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Islanders bring end to Canucks' winning streak

NHL results St Louis 4 BOSTON 0 NY ISLANDERS 2 Vancouver 1 NY RANGERS 5 Columbus 3 DETROIT 2 Anaheim 1 Washington 4 PITTS. 1 Carolina 2 NASHVILLE 1 TORONTO 4 Tampa Bay 3* Calgary 2 COLORADO 1 EDMONTO 2 Minnesota 1* San Jose 3 PHOENIX 2* Source: home team in caps, * = overtime

Chris Osgood handled Vancouver again and Alexei Yashin scored with just 1:32 remaining Tuesday to snap the Canucks' franchise-best winning streak at 10 games and give the New York Islanders a 2-1 victory.

The streak was the longest in the NHL this season. Vancouver had won its last five both at home and on the road before running into nemesis Osgood. The New York goalie is unbeaten in his last 11 starts against the Canucks (8-0-3) and is 11-1-4 against them in his career.

Last season, Vancouver also came to Long Island with a team-record five-game winning streak on the road only to be turned away by Osgood and the Islanders.

Arron Asham also scored for New York against Dan Cloutier. Sami Salo had the Vancouver goal.

In Boston, Fred Brathwaite made 33 saves, while Keith Tkachuk and Scott Mellanby had a goal and an assist each to help St. Louis snap Boston's eight-game home winning streak with a 4-0 victory.

The Bruins entered the game with the best record in the league, but lost for the first time at the FleetCenter since a 4-1 setback to Anaheim on Oct. 31. Boston had won five successive games overall.

In New York, Pavel Bure scored three goals for his 20th career hat trick and assisted on Eric Lindros' game-winner as the Rangers beat Columbus 5-3.

Bure's assist led to Lindros' goal when his backcheck prevented an icing call midway through the final period. Bure worked the puck out of the corner and drove to the net.

Marc Denis stopped his shot but left the rebound for Lindros, who flipped it in for his sixth goal to make it 4-3.

In Detroit, Curtis Joseph made 29 saves, and streaking Brett Hull and Sean Avery also grabbed goals in Detroit's win over Anaheim 2-1

Joseph, who has allowed just three goals in his last two games, stopped Steve Rucchin from the slot and Paul Kariya from the left circle in the last two minutes.

Avery scored with 2:24 remaining in the opening period, getting his second goal in two games when he banked a shot in off Jean-Sebastien Giguere as he tried to cover it up just outside the crease.
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