NHL ROUNDUP

Islanders 5, Devils 4

Brock Nelson scored the only goal in the shootout to lift New York over New Jersey on Sunday. The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for the Islanders, who trailed 4-2 early in the third period. Nelson beat Devils netminder Cory Schneider in the fifth round of the shootout. Jaroslav Halak made 42 saves for the Islanders. The Devils lost their fifth straight before both teams start a league-mandated five-day break. Cal Clutterbuck and rookie Sebastian Aho tied the game with third-period goals after Miles Wood and Taylor Hall had given the Devils a 4-2 lead early in the period. Clutterbuck's tying goal came at 15:43 after Aho narrowed the deficit to 4-3 with his first career goal at 7:58. Aho's power-play score was assisted by John Tavares and Mathew Barzal, who leads all rookies with 26 assists. Wood's 11th goal this season came at 2:41 of the third and snapped a 2-2 tie. Hall made it 4-2 for the visitors at 3:18 with his 15th goal, after which Halak smashed his stick over the crossbar in frustration. Travis Zajac's fifth goal of the season and second of the game at 16:25 of the second came while the Devils were short-handed and tied the game at 2. It was the ninth short-handed goal allowed by the Islanders this season. Anthony Beauvillier put the Islanders ahead 2-1 with his fifth of the season at 10:44 of the second after Zajac scored his first of the game at 4:43 of the middle period. The Islanders were without injured forwards Josh Bailey and Andrew Ladd, both of whom were hurt during Friday's 4-0 home loss to Pittsburgh.

Penguins 6, Bruins 5

Evgeni Malkin got his second goal of the game at 2:51 of overtime to rally Pittsburgh to a victory over Boston. Phil Kessel set up Malkin, who one-timed a shot over Tuukka Rask's pad during a 2-on-1. Malkin and Kessel scored power-play goals in regulation, while Kris Letang, Jamie Oleksiak and Riley Sheahan also scored for Pittsburgh. The Penguins, coming off a 4-0 win at the New York Islanders on Friday, got consecutive victories for the first time since Dec. 1-2 when they defeated Buffalo twice by a combined score of 9-1. The Penguins, who have just six wins in their last 11 games, moved into the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, but are one point from last place in the Metropolitan Division. Sidney Crosby had three assists after getting a season-high four points against the Islanders. Crosby, with points in five straight against Boston, had four points in 11 games before the last two. Matt Murray stopped all six shots he faced in relief of Tristan Jarry, who made 14 saves on 19 shots before he was pulled after the Bruins' fifth goal. Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, David Backes, Noel Acciari and Ryan Spponer all scored in regulation for Boston. The Bruins lost, but earned a point for the 11th straight game (8-0-3). Boston has now totaled 22 goals in its last four games. Rask, who hasn't lost in regulation since Nov. 26, stopped 29 shots for Boston.