Brassard, Varlamov Lead Islanders To 9th Straight Win, Best Streak Since 1990
Derick Brassard scored in the first period as the Islanders continued their longest unbeaten streak in 30 years.
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Derick Brassard scored in the first period as the Islanders continued their longest unbeaten streak in 30 years.
Jack Hughes' goal was New Jersey's first road power-play score. New Jersey had been 0-for-12 as a visitor on the power play this season.
Filip Chytil and Ryan Strome scored for the Rangers, who have won three of four.
Thomas Greiss stopped 33 shots for New York's longest winning streak since a nine-game run in the 1989-90 season.
Philadelphia's Sean Couturier used a move made popular by Swedish star Peter Frosberg in the 1994 Olympics to send the Flyers past the New Jersey Devils.
Tyler Johnson scored 1:16 into overtime and the Lightning rallied to beat the New Jersey Devils 7-6 on Wednesday night
The New York Rangers scored three times in 6 1/2 minutes late in the third period to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.
Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist and the New York Islanders beat the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night to extend their winning streak to seven games.
The Boston Bruins scored four times in the second period and beat the New York Rangers on Sunday night.
Matt Martin and Derick Brassard also scored and Thomas Greiss made 30 saves to help the Islanders improve to 6-3-0
Jack Hughes, the No. 1 pick in this year's draft, had his best game, scoring once and setting up goals by Sami Vatanen and Pavel Zacha.
Derick Brassard and Josh Bailey also scored and Brock Nelson recorded two assists as the Islanders won their fifth consecutive game.
The Rangers were especially eager to earn a home victory against the high-flying Buffalo Sabres to stem a series of subpar results.
The Rangers trailed just 1-0 after 20 minutes despite being outshot 21-4 in the opening period and drawing boos from the home crowd as they left the ice.
Brock Boeser and Jay Beagle scored late in Vancouver's three-goal first period and the Canucks held on to beat the New York Rangers on Sunday.
Nelson beat Joonas Korpisalo from the slot off a feed from Nick Leddy to give the Islanders their fourth straight win.
Jack Hughes scored his first career goal in his first NHL game against his older brother Quinn Hughes, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
Henrik Lundqvist stopped Jakub Vrana on a penalty shot and made 29 saves to help keep New York in the game in the second half of a back-to-back set.
Rookie Jack Hughes got his first NHL point, P.K. Subban scored his first goal with New Jersey and the Devils got a strong team effort to pick up their first win of the season.
Mathew Barzal said he's still looking for his game. The Winnipeg Jets might disagree.
The New York Islanders are slowly rediscovering their disciplined style and beginning to play the way they did when they made it to the second round of playoffs last season.
Brad Marchand, Joakim Nordstrom and Patrice Bergeron all scored in the Bruins' first home game since losing 4-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final against the St. Louis Blues in June.
Edmonton, 5-0-0 for the first time in 34 years, became the first team in NHL history to win its first five games after trailing in each.
Carolina's win over the New York Islanders showed the Hurricanes they have a team worthy of the best start in franchise history.
Kyle Palmieri, Nikita Gusev and Damon Severson scored for New Jersey (0-2-2). Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves.
