Hurricanes 2, Lightning 1

The Carolina Hurricanes have much bigger goals than simply making the playoffs as they wrap up the best regular season in franchise history.

Still, qualifying for the postseason is the first step, one they officially took Monday night.

"Obviously, the goal is to win the Stanley Cup," coach Peter Laviolette said. "But there's a road that you have to go down to get there, and there's 82 games on it. You have to play all of them, and if you have to play them, you might as well win them.

• Hurricanes 2, Lightning 1