Isles edge Capitals

Brock Nelson scored with just under seven minutes left and Semyon Varlamov made 29 saves as the New York Islanders edged Washington 1-0 on Tuesday night to pull even with the Capitals for first place in the East Division.

Varlamov and Vitak Vanecek matched each other save for save for more than 50 minutes before Nelson scored his team-leading 14th goal assisted by defenseman Ryan Pulock at 13:05 of the third period.

Varlamov earned his fourth shutout this season and the 31st of his career.

Rangers 8, Penguins 4 — Artemi Panarin had a goal and three assists, Adam Fox had a goal and two assists and the Rangers beat Pittsburgh.

Colin Blackwell, Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Strome, Alexis Lafreniere, Kaapo Kakko and Pavel Buchnevich also scored for New York, which extended its point streak to four games (3-0-1). It was the first time in 11 years that eight Rangers scored in a game.

Sabres 5, Devils 3 — Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin scored and set up the winning goal by Casey Mittelstadt as Buffalo snapped a 10-game road winless streak with a win over New Jersey.

Hurricanes 5, Panthers 2 — Vincent Trocheck scored a pair of power-play goals against his former team, Jordan Staal also scored twice and Carolina rallied past Florida.

Jesper Fast had a late goal for Carolina, and Sebastian Aho had three assists.

Blue Jackets 4, Lightning 2 — Zac Dalpe scored for the first time in 4K years, Joonas Korpisalo made 36 saves and Columbus beat Tampa Bay. Predators 3, Red Wings 2 — Ryan Johansen and Roman Josi scored in the shootout to lift the Nashville over Detroit.

The Predators improved to 4-0 in shootouts.