St. Peter's improved its record to 16-5 over all and held onto its conference lead at 8-2.

Their loss Wednesday left them 2-4-1 in their last 7 games and 6 points behind the Senators for the conference lead.

Since Dec. 29, when they were challenging for the conference lead, the Rangers are 8-17-1-2.

Oklahoma fell out of the conference lead at 9-4 and is 21-6 over all.

The Devils squandered the conference lead, which they held until the final week of the season.

The Cowboys are tied with Kansas for the conference lead.

The Bruins (15-5, 8-1) increased their conference lead to one and a half games over Washington.

The teams were tied for the conference lead at 3-0.

The Indians (3-0-1, 6-1-1) remained tied for the conference lead.

This season, they are about to clinch the division and are 2 points behind Ottawa for the conference lead.