Isles work OT to beat Leafs

Brock Nelson’s second goal of the game at 2:42 of overtime lifted the Islanders to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs last night in New York.

Trailing 5-4 late in the third period, the Islanders pulled goaltender Thomas Greiss and tied it on Andrew Ladd’s deflection with 1:29 left.

Josh Bailey had a goal and two assists, Ryan Strome had a goal and an assist, and Nikolay Kulemin also scored for the Islanders.

New York stopped a twogame skid and improved to 6-0-2 in its last eight games at home.

On the winning goal, Nelson got a pass from Bailey and beat Toronto goalie Frederik Andersen on the blocker side. That gave the Islanders their first victory this season in a game that they trailed after two periods (1-12-2).

Auston Matthews, Mitchell Marner, Nikita Soshnikov, Zach Hyman and William Nylander scored for Toronto, which finished 2-4-0 on a season-high sixgame trip. Morgan Rielly had three assists and Nikita Zaitsev added two.

Blues 2, Flyers 0 — Kenny Agostino scored his first goal in almost three years, Carter Hutton had 26 saves and St. Louis beat host Philadelphia.

Paul Stastny also scored for St. Louis, which won for the second time in three games after coach Mike Yeo replaced Ken Hitchcock on Feb. 1, following a 1-5-0 stretch.

Hutton, who allowed 13 goals in his three previous appearances, posted his first shutout since Jan. 24 and No. 3 on the season.

Michal Neuvirth made 14 stops for Philadelphia, which dropped its second straight game.

The Flyers also were shut out in their last game, a 1-0 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. Their three leading goalscorers, Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek, have not scored in four games.

The Blues won despite being held to a season-low 16 shots.

Devils 2, Sabres 1 — In Newark, N.J., Pavel Zacha scored on a power play with 7:27 remaining, and New Jersey snapped a seven-game home losing streak by beating Buffalo.

Adam Henrique also scored a power-play goal, Mike Cammalleri had two assists and Cory Schneider made 22 saves as the Devils won at the Prudential Center for the first time since Jan. 2. New Jersey is 3-0-1 since the All-Star break.

Tyler Ennis scored for the Sabres, and Robin Lehner made 37 saves.