Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots, while Bryan Rust and Brian Dumoulin had their first NHL goals as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday.
Brandon Sutter added a short-handed goal, while Steve Downie had a goal and an assist as the Penguins beat the Lightning for the 10th straight time.
Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby missed his third straight game due to the mumps.
Jonathan Drouin and Nikita Kucherov scored for Tampa Bay. Lightning goalie Ben Bishop left after the first period with a lower-body injury and did not return.
Evgeni Nabokov made 18 saves in two periods and took the loss.
ISLANDERS 3, DEVILS 2, SO
In Uniondale, New York, Josh Bailey scored the winning goal in the fifth round of the shootout as the Islanders rallied in the third period for the second straight game.
Bailey fired a shot between the pads of Long Island native Keith Kincaid, who was trying for his first NHL victory in front of nearly two dozen family members. He was in line for the win until Matt Martin scored the tying goal with 4 minutes, 15 seconds left.
Bailey also scored in the second period, while Kyle Okposo added a shootout goal for the Islanders. Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves to top the Devils.
New York is 6-0 in shootouts and 9-0 after regulation.
Marek Zidlicky and Scott Gomez scored first-period goals, with Jaromir Jagr assisting on both, but New Jersey still dropped their fourth straight (0-2-2).
Kincaid finished with 31 saves.
SABRES 5, SENATORS 4, SO
In Buffalo, New York, Matt Moulson scored the only goal of the shootout to lift Buffalo to their sixth straight home win.
Moulson and Rasmus Ristolainen also scored in regulation for the Sabres, while Brian Flynn and Marcus Foligno each had a goal and an assist as Buffalo won a season-high four straight overall. The Sabres improved to 10-3 since starting the season 3-13-2.
Alex Chiasson had a goal and an assist for the Senators, while Bobby Ryan, Curtis Lazar and Mark Stone also scored.
Buffalo’s Jhonas Enroth and Ottawa’s Robin Lehner both had 29 saves through overtime.
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