Sabres lose 14th straight

Chris Kreider scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the New York Rangers beat Buffalo 5-3 on Monday night for the Sabres’ franchise record-tying 14th straight loss.

Kaapo Kakko also scored twice and Adam Fox had a goal and two assists as the Rangers won for the fourth time in six games (4-1-1) by beating the Sabres for the 10th time in the last 13 meetings. Artemi Panarin had three assists and Ryan Strome added two.

Keith Kinkaid stopped 16 shots in the victory.

Rasmus Asplund, Dylan Cozens and Jeff Skinner scored for Buffalo, which fell to 0-12-2 to match the NHL’s longest skid since the Sabres went 0-14-0 midway through the 2014-15 season.

Islanders 2, Flyers 1 — Anthony Beauvillier scored on a wraparound 3:41 into overtime to give the Islanders to a victory over Philadelphia.

Ilya Sorokin made 36 saves and increased his club-record streak for a rookie to eight straight victories. Oliver Wahlstrom also scored for the East Division-leading Islanders. New York has won 11 of 13.

Senators 2, Flames 1 — Chris Tierney scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period and Filip Gustavsson stopped 35 shots in his first NHL start, leading Ottawa past Calgary.

Hurricanes 3, Blue Jackets 0 — Martin Necas scored in his 100th NHL game, Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 19 shots for his second career shutout and Carolina defeated Columbus to snap a three-game losing streak.

Wild 2, Ducks 1 — Ryan Suter and Nick Bjugstad scored, Cam Talbot made 24 saves and Minnesota beat Anaheim for a franchise record ninth straight home win.

Bjugstad scored his fifth goal of the season 3:42 into the third period to break a 1-all tie.