The Nashville Predators were forced to wait until the 82nd game of the NHL regular season to secure back-to-back Central Division titles.
The Predators emerged victorious in a heated three-way race for the Central crown by knocking off Chicago on the final day of the regular season.
Nashville joins Calgary, Tampa Bay and Washington as the division winners with at least two rounds of home-ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Over in the Eastern Conference, Sidney Crosby picked up his 100th point on an important goal that kept the Pittsburgh Penguins from dropping into one of the two wild-card positions.