NEW YORK (AP) — The victory-starved Florida Panthers

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NEW YORK (AP) — The victory-starved Florida Panthers made the most of a power-play in overtime against the New York Islanders.Mike Hoffman scored with the man advantage 33 seconds into the extra period Detroit Red Wings Hoodies Womens , lifting the Panthers to a 3-2 win over the Islanders on Wednesday night.The winning goal was the fourth of the season for Hoffman and was assisted by defenseman Keith Yandle and captain Aleksander Barkov. The Panthers, who have two wins in eight games this season, improved to 6-1-0 in their last seven road games against the Islanders.“Specialty teams are huge nowadays. Any of the top teams in the league will have good specialty teams,” said Hoffman, the former Ottawa Senator who was acquired in a trade involving San Jose before the season. “To get two on the power play tonight definitely had a big part in us getting the two points.”The Panthers won for just the second time in eight games this season. Backup goaltender James Reimer made 20 saves in his first win of the year.“As a team, we just kept battling and kept fighting and finally we were rewarded,” Reimer said. “We just needed to stick with it. There’s no magic potion. You just have to keep doing your thing.”The Panthers were called for delay of game with just under three minutes left in regulation, but the Islanders wiped out that power play when center Mathew Barzal was sent off for interference at 18:35. That penalty led to the power-play chance in overtime and Hoffman’s goal that completed a three-goal rally by the Panthers.Frank Vatrano – also on the power play – and Evgenii Dadonov scored for the Panthers in the third period against Islanders goalie Robin Lehner, erasing a two-goal deficit.“They capitalized on the power play. They have some high-skill guys who made some plays,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. “We lost a special teams game tonight.”Brock Nelson and Jordan Eberle staked the Islanders to a 2-0 lead heading into the third period, but the Panthers then struck on the goals by Vatrano and Dadonov.Nelson opened the scoring late in the first with his third goal of the season at 18:36. Josh Bailey picked up the assist.Eberle increased the lead at 11:42 of the second against Reimer, finishing off a pretty passing sequence with his first goal of the season. Barzal and Anders Lee assisted.Last season’s Calder Trophy winner as the league’s top rookie, Barzal leads the Islanders with eight points through eight games.The Islanders were coming off a four-game road trip in which they lost three times. It was their first home game since Oct. 8, when they defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-0 when Lehner made 35 saves.The Panthers (2-3-3) finally broke through against Lehner at 2:46 of the third, when Vatrano knocked in a rebound for his third goal of the season.Then, Dadonov scored his fourth goal at 10:35 to tie the game. Assists went to Barkov and MacKenzie Weggar.Florida was coming off a 5-2 loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.The Panthers will complete their metropolitan area visit with a game against the Devils in New Jersey on Saturday before heading to Finland for two games against the Winnipeg Jets.Florida’s previous victory was a 6-5 shootout win at Washington on Oct. 19.Lehner made 13 saves in each of the first two periods. He couldn’t get through the third unscathed, but did finish with 38 saves. The Swedish netminder joined the Islanders as a free agent over the summer after three seasons with the Buffalo Sabres.“I thought Robin was solid Detroit Red Wings Hats Womens ,” Trotz added. “We took a penalty and they capitalized at the end. We weren’t on our toes enough.”Yandle, who previously skated for the Arizona Coyotes and New York Rangers, played his 723rd consecutive game. He is 15 games from passing Jay Bouwmeester for sixth place in NHL history.“We’ll enjoy the two points tonight and hopefully this will give us some momentum,” Hoffman said.NOTES: The Islanders had a video tribute to Charles Wang, the team’s former majority owner who passed away at 74 last Sunday. … The Islanders announced their home game against Toronto on Feb. 28 — the return of former captain John Tavares — would be at Nassau Coliseum instead of Barclays Center in Brooklyn. … The Islanders visit the Panthers in Florida on Nov. 10 and April 4. … The Islanders scratched forwards Tom Kuhnhackl and Ross Johnston, plus defenseman Lucas Sbisa. … Florida scratched forward Derek MacKenzie and Denis Malgin, plus defenseman Mark Pysyk.UP NEXTIslanders: Visit Philadelphia on Saturday.Panthers: Visit New Jersey Devils on Saturday. