OTTAWA, Ontario — Travis Hamonic and John Tavares each had a goal and an assist in the third period and the New York Islanders defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-2 Friday night.
Hamonic beat Andrew Hammond with a slap shot at 2:58 of the third to give New York a 3-2 lead and Tavares slipped a backhand past Hammond at 7:03 for some insurance.
Kyle Okposo scored on a bank shot off the backside of Ottawa defenseman Jared Cowen to finish the scoring.
Nick Leddy and Cal Clutterbuck also scored for the Islanders while Jaroslav Halak made 28 saves for the win.
Bobby Ryan and Erik Karlsson had goals for the Senators, who were coming off a five-game, 12-day road trip. Hammond had 29 saves.
The Islanders had the only three power plays and the only goal of the first period.
Ottawa killed the second and third penalties, but the first lasted just 19 seconds after New York scored.
With Erik Karlsson in the box for holding, Leddy took a drop pass from Frans Nielsen and took a one-timer from the slot that beat Hammond stick side at 3:49.
The Senators got their first power just three seconds into the second when Matt Martin tripped Ryan off the period-opening faceoff.
Ottawa failed to score with the man advantage, but just two seconds after it ended, Ryan tied the game with a snap shot from the face-off circle.
The Senators took a 2-1 lead at 10:51 when Karlsson sneaked in from the point and beat Halak off a pass from behind the net by Curtis Lazar.
The jubilation was short lived. Just 19 seconds later, Clutterback evened the score as Karlsson’s goal was still being announced.
Rangers 4, Hurricanes 1: J.T. Miller scored twice in the second period as the New York Rangers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 at PNC Arena.
Defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Keith Yandle also scored for the Rangers (26-16-5), who have won three of their last four games.
Red Wings 3, Sabres 0: Dylan Larkin scored with 7:59 remaining and goalie Petr Mrazek made 19 saves to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Henrik Zetterberg scored twice for the Red Wings (24-15-8), who had lost two in a row. It was Mrazek’s third shutout of the season and the eighth of his career.
Panthers 4, Blackhawks 0: The Florida Panthers broke a four-game losing streak by defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 at the BB&T Center.
Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo earned the win, beating Chicago backup Scott Darling. It was Luongo’s 71st career shutout, breaking a tie for 11th place in NHL history.
Avalanche 2, Blues 1 (SO): Goaltender Semyon Varlamov had 33 saves through overtime and stopped three more in the shootout, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1.
Nathan MacKinnon had the tying goal in the final minute of regulation and Gabriel Landeskog had the only score in the shootout. — Agencies
