Filppula scores in OT to lift surging Islanders past Blues
Blue Jackets top Devils; Rangers beat Hurricanes
NEW YORK — Valtteri Filppula scored 1:37 into overtime and the New York Islanders beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 Tuesday night for their 12th win in 15 games.
Jordan Eberle had a goal in the first period for New York, and Robin Lehner stopped 30 shots.
David Perron scored the tying goal in the third period for the Blues, and Jordan Binnington — making his fourth straight start and fourth of his career — finished with 23 saves. St. Louis had won three straight and five of its previous seven.
On the winner, Filppula jumped on the ice, got a pass from Mathew Barzal and skated in on Binnington before beating him from the right side for his 10th of the season.
BLUE JACKETS 4, DEVILS 1: In Columbus, Ohio, Joonas Korpisalo had 29 saves and three Columbus players recorded a goal and an assist in the win over New Jersey.
Artemi Panarin, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Cam Atkinson carried the offensive load, and Boone Jenner also scored as Columbus won its fourth straight. The Blue Jackets have won six of their last eight games and 11 of the last 14 while sparring with Washington and Pittsburgh atop the Metropolitan Division.
Korpisalo has started three of the last four games ahead of star Sergei Bobrovsky and won each time. The 24-year-old Finn could soon find himself the team’s No.1 goalie as Bobrovsky has refused to sign a contract extension with Columbus and may be traded before the deadline next month.
RANGERS 6, HURRICANES 2: In New York, Mika Zibanejad had two goals and two assists to lead the Rangers past Carolina.
Pavel Buchnevich and Tony DeAngelo each scored twice and Mats Zuccarello added three assists as the Rangers won for only the second time in eight games. Henrik Lundqvist made 34 saves for his 444th win, one behind Terry Sawchuk for sixth place on the NHL’s career list.
PREDATORS 7, CAPITALS 2: In Nashville, Tenn., Viktor Arvidsson scored a hat trick on National Hat Day, and Nashville routed Washington to snap a two-game skid.
Arvidsson scored the opening goal of the game and added two more in the second period for the second hat trick of his career. He has nine goals and two assists in 11 games since returning Dec. 27 from a broken thumb. CANADIENS 5, PANTHERS 1: In Montreal, Antti Niemi made a career-high 52 saves and Montreal extended its winning streak to three games with a victory over Florida.
RED WINGS 3, DUCKS 1: In Detroit, Gustav Nyquist broke a tie with 4:16 left and Darren Helm scored a little later, lifting Detroit and extending Anaheim’s franchise-record losing streak to 12 games.
WILD 3, KINGS 2, SO: In St. Paul, Minn., Jason Zucker scored in a shootout for the first time in his career to lift Minnesota over Los Angeles. JETS 4, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1: In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kyle Connor had two goals and an assist and Winnipeg extended its unbeaten streak to six games.
LIGHTNING 2, STARS 0: In Dallas, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots, and Ondrej Palat and Mikhail Sergachev scored and Tampa Bay blanked Dallas. SHARKS 5, PENGUINS 2: In San Jose, Calif., Tomas Hertl got a hat trick as the Sharks beat Pittsburgh.