Apr 7, 2015 2 min read

Kevin Hayes and Ryan McDonagh scored 47-seconds apart in the first period and the New York Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-2 Tuesday night to win the President’s Trophy for the best regular-season record for the third time in franchise history.

The Rangers’ fifth straight win improved their record to 52-21-7 for 111 points. The 52-wins ties the franchise record and the point total is one less than that franchise mark, both set in 1993-94, the last time they won the Stanley Cup.

Cam Talbot made 19 saves and James Sheppard and Carl Hagelin added third-period goals as the Rangers swept the four-game season series with New Jersey.

Patrik Elias and Steve Bernier scored and Cory Schneider made 36 saves in the Devils final home game.

The Rangers will now have home-ice advantage throughout the postseason in their bid to return to the Cup finals for the second straight year. They lost the final to the Los Angeles Kings last season.

The Rangers never trailed in this game but it was nothing like Saturday’s 6-1 rout of New Jersey at Madison Square Garden.

Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Islanders 4: Brayden Schenn capped a wild final 2 minutes with the winning goal with 2.1 seconds left to lift the Philadelphia Flyers past the New York Islanders 5-4.

With a playoff berth at stake, the Islanders wiped out a 4-1 deficit in the third period and nearly sent the game into overtime. Johnny Boychuk scored with 1:44 remaining in the game to make it 4-3 and Anders Lee tied it with 28 seconds to go.