Jason Blake's power-play goal with five minutes left and Garth Snow's 34 saves led the New York Islanders to a come-from-behind 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.
Blake scored on New York's only power play.
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Arron Asham scored twice, and Dave Scatchard added a goal for the Islanders, who have won five straight at home.
The Flyers got goals from Michal Handzus and Mark Recchi and 26 saves from Jeff Hackett. Philadelphia, which fell behind 1-0 for the 14th straight game, has won just twice in nine games (2-3-2-2).
Bruins 1, Lightning 1
In Boston, Andre Roy's first goal of the season 16 seconds into the third period lifted Tampa Bay into a tie with Boston.
The Bruins are winless in five games and 1-5-4-1 in their last 11.
Rob Zamuner gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead at 4:18 of the second period with his second goal of the season.
Capitals 3, Canadiens 2
In Washington, Peter Bondra scored with 53.8 seconds remaining and Washington beat Montreal.
Michael Ryder tied it for Montreal for the second time out of the air at 8:24 of the third period.
Jan Bulis also scored for Montreal, which failed to win two in a row for the 11th time this season. The Canadiens haven't won back-to-back games since beating the Red Wings and Islanders on Oct. 20 and 23.
Jaromir Jagr and Jeff Halpern scored to give Washington 1-0 and 2-1 leads.
Coyotes 2, Blue Jackets 1
In Colombus, Ohio, David Tanabe scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Ladislav Nagy had two assists to lead Phoenix over Columbus.
The win snapped a streak of four consecutive road ties for the Coyotes, who are 2-1-4 in their last seven games.
Senators 2, Sabres 2
In Buffalo, New York, Derek Roy scored his first NHL goal and Buffalo snapped its seven-game losing streak despite blowing a two-goal lead.
Todd White and Antoine Vermette scored 29 seconds apart late in the second period to help Ottawa tie the game.
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