In Winnipeg, the Jets won their eighth straight game to end the season, this time a 4-2 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
Neither team had much to play for except going into the post postseason with a win.
Laurent Brossoit made 18 saves in the win.
Winnipeg ended the campaign with a record of 52-24-6.
The Canucks broke out on top with a strike by Connor Garland at 5:22 of the opening stanza. The puck deflected off Garland after an errant pass went in his direction.
The Jets replied with a marker from Gabriel Vilardi at 11:26, tying the game, 1-1, scoring after collecting a loose puck at the goal line.
The Canucks ended their season at 50-23-9.
Cole Perfetti scored the first of a double with 55 seconds gone in the middle frame, scoring off an odd man rush.
The Canucks’ Elias Lindholm knotted the game, 2-2, at 17:11, scoring off a deflection.
Perfetti collected his double at 17:55 when he hit an empty net for the 4-2 final count on the scoreboard. 
Thatcher Demko made 22 saves in the loss.
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