Islanders send Stars to back-to-back defeats

NEW YORK — The New York Islanders sent league-leading Dallas to its first back-to-back losses of the season, winning 6-5 Sunday, led by two goals and an assist from Kyle Okposo. New York’s Cal Clutterbuck scored twice, Anders Lee had a goal and an assist and Mikhail Grabovski also scored for the Islanders, who are 4-0-1 in their past five against the high-flying Stars. New York trailed 2-1 in the first period before scoring the next four goals and then held off Dallas in the third to improve to 12-4-1 against Western Conference teams. Valeri Nichushkin had two goals for Dallas while Vernon Fiddler, Patrick Sharp and Jason Spezza also scored. Panthers 2, Wild 1: Jaromir Jagr scored a pair of goals, Dmitry Kulikov had assists on both of them and Al Montoya was exceptional in net as Florida knocked off Minnesota at the BB&T Center. Jagr scored the game-winning goal 8:52 into the third period with a sweeping wrist shot from the high slot. The Atlantic Division-leading Panthers extend their franchise-record win streak to nine games as they wrapped up a perfect six-game homestand. Blackhawks 3, Senators 0: Corey Crawford stopped all 26 shots he faced, lifting Chicago over Ottawa. Duncan Keith, Artem Anisimov and Andrew Desjardins scored for the Blackhawks, who won their third consecutive game and improved to 15-5-1 on home ice. The Senators lost their third game a row. They have been outscored 13-3 in the past three contests. Ducks 4, Jets 1: Goalie John Gibson earned his fourth successive victory and stopped 19 shots as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 in front of 17,174 at the Honda Center. Right-winger Corey Perry scored his team-leading 14th goal while left winger Rickard Rakell added a goal and an assist for the Ducks (16-15-7), who have won four of their past five. The Jets (18-19-2) suffered their 13th defeat in 15 road games. — Agencies