UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Sidney Crosby scored the tying goal in the third period and then won it with a brilliant individual effort 3:44 into overtime as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Crosby, who tied it with a power-play goal with 12:00 left in regulation, stole the puck from Thomas Vanek just outside the New York blue line, streaked down the middle between two defenseman and jammed a backhander past Anders Nilsson for his 15th goal.
Nilsson was the hard-luck loser in overtime for the second straight game. New York, which has dropped seven straight (0-5-2), gave up the lead late to Washington on Saturday.
Evgeni Malkin assisted on power-play goals by James Neal and Crosby to back Marc-Andre Fleury, who made 21 saves.
Kyle Okposo scored twice in the first period for the Islanders, who are third from the bottom in the East.
STARS 4, BLACKHAWKS 3
CHICAGO (AP) - Kari Lehtonen had a season-high 47 saves, Antoine Roussel converted a penalty shot in the third period and the Stars snapped the Blackhawks' six-game winning streak.
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who had dropped four of five, including consecutive shootout losses at home in their previous two games. Alex Chiasson and Erik Cole also scored.
Patrick Sharp scored his 200th goal with Chicago.
The Stars appeared to be headed for a heartbreaking collapse before Roussel skated in on Corey Crawford and was awarded a penalty shot after Niklas Hjalmarsson hacked away at him with his stick.
Roussel then beat Crawford with a backhander into the upper right corner at 3:01.
SHARKS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2
TORONTO (AP) - Mike Brown had a goal against his former team and Joe Thornton scored on a 5-on-3 power play, leading the Sharks to their sixth straight win.
Brad Stuart and Logan Couture scored for the Sharks, winners of nine of 10. Phil Kessel netted his 200th career goal and Mason Raymond also scored in Toronto's fifth straight loss.
BLUE JACKETS 1, LIGHTNING 0
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Nick Foligno scored a highlight-reel goal in the second period and Sergei Bobrovsky and Curtis McElhinney made it stand up as the Blue Jackets beat Lightning.
Bobrovsky, winner of the Vezina Trophy last year as the NHL's top goalie, stopped all 18 shots before he left with an unspecified injury 4:13 into the third period. He was replaced by McElhinney, who made the last eight saves.
Tampa Bay's Valterri Filppula's shot just slid past the corner of the goal as time expired and the Lightning were shut out for the second game in a row. They have lost their last five road games.
HURRICANES 4, CAPITALS 1
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jeff Skinner had two goals and an assist, Justin Peters stopped 26 shots and the Hurricanes cruised past the Capitals.
Andrej Sekera and Jiri Tlusty also scored for the Hurricanes, who had lost two straight and six of eight before bouncing back to equal their most lopsided victory of the season.
Skinner's two goals and three points both tied career highs.
A power-play goal by Mike Green at 6:39 of the third period ruined Peters' bid for his fourth career shutout. Two of the goaltender's three NHL shutouts are against the Capitals.
SENATORS 4, PANTHERS 2
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Colin Greening scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Craig Anderson stopped 30 shots, leading Ottawa over the Panthers.
Bobby Ryan, Erik Condra and Joe Corvo also scored for the Senators.
Jonathan Huberdeau and Brian Campbell scored goals for Florida and Tim Thomas stopped 41 shots.
Ottawa won for the 13th time in its last 15 games against the Panthers. Florida remains winless in the Atlantic Division (0-6-1) this season.
CANUCKS 3, PREDATORS 1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ryan Kesler scored a pair of third period goals, leading the Canucks to a victory over Nashville.
Brad Richardson also scored for Vancouver, which has won three of four.
Colin Wilson scored for Nashville, losers of three straight.
On the same day he was picked as the NHL's Rookie of the Month for November, Nashville goalie Marek Mazanec made his 11th straight start in goal for the Predators. He had 30 saves.
KINGS 3, DUCKS 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Martin Jones made 26 saves and stopped all nine shootout attempts to win his NHL debut, and Dwight King scored the only shootout goal in the Los Angeles Kings' victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
Jonas Hiller made a season-high 49 saves and stopped Los Angeles' first eight shootout attempts, but King scored on a wrist shot before Jones stopped Mathieu Perreault to end the first Freeway Faceoff of the season.
Jeff Carter and captain Dustin Brown scored for the Kings, who have earned a point in 13 of their last 14 games.
Corey Perry and captain Ryan Getzlaf scored for the Ducks, still the only NHL team that hasn't lost in regulation at home. Anaheim is 10-0-2 at Honda Center.
COYOTES 6, OILERS 2
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Mike Ribeiro and Mikkel Boedker each had a goal and two assists as the Phoenix Coyotes started off a four-game road trip with a victory over Edmonton.
Radim Vrbata, Shane Doan, Keith Yandle and David Moss also scored for the Coyotes, who had lost four of their previous five games.
David Perron scored twice for the Oilers, who dropped to 3-9-0 on home ice this season.