Cozens goal in OT lifts Sabres over Islanders

Dylan Cozens scored 12 seconds into overtime, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Thursday night.

Alex Tuch and Victor Olofsson also scored for Buffalo, which had dropped five of six. Ukko-pekka Luukkonen made 24 stops.

Cozens beat Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin on a breakaway after Rasmus Dahlin's floating pass sprung him for his 15th goal of the season.

Brent Burns, Brady Skjei and Jalen Chatfield scored to give Carolina another productive offensive outing from its blueliners.

Burns and Skjei scored during Carolina's threegoal second period, while Chatfield added a third goal from a defenseman for the Hurricanes.

Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves to help the Bruins to their eighth victory in nine games.

Pavel Zacha, Patrice Bergeron and Connor Clifton scored for Nhl-leading Boston, which improved to 15-1-3 in its last 19 games. Brad Marchand and David Krejci each had two assists.

Jonathan Toews had a goal and an assist, and the Blackhawks won for the first time in the regular season in Philadelphia in more than 26 years.

Before Thursday, Chicago hadn't won a regular-season game in Philadelphia since Nov. 9, 1996. The drought comes with a huge asterisk, though — the Blackhawks clinched the 2010 Stanley Cup championship in Game 6 in Philadelphia.

Robert Thomas and Brendan Saad each had a goal and an assist, sending St. Louis to the victory.

Jordan Binnington made 24 saves and tied Grant Fuhr for fourth place in

Blues history with 108 career wins.

Cam Fowler, Trevor Zegras and Adam Henrique each had a goal and an assist, and Anaheim stopped a five-game losing streak.

Matthew Tkachuk scored twice during Florida's fivegoal second period. Sam Reinhart had a goal and two assist for the Panthers.

Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews scored twice early in the second period, and Ilya Samosonov made 37 saves.