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Scott Wedgewood made 40 saves, Kyle Palmieri scored out of a scramble with 4:37 left and the New Jersey Devils snapped a five-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday.
The victory was the Islanders' sixth straight over the Sabres this season.
The Islanders improved to 9-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum this season and 14-6-4 overall.
Ryan Strome scored twice and the streaking New York Rangers beat the Devils on Saturday, sending New Jersey to its fifth straight loss and eighth in nine games.
The Islanders, in the midst of a stretch of 19 games in 33 days, got their seventh straight win against the Sabres, including four this season.
Kreider extended his goal-scoring binge to nine in the last six games and the Rangers beat the slumping New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.
New York won for the fourth time in six games.
Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves and came within 14 seconds of his fourth shutout, and the red-hot Islanders beat the slumping Devils on Tuesday night.
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The Islanders went 8-2-2 during February, with all four losses coming against the Penguins — who they were playing for sixth time in the month.
Alex Ovechkin broke a second-period tie and the streaking Washington Capitals went on to a 3-2 victory over the skidding New Jersey Devils on Sunday.
Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist, leading the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 win against the New York Rangers on Sunday.
New York fell to 6-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum, remaining the NHL's only team without a regulation loss at home. The Islanders went 7-2-2 in February — with all the losses coming against the Penguins.
Nico Hischier and Pavel Zacha each scored for the second consecutive game for New Jersey, which has lost four of five.
Julian Gauthier, Colin Blackwell, Pavel Buchnevich and Jonny Brodzinski also scored to help the Rangers get their third win in four games.
Anthony Beauvillier scored the tiebreaking goal in New York's five-goal third period and the Islanders beat the first-place Boston Bruins 7-2 on Thursday night.
Pavel Zacha converted Jesper Bratt's drop pass to score 1:17 into overtime and the New Jersey Devils rallied from a pair of one-goal deficits to beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Thursday night.
Chris Kreider scored a hat trick for the Rangers on three tap-ins in front.
In the statement the team says that, in accordance with state guidelines, attendance will be limited to 10% capacity.
The win was the Sabres' second over the Devils in three days and only their second in the last seven games (2-5-0). They lost to the Islanders on Monday night.
Pageau got his seventh goal at 15:08 when he banged in a rebound on the backhand after Oliver Wahlstrom's initial shot with stopped by Buffalo goaltender Linus Ullmark.
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T.J. Oshie scored twice to end a lengthy drought, Alex Ovechkin had a late power-play goal and the Washington Capitals erased a two-goal deficit to beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Sunday.
Jordan Eberle and Brock Nelson scored for New York, which has dropped two straight following a season-high eight-game point streak. Semyon Varlamov stopped 15 shots.
Kyle Palmieri and P.K. Subban scored in the third period for the Devils, who welcomed center Nico Hischier for his first game this season by naming him captain.
