Nelson’s hat trick caps comeback for Islanders in OT

NEW YORK — Brock Nelson scored his third goal of the game 3:15 into overtime and New York Islanders, boosted by a late flurry Friday night, emerged with a wild 7-6 win over the Detroit Red Wings.

The Islanders trailed 5-2 with 6:33 left in regulation when Detroit’s Tyler Bertuzzi was assessed a major game misconduct for slashing Cal Clutterbuck.

New York took full advantage as Nelson, Anders Lee, Nick Leddy and Josh Bailey scored power-play goals in the span of 3:37 for a 6-5 lead. The four powerplay goals in the third period set a franchise record.

Bailey’s goal gave New York its first lead of the game with 1:49 left in regulation. But Mike Green’s sixth of the season with 29 seconds remaining forced overtime.

Nelson then completed his second career hat trick with his 14th goal, sending Detroit to its third straight loss. beat Calgary at home to snap a four-game losing streak.

Brett Pesce, Phil Di Giuseppe and Sebastian Aho scored in the first period, leading Carolina to a home win over Vancouver.

Anze Kopitar scored his 22nd goal of the season, Jonathan Quick made 35 saves and Los Angeles beat Florida on the road for its third straight victory.

Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice as St. Louis jumped out to a three-goal lead in Winnipeg. Tyler Seguin scored the deciding shootout goal and Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen stopped all three Pittsburgh shooters in the tiebreaker to give the Stars a home win.

Dave “Tiger” Williams was arrested by military police, two days after the NHL penalty minutes king was charged with two counts of sexual assault and assault for incidents on a Canadian Forces aircraft. The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal’s office said a woman reported during the December flight that Williams assaulted her. Williams was taking part in a morale trip to Latvia.