SAN JOSE, Calif. – Brad Stuart tied the game with two goals in the final 20 seconds of regulation, and Vincent Damphousse scored with 1:50 left in overtime to send the San Jose Sharks into the playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday.

The Sharks capped the best season in franchise history with a stunning comeback in both teams’ season finales. The Pacific Division champions, seeded second in the Western Conference with 43 victories and 104 points, will face St. Louis in the first round.

The Kings took a 3-1 lead in the third period on goals by Jaroslav Modry and John Tripp, but the Sharks rallied after pulling goalie Evgeni Nabokov during a power play in the final minute.

Stuart got his first goal on a slap shot with 20 seconds left – and with time running out, the defenseman charged the net and slammed home a centering pass from Damphousse with 2.3 seconds to play, sending the sellout crowd at the Shark Tank into bedlam.

Predators 2, Avalanche 1

DENVER – David Legwand scored 32 seconds into overtime and Chris Mason stopped 38 shots, helping the Nashville Predators end the regular season with a 2-1 victory the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.

Colorado was in control for most of the game and outshot Nashville 39-22, but Scott Hartnell tied it with 10 minutes left in regulation.

Legwand got the winner from the right circle after Dan Hamhuis’ deflected shot came right to him.

Neither team had much to play for in the season finale.

Mighty Ducks 2, Flames 1

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Martin Skoula and Sergei Fedorov scored third period goals, lifting the Anaheim Mighty Ducks to a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday.

Calgary’s Jarome Iginla scored his 41st goal of the season in the second period to match Columbus left wing Rick Nash and Atlanta left wing Ilya Kovalchuk for the NHL lead.

Skoula scored a power play goal with 11:55 to play drawing the Ducks even. Fedorov sent a backhand from the slot past Flames goalie Roman Turek to give Anaheim the lead just 1:54 later.

Flames goalie Mikka Kiprusoff was given the day off, leaving him with a 1.69 goals against average in 38 games, a new modern era record. Dallas’ Marty Turco set the prior record just last season, with a 1.72 in 55 games.

Penguins 4, Capitals 3

PITTSBURGH – Lasse Pirjeta scored two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins, despite finishing last in the NHL’s standings for the first time since 1984, finished their late-season surge by beating the Washington Capitals 4-3 Sunday.

After losing 18 straight games, the longest such streak in league history but not a record, the Penguins went 12-5-3 – the greatest turnaround by an NHL team in any season following a winless streak of 15 games or longer.

The Penguins also were 6-0-2 in their final eight home games after going 0-15-1 during a franchise-record 16-game home winless streak that included a league-record 14-game losing streak.

Hurricanes 6, Panthers 6

SUNRISE, Fla. – Brad Fast scored his first NHL goal with 2:26 left in the third period to help Carolina salvage a 6-6 tie at Florida on Sunday after the Hurricanes had squandered a 4-0 lead.

Fast, playing his first NHL game after being recalled from the American Hockey League on Saturday, made it 6-all with a wrist shot from the right circle.

Radim Vrbata, Jesse Boulerice, Rob Brind Amour, Erik Cole and Eric Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, who ended the season on a four-game winless streak (0-3-1).

Stars 5, Blackhawks 2

DALLAS – Marty Turco returned from a four-game suspension and made 24 saves, leading the Dallas Stars to a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.

Shayne Corson had two goals for Dallas, which finished fifth in the Western Conference. The Stars will face fourth-seeded Colorado in the opening round.

Jere Lehtinen, Bill Guerin and Val Bure also scored for Dallas.

Turco had been suspended for high-sticking Edmonton’s Ryan Smyth on March 24. Ron Tugnutt started in place of Turco, and the Stars lost all four games, including two in overtime.

Wild 3, Blues 0

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Marian Gaborik had a goal and Dwayne Roloson got his fifth shutout, leading the Minnesota Wild to a season-ending 3-0 victory over the short-handed St. Louis Blues on Sunday afternoon.

Stephane Veilleux had a power-play goal and Marc Chouinard added an empty-netter for the Wild, who finished 10th in the West after advancing to the conference finals last year.

Minnesota did go 9-3-1-1 in its final 14 games and moved above .500 for the first time all season to finish at 30-29-20-3.

Flyers 3, Islanders 3

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Kim Johnsson tied the game with a goal 4:20 into the third period, and the Philadelphia Flyers got the point they needed to clinch the Atlantic Division title by tying the New York Islanders 3-3 on Sunday.

The Flyers edged New Jersey, who lost 3-1 to Boston, 101 points to 100 and will open the playoffs with home-ice advantage against the Stanley Cup champion Devils. There was no reaction on the Philadelphia bench when the game reached overtime and the division was secured.

Johnsson made it possible by ripping a shot past rookie goalie Wade Dubielewicz from the blue line.

Roman Hamrlik, Adrian Aucoin and Alexei Yashin scored power-play goals for New York.

The Flyers were in good shape before their game started. As the national anthem played, New Jersey fell behind 1-0. The lead grew to two before the first puck was dropped.

Wild 3, Blues 0

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Marian Gaborik had a goal and Dwayne Roloson got his fifth shutout, leading the Minnesota Wild to a season-ending 3-0 victory over the short-handed St. Louis Blues on Sunday afternoon.

Stephane Veilleux had a power-play goal and Marc Chouinard added an empty-netter for the Wild, who finished 10th in the West after advancing to the conference finals last year.

Minnesota did go 9-3-1-1 in its final 14 games and moved above .500 for the first time all season to finish at 30-29-20-3.