UNDATED (AP) — The New York Islanders have regained sole possession of the NHL’s East Division lead.
Anthony Beauvillier scored in overtime to complete the Islanders’ 2-1 win at Philadelphia. The Islanders trailed 1-0 until Oliver Wahlstrom scored 4:06 into the third period. Beauvillier’s goal puts the Islanders two points ahead of Washington, although the Capitals have two games in hand.
Rookie Ilya Sorokin was terrific in making 36 saves in his eighth consecutive win. Sorokin helped the Islanders kill off a penalty that spilled into OT.
Elsewhere on Monday’s NHL schedule:
— The Hurricanes stopped a three-game losing streak as Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 19 shots in a 3-0 win against the Blue Jackets. Goals by Martin Necas, Brady Skjei (shay) and Jesper Fast supported the second career shutout by Nedeljkovic.
— Keegan Kolesar scored his first NHL goal and Robin Lehner faced just 16 shots in the Golden Knights’ 5-1 win over the Blues. Mark Stone scored twice for Vegas, which is tied with the Lightning and Islanders for the league lead with 13 home wins.
— Mikko Rantanen scored his 18th goal of the season and the Avalanche won their seventh game in a row by dumping the Coyotes, 5-1. Philipp Grubauer played in his 200th NHL game and stopped 31 shots while setting a career high with his 19th victory of the season.
— The Sharks held on for a 2-1 win over the Kings after Ryan Donato scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period. Logan Couture also scored and Martin Jones made 41 saves as the San Jose snapped a season-high four-game losing streak.
— Chris Kreider scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the third period of the Rangers’ four win in six games, 5-3 versus the Sabres. Kaapo Kakko also scored twice and Adam Fox had a goal and two assists as New York dealt Buffalo its franchise record-tying 14th consecutive loss.
— Ryan Suter and Nick Bjugstad scored, Cam Talbot made 24 saves and the Wild returned home with a 2-1 win over the Ducks. Bjugstad scored his fifth goal of the season 3:42 into the third period to break a 1-1 tie as Minnesota set a franchise record with its ninth straight win on home ice. Troy Terry scored for Anaheim, which has lost six of its past seven games.
— The Jets spanked the Canucks, 4-0 as Adam Lowry had two goals and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 22 shots for his first shutout of the season. Blake Wheeler opened the scoring midway through the first period and Paul Stastny closed it with a goal late in the third.
— Chris Tierney’s first goal in 30 games was the tiebreaker with 2:26 left in the Senators’ 2-1 decision over the Flames. Filip Gustavsson stopped 35 shots in earning the win in his first NHL start.
— The NHL postponed Edmonton’s game in Montreal after two Canadiens players were placed in the league’s COVID-19 protocol. Forwards Joel Armia and Jesperi Kotkaniemi became Montreal’s first players to enter the protocol since the season began on Jan. 13. The postponement was the 38th overall this season for coronavirus-related reasons, and first to involve the seven-team all-Canadian North Division.