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Josh Morrissey scored one of Winnipeg’s three power-play goals and the Jets got goals from seven players while routing the Philadelphia Flyers 7-1 on Sunday.Kyle Connor, Brandon Tanev, Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little and Tyler Myers also scored for Winnipeg (18-9-2).Mark Scheifele assisted on all three of Winnipeg’s second-period goals, and Nikolaj Ehlers and Patrik Laine each had two assists.Jakub Voracek scored his eighth goal for the Flyers (12-13-3).The Jets’ power play was 3 for 6, while the Flyers went 0 for 2.Connor Hellebuyck made 36 saves for Winnipeg.BRUINS 2, SENATORS 1, OTOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Torey Krug scored 3:07 into overtime and Boston beat Ottawa.Krug took a cross-crease pass from David Krejci and beat goalie Mike McKenna with a one-timer.Brad Marchand had the regulation goal for the Bruins (16-10-4) Custom Detroit Red Wings Jerseys , and Tuukka Rask made 27 saves.Mark Stone scored in regulation for the Senators (13-14-4), who got a 42-save performance from McKenna, including a diving two-pad stack save against Sean Kuraly in overtime.CANADIENS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2CHICAGO (AP) — Tomas Tatar scored the tiebreaking goal on a deflection with 1:17 left in the third period and Montreal beat Chicago for its third straight win.Max Domi and Shea Weber scored in the first period to give Montreal an early lead. Carey Price, starting for the seventh straight game and 11th in the last 12, stopped 37 shots.Patrick Kane scored twice to tie the score for Chicago, which has lost seven straight and nine of its last 10. Corey Crawford finished with 25 saves.The reeling Blackhawks fell to 3-11-2 under coach Jeremy Colliton, who replaced Joel Quenneville on Nov. 6.CANUCKS 6, BLUES 1ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brock Boeser scored his second career hat trick, Elias Pettersson had a goal and four assists, and Vancouver beat St. Louis.Bo Horvat and Nikolay Goldobin also scored for the Canucks, who won consecutive games for the first time since winning three straight from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2. Vancouver was 2-10-2 in its previous 14 games.Jacob Markstrom made 22 saves to improve to 10-9-3 on the season and 2-4-0 lifetime against St. Louis.Jake Allen stopped three of six shots in 14:06 before being pulled in favor of Chad Johnson, who made 12 saves. Allen recorded his first shutout of the season Friday at Winnipeg.DUCKS 6, DEVILS 5, SOANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Daniel Sprong and Ryan Getzlaf scored in the shootout to lead Anaheim.Ducks goalie John Gibson blocked one New Jersey shot in the shootout and Taylor Hall’s attempt bounced off the crossbar.Jakob Silfverberg, Kiefer Sherwood www.islandersfanproshop.com , Brandon Montour, Pontus Aberg, Ondrej Kase scored in regulation for the Ducks, with three of the goals deflected off New Jersey players.Anaheim’s Ryan Miller, looking to become the all-time leader in U.S.-born goaltender wins, left the game with 12:47 left in the third period after a pair of players crashed into him at the net. He appeared to have injured his left leg. Miller stopped 23 of the 27 shots he faced. Gibson had seven saves through overtime.Kyle Palmieri had two goals for the Devils, and Damon Severson, Brent Seney and Marcus Johansson also scored. Cory Schneider stopped 33 shots.OILERS 1, FLAMES 0EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Mikko Koskinen made 24 saves in his third shutout of the season and Connor McDavid scored the only goal to lead Edmonton.The Oilers have won three straight and have gone 6-1-0 in their last seven games.David Rittich made 29 saves for Calgary, which had a five-game winning streak snapped is 9-2-1 in the last 12 outings.GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, STARS 2LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Tuch got his 10th goal of the season and Vegas won its fifth straight at home.Tuch became the fifth Golden Knights player to reach double figures in goals just before the end of the second period, when he chopped a loose puck just past defenseman Miro Heiskanen’s skate and through goaltender Ben Bishop’s five-hole to give the Golden Knights a 3-1 lead.Ryan Carpenter, William Karlsson and Reilly Smith also scored to help Vegas improve to 10-3-1 at T-Mobile Arena. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 shots.Martin Hanzal and Esa Lindell scored for Dallas, and Bishop made 24 saves. The Stars snapped a four-game winning streak.