Heading into this weekend’s back-to-back, the Henderson Silver Knights needed two regulation wins to clinch a spot in the Calder Cup Playoffs. On Friday, they faced a three-goal deficit halfway through the second period; on Saturday, they trailed 4-3 with less than two minutes left in the third.

They won both games in regulation.

With a 5-4 regulation win over the Tucson Roadrunners on Saturday, the Silver Knights officially punched their ticket to the Calder Cup Playoffs for the first time since the 2021-22 season.

“We’re not cruising to a victory. The belief that we’re never out of a game, you want to make sure we put that in our pocket,” said Silver Knights head coach Ryan Craig. “If we’re learning lessons while we’re winning, and while we’re having success, while guys individually are having success, it’s only going to boost our morale. And as the games get higher and higher stakes, we can use that to our advantage.”

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After the first period, the teams were tied with two goals apiece. Tucson struck first on two separate occasions; both times, Henderson responded quickly. Raphaël Lavoie struck on the power play, and Jonas Røndbjerg tipped home a shot from Braedan Bowman.

Henderson led 3-2 after two periods of play. However, after two third-period goals from Tucson’s Sammy Walker, they trailed 4-3 with less than two minutes remaining in regulation.The Silver Knights pulled Carl Lindbom for the extra attacker, and Dylan Coghlan scored the equalizer with 1:26 remaining in the third period.

And then, chaos.

The Silver Knights entered the attacking zone as seconds ticked off the clock. Braedan Bowman’s shot went wide, but the puck took a bounce off the end boards and ended up on the stick of Matyas Sapovaliv. Sapovaliv chipped it back in front to Bowman, who banged it in for his second goal of the game.

“I was pretty fired up,” said Bowman postgame. “I went to [Dylan Coghlan] and just started screaming. It’s cool to be back with these guys… Obviously, to clinch a playoff berth, that was pretty special.”

Stats of the Knight

Jonas Røndbjerg, the longest-tenured Silver Knight, scored in the first period to take the franchise lead in goals (81).

The AHL’s rookie of the month of March, Trevor Connelly, provided an assist on Henderson’s first goal of the game.

Braedan Bowman, who recently rejoined Henderson after playing 54 games with the Golden Knights, led the way tonight. He scored two goals, including the game-winner, and recorded two primary assists.

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The Boston Bruins dropped a tough one on Saturday night against the first-place Tampa Bay Lightning by a total score of 3-1 after Tampa Bay potted an empty netter ahead of the final horn.

The Bruins led 1-0 heading into the third period, and starting goaltender Jeremy Swayman was standing on his head. That is, until Tampa Bay’s Darren Raddysh snapped one in from the right wing on what The Athletic's Fluto Shinzawa described as a “routine save” for Swayman.

“When Darren Raddysh flipped a 32-foot shot on goal from outside the right faceoff dot in the third period, the last thing anyone expected was for it to find the back of the net,” Shinzawa wrote. “Swayman saw Raddysh’s release. He was square to the shot. But Raddysh’s shot clunked off the right side of Swayman’s chest and under his right armpit.

“That’s goaltending.”

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A beyond-brutal break for the goaltender who is the main reason why the Bruins are making a playoff push to begin with.

Swayman spoke to the media about the one that got away during his 20-save night.

“Any 2-1 game, you’re going to get goals that are magnified,” Swayman said. “At the same time, it’s our job to move forward and really take positives. A lot of great things came out of tonight’s game. That’s what we need to focus on.”

Swayman isn’t wrong. For nearly all 60 minutes, the Bruins were the better team on the road. Ultimately, a one-goal game can not be boiled down to a single save the goaltender would want back. Regardless, the Bruins could have used these two points as they continue their end-of-the-season gauntlet against all playoff competition.

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The Dodgers got their second straight blowout win over the Washington Nationals on Saturday, but will be without shortstop Mookie Betts for a little bit. Betts left the game with lower right back pain in the first inning, and will be sent for an MRI exam to determine the severity.

Betts walked and scored in the top of the first inning on a double by Freddie Freeman, then didn’t take the field for defense in the bottom of the frame, replaced by Miguel Rojas at shortstop.

“It was running the bases, scoring on that double,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters at Nationals Park, as shown on SportsNet LA. “He’s going to get some testing right now, and we’ll know more later. It’s certainly more moderate than significant.”

Betts won’t play Sunday, and might be out for at least a few days, regardless of whether an injured list stint is needed. From Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register:

“I don’t want to get too far ahead of what we’re gonna do. But we’ll see,” Roberts said. “We’ll huddle up and see if we need to get a player here to protect us, depending on how the MRI comes. But yeah, he certainly won’t be playing the next couple days, I would assume.”

Hyeseong Kim, who would be the logical call-up should the Dodgers decide they need extra infield depth, did not play for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Betts had played every inning this season prior to leaving Saturday’s game. He’s hitting .179/.281/.429 with a 103 wRC+ through all of 32 plate appearances so far this season.