Down 3-0 early, Nashville battles back

Rich Peverley scored 1:43 into overtime to complete Nashville's comeback from a 3-goal deficit and give the Predators a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night in St. Louis.

The Predators earned 2 valuable points and jumped ahead of Vancouver into the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Canucks played Colorado later Tuesday.

Andy McDonald, David Perron and Jamal Mayers scored for the Blues, who scored three times in the game's first seven minutes.

Capitals 4, Hurricanes 1: Alex Ovechkin scored his league-leading 63rd goal and got all sorts of help in Washington's 4-1 victory over visiting Carolina, a result that left the teams tied atop the Southeast Division at 90 points with two games to go in the regular season.

In other games: Carey Price made 32 saves for his third shutout and Alex Kovalev scored his 35th goal as Montreal claimed its first division title in 16 years with a 2-0 win over host Ottawa. … Zach Parise deflected in Johnny Oduya's shot 29 seconds into overtime for visiting New Jersey, which clinched an Eastern Conference playoff berth with a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders. … Jay Bouwmeester and David Booth scored 17 seconds apart early in the third period in visiting Florida's 3-2 win over Atlanta. … Maxim Afinogenov scored the winning goal in the shootout, lifting Buffalo to a 4-3 victory over host Toronto.