Islanders defeat Wild in overtime

Brock Nelson scored 1:04 into overtime and the New York Islanders beat Minnesota 3-2 Sunday in St. Paul, Minnesota, to move into a tie atop the Metropolitan Division.

Anders Lee scored for the fourth straight game and Jordan Eberle added a goal for New York, which has won five of seven. Thomas Greiss made 32 saves. The Islanders are tied with Washington with 91 points with 10 games remaining, but currently hold the tiebreaker with a greater scoring differential.

In the extra session, Nelson converted a feed from Mathew Barzal below the goal line to beat Alex Stalock with a wrister from the slot. Nelson, who added an assist, established a new career high of 47 points.

Zach Parise scored for the first time in 11 games for Minnesota, which pulled one point behind Arizona for the second wild card in the Western Conference. Jared Spurgeon also scored and Ryan Donato had two assists for 13 points in 13 games since being acquired from Boston on Feb. 20. Stalock finished with 17 saves.

New York, which had 42 shots in Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Detroit, didn’t get its first of 20 shots until midway through the opening period.

Eberle made it count, ending a 17-game scoring drought by beating Stalock on the short side after Barzal took forced a turnover.

FLYERS 2, PENGUINS 1, OT: Sean Couturier beat Matt Murray with 3 seconds remaining in overtime and Philadelphia edged Pittsburgh. The Flyers trail the Jackets by eight points for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. The Penguins gained a point and are three ahead of Carolina for third in the Metropolitan Division, but have played two more games.

AVALANCHE 3, DEVILS 0:

Philipp Grubauer made 22 saves for his third shutout in his last five starts, and Colorado beat New Jersey. The Avalanche trail Arizona by four points for the second wild card in the Western Conference with 10 games to go.

SABRES 4, BLUES 3, SO:

Sam Reinhart scored the deciding goal in the shootout to lead Buffalo to a win over St. Louis.

CANUCKS 3, STARS 2, SO: Josh Leivo scored in the fourth round of the shootout to lift Vancouver to a win over Dallas.