Islanders 4, Lightning 0
At Uniondale, New York, Rick DiPietro turned aside 28 shots for his 12th career shutout and added an assist.
Bill Guerin, Josef Vasicek, Ruslan Fedotenko and Trent Hunter scored for the Islanders, who beat the Lighting for the first time in nine contests (0-5-3), dating back to a 3-0 win at home on March 21, 2004.
Tampa Bay has lost all six road games and has allowed 28 goals away from home.
Blues 3, Wild 2
At St Paul, Minnesota, Jay McKee scored the winning goal in the third period for St Louis.
Keith Tkachuk and Martin Rucinsky also scored for the Blues, who have yet to lose back-to-back games this season. Manny Legace stopped 23 shots for his sixth win in eight starts.
Marian Gaborik and Pavol Demitra each had a goal and an assist in their returns for Minnesota. After opening 7-0-1, the Wild are winless in five games -- their longest stretch since a seven-game streak from Feb. 22 to March 7, 2004.
Bruins 4, Sabres 3
At Boston, Marco Sturm scored in overtime and added an assist for Boston.
Sturm beat Ryan Miller and scored with 52.3 seconds remaining after he redirected a shot from Aaron Ward, who had gently flipped the puck toward the net.
Tim Thomas made 27 saves for Boston, who beat the Sabres for the third time in its last 11 home games against Buffalo.
Predators 3, Canucks 0
At Vancouver, British Columbia, David Legwand and Martin Erat scored on Nashville's first two shots and Dan Ellis made 29 saves, lifting Nashville to its first road win.
Roberto Luongo finished with just 12 saves for the Canucks, who only have one win in seven games at home this season -- and just one in their last five overall.
Jason Arnott scored on a power play with 8.6 seconds left in the game to finish off the scoring for the Predators.
Ellis has two shutouts in three starts with Nashville.
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