The Komets got the point they needed in the standings just by making it past regulation time. But Paul Crowder decided to put the exclamation point on it all with a goal at the end of a 2-on-1 rush Saturday to give the Komets a 3-2 come-from-behind overtime victory over the Indy Fuel at Memorial Coliseum.

The Komets (40-23-9) ensured they will be the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs, a feat they had failed to accomplish in losing their previous three games, all on the heels of their first division title since 2012.

The Komets open the first-round best-of-seven playoff series Friday at Memorial Coliseum, though we won’t know the opponent until later tonight. Indy finished its season at 32-36-4.

Defenseman Jordon Southorn, who missed Friday’s 5-2 loss at Indianapolis with a head injury, was back in the lineup for Fort Wayne. So was forward Garrett Thompson, had just been returned by San Antonio of the higher-level American Hockey League.

In 32 games with the Rampage, Thompson had six goals and 13 points. In 35 games with Fort Wayne, he has 11 goals and 30 points.

The Komets expect to get back forwards Troy Bourke and Alex Belzile, plus defenseman Mason Geertsen, from San Antonio in the coming days. San Antonio, which didn’t qualify for the AHL playoffs, has its last game Friday.

Forward David Friedmann opened the scoring for the Komets at 1:12 of the first period after a pass from Kyle Thomas set him up behind the Indy defense. Friedmann has scored in three straight games, giving him four goals in eight games since leaving Robert Morris University.

But after Cody Corbett got penalized for tripping, the Fuel took advantage of a turnover behind the Fort Wayne net and tied it on a Cody Sharib’s wraparound power-play goal at 2:48.

Indy regained the lead 5:05 into the second period when Rhett Bly sent a 15-foot shot off the inside of goaltender Pat Nagle’s leg, and it trickled inside the right goalpost. Fort Wayne’s Mike Embach had a chance to tie it on a breakaway seconds later, but his stick broke when he took his 30-foot shot and the puck sailed wide.

Just 21 seconds into the third period, the Komets got a 3-on-2 rush and Crowder finished it with a 30-foot shot that sailed into the far side of the net, tying it at 2.

Notes: The Komets released defensemen Austin Sevalrud and Simon Denis. …Komets broadcaster Bob Chase, 90, missed a third straight home game with an illness. … Indy’s Dylan Clarke announced on Twitter it was his last pro game.