PHILADELPHIA Evgeni Nabokov made 40 saves and the New York Islanders snapped a 13-game losing streak in Philadelphia with a 4-1 victory over the Flyers on Thursday night.
Josh Bailey, Matt Moulson, Mark Streit and Michael Grabner scored to help the Islanders also break an eight-game losing streak against Philadelphia, which had won 23 of its previous 24 games against the Islanders.
The victory was the Islanders' third in their last four games, and it marked the first time New York won in Philadelphia since April 7, 2007, a 4-2 victory.
Matt Read scored for Philadelphia.
The Islanders outplayed Philadelphia throughout most of the game, beating the Flyers to loose pucks and using smart passing that created three breakaway opportunities. One came short-handed, when Bailey took a loose puck at mid-ice and came barreling in on goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.
Bailey's fourth goal of the season came on a nifty move by coaxing Bobrovsky forward, then lifting a backhander over the goalie's left shoulder to give New York a 2-0 at 12:58 into the second period.
Moulson beat Bobrovsky, who was 7-0 lifetime against the Islanders, for the first goal of the game 28 seconds into the second period. It was Moulson's 22nd goal this season, made possible from an assist by John Tavares.
Streit added some cushion to the Islanders' victory with a third-period power-play goal, his third this season. Grabner added an empty-net goal.
Bruins 4, Devils 1: Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell scored in a 35-second span in a four-goal third period that carried visiting Boston past New Jersey.
Defenseman Andrew Ference tied it at 3:01 of the period and Horton and Campbell put the Bruins ahead for good as they beat New Jersey for the third time in three games this season. Chris Kelly had an empty-net goal.
Tim Thomas made 30 saves as Boston snapped the Devils' three-game winning streak with the three-goal outburst in the 4:44 span. Petr Sykora scored for the Devils.
Penguins 4, Rangers 1: Richard Park scored the go-ahead goal 2:23 into the third period, Evgeni Malkin padded the lead with two, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves in Pittsburgh's victory over host New York.
Malkin has 24 goals this season, including seven in four games.
Fleury played in his 19th straight game for the Penguins, who have won four in a row following a six-game streak. Chris Kunitz also scored for Pittsburgh. Carl Hagelin scored for New York.
Maple Leafs 4, Wild 1: Phil Kessel scored his team-leading 25th goal, and Joffrey Lupul had three assists to lead host Toronto past Minnesota.
Nazem Kadri, Joey Crabb and Mikhail Grabovski also scored to help Toronto snap a three-game losing streak.
Jonas Gustavsson made 20 saves, allowing only Nick Johnson's late goal.
Predators 3, Blue Jackets 0: Pekka Rinne made 38 saves - 18 in the third period - for his fourth shutout of the season, and Martin Erat had a goal and an assist in a 2:03 span in the second period for visiting Nashville.
Mike Fisher scored on a power play, and Shea Weber had a long short-handed goal into an empty net.
Columbus fell to 2-3 under interim coach Todd Richards.
Around The League
Nashville: The Predators' $10 tickets on game day are proving so popular that team officials are changing how those tickets get sold on Saturdays.
Predators President Sean Henry said Thursday they made the switch for the convenience of fans after seeing some camp out overnight. Henry says the switch gives everyone who comes down a chance at the toughest ticket in town.
The team will start Saturday handing out raffle tickets 30 minutes before the box office opens to those 12 and older in line for the 100 $10 tickets to that night's game with the first 25 fans chosen getting the chance to buy up to four tickets each.
Tickets to Predators' games can range from $26 to $378.
Associated Press