The defending champions are heading home, FC Dallas claimed the Supporters Shield and the Seattle Sounders second-half revival continued on an eventful final day of the Major League Soccer regular season.In the Western Conference there were four teams vying Sunday for the final three playoff spots beneath Dallas, Colorado and the Los Angeles Galaxy.The Sounders fired coach Sigi Schmid after a disappointing first half but climbed six spots in the West, capped by Sundays 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake. Seattle will host Sporting Kansas City in a knockout match on Thursday night. Sporting beat the San Jose Earthquakes 2-0.The last two results we had werent wins, and we needed to get into the playoffs on our own, so we didnt have to rely on anybody else, Seattle interim coach Brian Schmetzer said. We wanted to make sure we get the nice little bump and the confidence and everything that comes along with a win like this against a tough team to beat.Salt Lake will visit the Galaxy and unretired striker Landon Donovan on Wednesday night in the other knockout match in the West. Los Angeles played to a scoreless draw against Dallas, with Donovan making his second start since returning last month.The defending MLS Cup champion Portland Timbers were eliminated from the playoffs with a 4-1 loss at Vancouver. With the Columbus Crew already eliminated going into the final day, it marked the first time in league history that the finalists from the prior season did not make the playoffs.Dallas claimed its first Supporters Shield for highest point total by finishing 17-8-9 for 60 points. As the top seed, Dallas is assured home-field advantage throughout the playoffs and for the MLS Cup match if they make it that far.With the Shield and a U.S. Open Cup trophy, Dallas is one trophy away from the historic treble if they can bring home the MLS Cup. No other team has claimed all three trophies in a single season.Now we have our next objective, and the next one is the playoffs, Dallas coach Oscar Pareja said. Obviously, that will make us feel that the treble is possible but this group of players has not put that as a priority. We always just go one at a time.Colorado, which finished at the bottom of the league last season, missed out on the Shield with a 1-1 draw against Houston. But the Rapids did earn the first-round bye with Dallas.Bradley Wright-Phillips of the New York Red Bulls won the Golden Boot award with 24 regular-season goals. Hes the third player to win the award twice, joining Chris Wondolowski and Jeff Cunningham.The Red Bulls finished in the top spot in the Eastern Conference, three points up on rival New York City FC. Both get opening-round byes.Toronto FC, which had already claimed a playoff spot, snapped a five-game winless streak with a 3-2 victory over Chicago, which was already eliminated. Torontos 53 points were a franchise best.Toronto will host Philadelphia in a knockout game on Wednesday. The Union fell 0-2 to the Red Bulls but claimed the sixth and final spot in the East because of New Englands 3-2 victory over Montreal. The Revolution fell out of playoff contention despite the win because of goal differential.If we can understand whats gotten us to this point, concentrate on every little detail, make sure that when the lights come on that every guy is ready to spill their guts onto the field. 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LOS ANGELES -- Paul Byron scored the clinching goal in the fourth round of the shootout, and the Montreal Canadiens avoided a winless swing through California with a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday.Max Pacioretty had two goals and an assist for the Canadiens, who won for just the second time in seven road games. Montreal had only one win in its previous 11 games in California before scoring three times in the four-round shootout.Alexander Radulov and Andrew Shaw also scored and Carey Price made 27 saves for the Atlantic Division-leading Canadiens.Jeff Carter and Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist apiece for the Kings, who lost for only the second time in eight games. Peter Budaj stopped 26 shots.FLYERS 4, PREDATORS 2NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Wayne Simmonds scored two power-play goals and Philadelphia beat Nashville to win its fifth consecutive game.Playing in front of a sellout crowd in Nashville, the Flyers earned their second road victory in two days against a Central Division team. They defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Saturday.The Predators lost in regulation for only the second time in 12 home games this season.Simmonds, who leads the Flyers with 13 goals, scored twice against what had been a stingy Nashville penalty-killing unit at home. The Predators did not allow a power-play goal in their first 10 home games, but have given up three in their last two games.JETS 2, BLACKHAWKS 1CHICAGO -- Andrew Copp scored the tiebreaking goal with 4:45 left, Bryan Little got his third goal in three games and Winnipeg edged Chicago.Copp beat Scott Darling on the stick side with a shot from the right circle that slipped just inside the left post.Chicagos Artemi Panarin scored with 6:54 remaining to tie it at 1, moments after Copp hit the post, to spoil Connor Hellebuycks bid for a second shutout against Chicago in less than a month. Panarin completed a give-and-go with Patrick Kane, beating Hellebuyck to the glove side.Hellebuyck finished with 25 saves and outdueled Darling, who started his second straight game for the Blackhawks in place of No. 1 goalie Corey Crawford. Darling made 30 saves, including three on breakaways.Littles power-play goal with 43.4 seconds left in the second period was his fourth point in four games since missing 23 with a lower-body injury.RED WINGS 4, ISLANDERS 3, OTNEW YORK -- Danny DeKeyser scored 1:02 into overtime to give Detroit a victory over New York.Mike Green scored twice and Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and assist for Detroit, which improved to 4-1-2 in its last seven games. Peter Mrazek stopped 32 shots to improve to 3-0-2 inn his past five starts.dddddddddddd.Anders Lee, Johnny Boychuk and Josh Bailey scored for New York, which had won a season-high three straight. Jaroslav Halak finished with 30 saves.Detroits Frans Nielsen had an assist while facing his former team for the first time since leaving the Islanders for a six-year, $31.5 million deal with the Red Wings last summer. The 32-year-old Danish center was selected by the Islanders in the third round of the 2002 draft and had 119 goals and 230 assists over 10 seasons in New York.HURRICANES 1, LIGHTNING 0, OTRALEIGH, N.C. -- Phillip Di Giuseppe scored his first goal of the season 1:26 into overtime, giving Carolina a win over Tampa Bay.Viktor Stalberg assisted on Di Giuseppes wrist shot from the right circle, which ended a three-game skid for the Canes.It was Carolinas sixth straight home victory and snapped a three-game skid versus Tampa Bay. The Hurricanes have won just two of their last 10 games against the Lightning.Tampa Bay, without injured star Steven Stamkos, lost for the fifth time in six games. Its last regulation win was over Philadelphia on Nov. 23.Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward had 30 saves in his 25th career shutout. Tampa Bays Ben Bishop stopped 29 shots.FLAMES 8, DUCKS 3CALGARY, Alberta -- Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist in his return from a broken finger, and Calgary scored five times in a 6:04 span of the second period to rout Anaheim.It was a surprise when it was revealed in the morning that Gaudreau would be back in the lineup less than three weeks after surgery that was expected to keep him out four to six weeks. He missed 10 games.On the first shot of his first shift, he took a drop pass from Sam Bennett and whipped a shot past Jonathan Bernier at 2:09 to make it 1-0.Bennett and Alex Chiasson also had big nights offensively with a goal and two assists apiece. Also scoring for Calgary were Troy Brouwer, Matt Stajan, Dougie Hamilton, Sean Monahan and Mark Giordano. The Flames finished a 3-0 homestand.Ryan Kesler had two goals and Logan Shaw also scored for Anaheim, which trailed 8-1 late in the third.WILD 2, OILERS 1, OTEDMONTON, Alberta -- Mikko Koivu scored 3:11 into overtime and Minnesota edged Edmonton.Charlie Coyle also scored for the Wild, who snapped a three-game skid. Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves and improved to 7-1-0 against the Oilers, his first NHL team.The Wild are 12-1-0 in their last 13 games at Edmonton.Patrick Maroon had the goal for the Oilers, who had won two straight. ' ' '
