UNDATED (AP) — The New York Islanders extended their winning streak and stayed atop the East Division, two points ahead of Washington.
Anthony Beauvillier scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Isles beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 for their sixth straight win.
Brock Nelson scored in regulation for the Islanders, and Semyon Varlamov stopped 32 shots as Barry Trotz became the third coach in NHL history to reach 1,700 games behind the bench. New York beat Boston for the fourth time in four meetings this season.
The Islanders also improved to 11-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum, remaining the league’s only team without a regulation loss at home.
In Washington, Jakub Vrana scored his second goal of the game in overtime to help theCapitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5-4 after squandering a three-goal lead. Washington has won six of seven games, including two in a row since Tom Wilson was suspended for hitting Boston’s Brandon Carlo in the head.
New Jersey earned a point with a dominant third period that featured a 16-5 shot disparity. The Capitals went up 4-1 in the third period before the Devils tilted the ice, scoring three consecutive goals to force OT.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Blake Coleman scored 2:17 into overtime, giving the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Coleman’s goal was set up by Tyler Johnson, who also had a goal in the game to help the defending Stanley Cup champions season-high point streak to nine games. Detroit’s Dylan Larkin had a tiebreaking goal midway through the second period and the rebuilding team kept the lead against the NHL power for 20-plus minutes.
— Patric Hornqvist and Owen Tippett scored power-play goals in the second period, Sergei Bobrovsky made 40 saves and the Florida Panthers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Tuesday night. Juho Lammikko and Carter Verhaeghe also scored for the Panthers, who have won three of their last four games. Michael Del Zotto and Oliver Bjorkstrand had goals for the Blue Jackets, and Joonas Korpisalo stopped 29 shots. Columbus has lost five of the last seven.
— Jordan Staal’s second goal of the game came with 34.9 seconds left on the clock in overtime, sending the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators. The Hurricanes have their first six-game winning streak in 10 years. Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes. Matt Benning and Ryan Johansen had Nashville’s goals as the Predators built a 2-0 lead in the second period.
— Kasperi Kapanen got his fourth goal in his last five games and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 4-2. Teddy Blueger and Jake Guentzel also scored for the Penguins, who went 4-1 on their homestand to gain ground in the hyper-competitive East Division. Sidney Crosby’s empty-net goal with 32 seconds to go helped Pittsburgh escape. Tristan Jarry finished with 33 saves, including a couple of scrambling stops on his belly in the final minutes to preserve a one-goal lead.
— Shayne Gostisbehere tied the game late in regulation, Sean Couturier and Nolan Patrick scored shootout goals, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4. The NHL-worst Buffalo Sabres lost their eighth straight game. The Flyers rallied from a 3-1 hole to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season. James van Riemsdyk, Kevin Hayes and Claude Giroux all scored for the Flyers.
— Joel Kiviranta scored 100 seconds in and added an assist as the Stars blasted the Blackhawks, 6-1. Rookie Jason Robertson had four assists for his first four-point game, and Joe Pavelski got his team-best 13th goal for the Stars. Anton Khudobin stopped 21 shots for Dallas, which has won two of three by a combined 11-1 after dropping four straight games.
— Connor Hellebuyck made 36 saves, leading the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 win over the North Division-leading Toronto Maple Leafs in the opener of a three-game series. Andrew Copp had a goal and an assist and Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton also scored for Winnipeg. Neal Pionk finished with three assists for the Jets, who trail the Maple Leafs by five points in the standings with two games in hand. Toronto’s Auston Matthews scored twice, raising his NHL-leading goal total to 20.
