1

TORONTO – Zdeno Chara, Todd White and Radek Bonk scored as the first-place Ottawa Senators finished the regular season with a 3-1 victory over Toronto Maple Leafs.

Backup goalie Martin Prusek made 23 saves for the Senators, who had already clinched the NHL’s best regular-season record, becoming the first Canadian team in 14 years to win the Presidents’ Trophy.

The bankrupt Senators set franchise records with 52 wins and 113 points. They’ll face the New York Islanders in the first round of the playoffs.

Capitals 5, Penguins 3

WASHINGTON – Peter Bondra became the Washington Capitals’ career scoring leader, scoring twice in the third period in a season-ending 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Bondra scored the first and last goals – one off a rebound, and the other an empty-netter – in a four-goal, third-period rally from a 3-1 deficit.

Bondra has 790 points (451 goals, 339 assists) since making his NHL debut in Washington in 1990-91. He passed Mike Gartner, who had 397 goals and 392 assists for 789 points from 1979-89.

The two goals also gave Bondra his ninth 30-goal season.

Bondra’s feat gave meaning to an otherwise insignificant game. The Capitals were already locked into the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and the financially troubled Penguins have been playing out their worst season in nearly two decades after dumping many of their veterans.

Ville Nieminen, Richard Lintner and Jamie Pushor scored for the Penguins, whose 27 victories are their fewest since 1984-85. They were 2-17-2 in their last 21 games.

Ivan Ciernik, Dainius Zubrus and Jeff Halpern also scored for Washington.

Canadiens 5, Rangers 4

MONTREAL – Stephane Quintal scored with 2:14 left in the third period to give the Montreal Canadiens a 5-4 victory over the New York Rangers.

Yanic Perreault had two goals and an assist, and Richard Zednik and Saku Koivu also scored for Montreal as both teams brought disappointing seasons to an end.

Sandy McCarthy had his first career two-goal game for New York. The Rangers, who were eliminated from playoff contention on Friday night, also got goals from Petr Nedved and Eric Lindros.

New York finished ninth in the East with 78 points. The Rangers extended their postseason drought to a team-record six seasons despite signing free agents Bobby Holik and Darius Kasparaitis in the offseason and then acquiring Alexei Kovalev and Anson Carter prior to the trading deadline.

The Canadiens, who were eliminated from postseason contention a week earlier, finished 10th with 77 points.

Montreal missed the playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons, the worst postseason drought in the franchise’s championship-laden history.

Rangers captain Mark Messier didn’t play because of a rib injury.

The 42-year-old Messier has yet to indicate whether he will return for a 25th NHL season.