Islanders end skid, snap Washington’s win streak

Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves and the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Monday night to snap a three-game winless streak. Brock Nelson, Andrew Ladd and John Tavares scored goals for the Islanders, who built a 3-0 lead early in the second period and ended Washington’s four-game winning streak.

DUCKS 3, HURRICANES 2 » Logan Shaw had a goal and an assist, and Jakob Silfverberg returned from a fivegame injury absence to score the tiebreaking goal late in the second period for the Ducks, who won for just the third time in 11 games.

The injury-plagued team was boosted by the simultaneous returns of Silfverberg and captain Ryan Getzlaf, who had missed 19 games after getting hit in the face with a puck. But then the Ducks lost forward Corey Perry to a potentially serious lower-body injury in the first period.

JETS 5, CANUCKS 1 » Mathieu Perreault scored twice and added an assist to help Winnipeg halt a three-gameConnor Helle buy ck made 25 saves in the win. AVALANCHE 2, PENGUINS 1 » Jonathan Bernier stopped 39 shots and Mark Barberio scored in the third period for Colorado. Blake Comeau added an empty-netter against his former team. STARS 2, RANGERS 1, (SO) » Jason Spezza scored in the shootout, and Dallas snapped a three-game losing streak. Kari Lehtonen made 24 saves for Dallas and Julius Honka scored in the second period.

Rick Nash tied it for the Rangers when he tipped in Brady Skjei’s wrist shot with 3:41 left in regulation. PANTHERS 2, RED WINGS 1, (OT) » Mike Matheson scored his first goal of the season, and Florida won in overtime for the first time this season.