Islanders, Predators, And Rangers All Win To Start Monday's Action

Sidney Crosby scored on the power play 3:07 into overtime after Michael Rupp netted the equalizer late in the third, as the Penguins cooled off the Florida Panthers in a 3-2 victory.

Milan Lucic’s score late in the second period proved to be the winner, as Boston doubled up St. Louis 4-2. Mark Recchi, Blake Wheeler and Marco Sturm also tallied for the Bruins, who have won three in a row. Patrice Bergeron assisted on all four goals, while Tuukka Rask got the win with 29 stops.

Marty Turco stopped 22 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Dallas Stars topped the Carolina Hurricanes, 2-0, at American Airlines Center. Brad Richards had a goal and an assist while Jamie Benn scored the other goal for the Stars, who have won three of their last four.

David Jones scored two goals to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at Pepsi Center. Cody McLeod, Paul Stastny and Scott Hannan also scored for Colorado, which nearly blew a three-goal lead in the third period but held on to halt a two- game skid.

Jeff Deslauriers made 36 saves for his first career shutout to help the Edmonton Oilers take a 4-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes. Sheldon Souray had a goal and an assist for the Oilers, who had lost five of six coming into the game.

Finally, Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 41 saves in his first victory of the season despite allowing Jarome Iginla's tying goal with 18 seconds left in regulation, and Teemu Selanne scored the only shootout goal in the Anaheim Ducks' 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames.

The Islanders traveled to Toronto and took care of the Maple Leafs in overtime. Josh Bailey scored the game winning goal with 43 seconds left in the overtime period to give the Islanders a 4-3 win. Goals were scored by Tambellini, Moulson, and Bergenheim for the Islanders and Kessel, Primeau, and Hagman for the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs had their fair share of chances as they registered 61 shots on goal. Yes, 61 shots on goal.

Martin Erat was the hero for the Nashville Predators as he scores two goals against the Detroit Red Wings including the game winner. Erat had 15 minutes of ice time and 4 takeaways as well in the game. Jason Arnott got the scoring started for the Predators with a power play goal 10 minutes into the first period. Drew Miller initially gave Red Wings a 1-0 lead.

The Rangers score seven straight as they take care of business at Madison Square Garden over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Rangers came back from down 2-0 to make the score 7-2; Marion Gaborik and Sean Avery each score two in the win.

Finally, the Ottawa Senators Mike Fisher scores the game winning goal in overtime to beat the Washington Capitals. Ovechkin has a quiet game with only one assist in 21 minutes of ice time. Brian Elliott got the win for the Senators in relief for Pascal Leclaire.