UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Bruins remain perfect since acquiring former Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall at the trade deadline last week.
The Bruins own a four-game winning streak after Brad Marchand delivered two goals and a pair of assists in a 6-3 downing of the Capitals.
David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron also scored twice to back Tuukka Rask, who turned back 30 shots in his second victory since suffering an injury in February.
The Bruins’ winning streak has put them back in the mix for the East Division title chase. Boston is six points behind East-leading Washington with three games in hand.
The Islanders are back in second place in the East and just two points back after Nick Leddy scored the only goal in New York’s 1-0 overtime win at Philadelphia. The Isles hadn’t scored since early in the second period two games ago, a span of 159 minutes and 27 seconds of game time.
Rookie Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves and improved to 12-2-0 in his last 14 games.
The Penguins remain three points behind the Capitals following a 4-2 loss to the last-place Sabres, who’ve already been eliminated from playoff contention. Sam Reinhart scored twice and Buffalo improved to 6-3-2 since an 18-game winless skid. Dustin Tokarski stopped 34 shots against the Penguins, who were 4-0-1 in their previous five games.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— The Rangers completed a four-game sweep of the Devils as Mika Zibanejad scored a power-play goal with three minutes left in the Blueshirts’ 5-3 victory. Chris Kreider, Vitali Kravtsov, Alexis Lafreniere and Ryan Strome also scored as the Rangers extended their season-high point streak to six games at 5-0-1. Alexandar Georgiev finished with 25 saves as New York improved to 13-4-3 in its past 20 games, keeping the Rangers four points behind Boston in the East.
— Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty and Nicolas Roy each had a goal and an assist for the Golden Knights in a 5-2 win over the Ducks. Alex Pietrangelo and Alex Tuch also scored goals, while Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves as the Golden Knights extended their winning streak to six games, matching a season best. Vegas has pulled into a first-place tie with Colorado in the West while the Avalanche deal with COVID-19 issues.
— Bo Horvat scored his second goal of the game 1:19 into overtime, giving the Canucks a 3-2 victory over the Maple Leafs. It was Vancouver’s return from a nearly four-week layoff because of a COVID-19 outbreak. Horvat also had an assist, and Nils Hoglander had a goal and an assist in the Canucks’ first game since March 24.
