NHL-Highlights of Wednesday's NHL games

April 5 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Wednesday's National Hockey League games: Capitals 2, Rangers 0 Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist, Braden Holtby made 24 saves and the Washington Capitals defeated the New York Rangers 2-0 on Wednesday night to clinch their second straight Presidents' Trophy. The Capitals (54-18-8), winners of the Metropolitan Division, secured the top seed in the Eastern Conference and will have home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs. Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin assisted on Justin Williams' power-play goal that made it 1-0 in the second period. Then at 5:42 of the third, Kuznetsov took a pass from Marcus Johansson on a two-on-one and fired over Henrik Lundqvist's right pad for his 19th goal of the season. Holtby earned his ninth shutout of the season. Closing with a flourish, the Capitals are 10-1-1 in their last 12 games. Sabres 2, Canadiens 1 Rasmus Ristolainen and Tyler Ennis scored to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 2-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night. Robin Lehner made 31 saves for the Sabres, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Tomas Plekanec scored for Montreal, which had a five-game winning streak come to an end. Carey Price made 28 saves. The Canadiens (46-25-9) previously wrapped up the Atlantic Division title, while the Sabres (33-35-12) were already eliminated from playoff contention. Ristolainen opened the scoring 6:01 into the game on a shot through traffic from the point. It was his sixth goal of the season. Ennis made it 2-0 with 8:25 remaining in the second. With several players battling to regain the puck in the slot after a shot by Evander Kane, Ennis scooped the puck into the net for his fifth goal of the season. Plekanec got the Canadiens on the board 54 seconds into the third period. Alexander Radulov fed Plekanec to set up a breakaway, and Plekanec's hard deke to his backhand fooled Lehner for Plekanec's 10th goal of the season.