Isles beat Panthers for 11th win in 12 games

NEW YORK >> Scott Mayfield scored in the third period, Thomas Greiss stopped 37 shots and the New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers

2-1 on Saturday for their 11th win in

12 games.

Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist to help New York bounce back from a 4-3 home overtime loss to Pittsburgh on Thursday night.

The Islanders earned a point for the

12th straight game, a stretch that followed a 1-3-0 start and began with a

3-2 shootout win against the Panthers at Nassau Coliseum on Oct. 12.

Aleksander Barkov scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky finished with 34 saves. The Panthers lost in regulation for just the second time in 13 games. CAPITALS 5, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2 >> Evgeny Kuznetsov scored his sixth goal of the season, Jonas Siegenthaler added the first of his career and NHL-leading Washington beat Vegas in rematch of 2018 Stanley Cup finalists. PENGUINS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2>> Jake Guentzel and Jared McCann scored in a shootout and Pittsburgh rallied to end a 10-game losing streak against Chicago.

LIGHTNING 5, SABRES 3>> Pat Maroon scored twice and Tampa Bay swept the two-game series in Sweden. CANADIENS 3, KINGS 2 >> Defenseman Shea Weber scored two power-play goals in Montreal’s victory over Los Angeles.

WIND 4, COYOTES 3 >> Ryan Hartman scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Minnesota overcame a two-goal deficit to beat Arizona. SENATORS 4, HURRICANES 1 >> Anders Nilsson made 38 saves and Ottawa scored three first-period goals.

Filip Chlapik, Vladislav Namestnikov and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored in the first, and Brady Tkachuk connected in the third. Andrei Svechnikov scored for the Hurricanes.