Islanders sink Canadiens
MONTREAL: John Tavares scored his second goal of the game 1:51 into overtime to lift the New York Islanders to a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night.
Mathew Barzal, coming off his second five-point game of the season, had a goal and two assists to keep up his scoring binge for New York.
Anthony Beauvillier and Adam Pelech also scored to help the Islanders win their third straight after a season-high five-game losing streak, and Thomas Greiss finished with a career-high 52 saves.
Trailing 4-2, Drouin banged in a rebound of Jakub Jerabek’s shot with 44 seconds left in the second for his first goal in 14 games since Nov 29.
Pacioretty tied it on a power play as he tipped in Jeff Petry’s point shot with just under seven minutes remaining in regulation.
In Los Angeles, Chris Tierney had a goal and an assist, and Martin Jones made 35 saves and San Jose beat Los Angeles for the third straight time with a 4-1 win.
Barclay Goodrow and Mikkel Boedker ended lengthy goal droughts for the Sharks, who built a three-goal lead during another strong game by Jones against his former Kings teammates.
Dylan DeMelo returned from a threegame injury absence with two assists for his second career multipoint game.
Joonas Donskoi also managed two assists, while Joe Thornton added an empty-net goal.
Trevor Lewis ended Jones’ shutout bid with 7:18 to play.
In Denver, Nathan MacKinnon kept up his torrid home scoring with a goal, Jonathan Bernier stopped 33 shots and Colorado beat the Ducks 3-1 for their seventh straight.
Matt Nieto and Colin Wilson also scored for the Avalanche.