Varlamov, Nelson Lead Islanders Past Lightning
The New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.
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The New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.
The Islanders are 3-4-0 since their 17-game points streak (15-0-2) ended.
Jesper Bratt, Travis Zajac, Kyle Palmieri and Taylor Hall scored for the Devils, losers of five straight. Louis Domingue finished with 31 saves.
After suffering eight straight losses, Friday night's win over the New York Rangers gave Montreal two victories in their last three games.
The third overall pick in this year's draft roofed a shot in the fifth round to lift the Chicago Blackhawks over the New Jersey Devils
Jonathan Marchessault was sent off for tripping at 3:10 of OT, giving the Islanders a 4-on-3 advantage. That led to Pulock's goal after New York won the faceoff in the Vegas zone.
Panarin's goal was his team leading 13th. He left Columbus after signing a lucrative free-agent contract in the offseason with New York.
General manager Ray Shero announced the move roughly 20 minutes before Hynes was scheduled to speak to the media before the game.
The Islanders dropped to 14-3-1 against Eastern Conference opponents.
John Hynes paid the price for the New Jersey Devils failing to deliver on the high expectations created by having three No. 1 overall draft picks in the lineup.
Jordan Eberle scored two goals and Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves to lift the New York Islanders over Detroit on Monday night.
Alex Tuch scored twice in the first four minutes and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the New York Rangers on Monday night.
The Buffalo Sabres used a five-goal first period to beat the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.
"I just played (the) game," said Semyon Varlamov, who finished with 30 saves to earn his 27th career shutout.
Alexandar Georgiev stopped 33 shots for his third career shutout, leading the surging New York Rangers to a win over the short-handed New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
Pavel Buchnevich and Filip Chytil scored for the Rangers. Lundqvist had 24 saves as New York's three-game winning streak was snapped.
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 44 shots to help New Jersey beat Montreal for the seventh straight game.
Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots, Dustin Brown and Alex Iafallo each had a goal and an assist, and the Kings beat the New York Islanders 4-1 Wednesday night.
Mika Zibanejad scored in his return after missing 13 games with an upper body injury
On the game-winner, Ryan Hartman won a faceoff and Ryan Donato found Ryan Suter in the left circle for a rocket over Domingue 3:00 into the period.
The Islanders went 15-0-2 during the longest point streak in team history, which started with an Oct. 12 victory over Florida.
Tony DeAngelo scored 32 seconds into overtime to give the New York Rangers a victory over the Minnesota Wild.
Logan Couture scored in overtime for the second straight game, giving the Sharks a win over the streaking New York Islanders on Saturday night.
"You can't really create more adversity for yourself than being down 4-0 in Montreal," said Rangers coach David Quinn.
Louis Domingue got a fresh start with the New Jersey Devils, and the goaltender took full advantage.
