New York Daily News

Devs fly in Philly

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Anders Lee scored two power-play goals to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night at Barclays Center.

John Tavares had a goal and an assist, Jason Chimera also scored and JeanFranco­is Berube stopped 34 shots to earn his first win in his third start of the season for the Islanders. New York, which won its third straight and fourth in the last five games, came in with backto-back shutouts.

“We’ve been keeping it simple of late,” said Lee, who has four goals in two games against the Kings this season.”

Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist, and Jeff Carter also scored for Los Angeles, which lost its third straight. Peter Budaj finished with 32 saves.

After Los Angeles scored twice early in the third period to tie it, Lee put the Islanders ahead for good at 9:31, deflecting a slap shot by Nick Leddy past Budaj for his 17th of the season. That gave Lee four goals in two games against the Kings this season.

Tavares added a powerplay empty-netter with 44 seconds to go, giving him

Miles Wood scored twice, Keith Kinkaid stopped 35 shots and the New Jersey Devils beat the slumping Philadelph­ia Flyers 4-1 on Saturday night in Philadelph­ia.

Kyle Palmieri and Pavel Zacha also scored eight goals and 10 points in his last five games.

Islanders interim coach Doug Weight improved to 2-0-0 since replacing the fired Jack Capuano earlier this week.

Trailing 2-0 after two periods, Los Angeles got on the scoreboard 37 seconds into the third, ending the Islanders’ shutout streak at 166:44. On a rush during a power play, Anze Kopitar brought the puck into the offensive zone and dropped a pass to Doughty, who fired a shot that was stopped by Berube. However, Carter backhanded the rebound for his 24th of the season and 20th goal and 46th point in 46 games against the Islanders.

The Kings tied it about 3 1/2 minutes later, capitalizi­ng on a turnover by Leddy. —AP and Michael Cammalleri had two assists for the Devils, who have won four of five.

Travis Konecny had a goal for Philadelph­ia, which has lost 12 of 15 since its 10-game win streak. —AP

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