The New York Islanders ended a five-game losing streak on the road with a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins in the NHL on Saturday.
John Tavares tipped in Matt Moulson’s shot for the tie-breaking goal with 4 minutes, 39 seconds left, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped 32 shots. Josh Bailey and Moulson also had goals for the Islanders.
Tyler Seguin and Milan Lucic both scored their 22nd goals of the season for Boston. The defending Stanley Cup champions have dropped five of eight.
Kings 4, Ducks 2
In Los Angeles, Jeff Carter scored his first two goals since joining the Kings last week and Jonathan Quick made 29 saves to lead the Kings past Anaheim.
Captain Dustin Brown scored a power-play goal and Anze Kopitar added an empty-netter for the Kings, who won for the fourth time in the Southern California clubs’ five meetings this season.
Sheldon Brookbank and Devante Smith-Pelly scored for the Ducks.
Los Angeles traded defenseman Jack Johnson to Columbus for Carter on Feb. 23.
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
In Montreal, Mikhail Grabovski scored twice in the third period as Toronto beat Montreal to give Randy Carlyle a victory in his first game -behind the Maple Leafs’ bench.
The Maple Leafs fired Ron Wilson on Friday night and hired Carlyle.
Matt Frattin also scored and Jonas Gustavsson made 21 saves to help Toronto end a six-game losing streak and win for the second time in 12 games.
Erik Cole scored for Montreal.
Penguins 5, Avalanche 1
In Denver, Colorado, Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 35 shots as Pittsburgh beat Colorado to stretch their winning streak to a season-high five games.
Steve Sullivan, Evgeni Malkin, Arron Asham, Richard Park and Deryk Engelland scored for the Penguins, who won despite losing another player to a concussion.
In other NHL play, it was:
‧ Sabres 5, Canucks 3
‧ Predators 3, Panthers 1
‧ Lightning 4, Hurricanes 3, OT
‧ Blues 3, Sharks 1
‧ Blue Jackets 5, Coyotes 2
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