Casey Cizikas and Anders Lee each scored twice and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday night.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anthony Duclair also scored, and Mathew Barzal and Alexander Romanov each had two assists for New York, which had lost three of four. Ilya Sorokin finished with 22 saves.

Michael Bunting, Noel Acciari and Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins, who were 4-1-1 in their previous six games. Tristan Jarry made 28 saves.

New York scored three-goals during a 4-minute stretch in the second period to take the lead.

Duclair put the Islanders ahead for good at 5:39. Lee made it 3-1 at 8:36 as his shot from the left side was stopped by Penguins defenseman Kris Letang behind a sprawled Jarry, but Letang then knocked the puck in. Cizikas scored 1:03 later on a deflection.

Acciari scored with 6:11 remaining in the second and Rakell made it 4-3 with 4 seconds left in the period.

Cizikas converted a breakaway with 5:17 left and Lee had an empty-netter in the final minute.

Pageau got the Islanders on the scoreboard with 5:13 left In the first period, and Bunting tied it 1:16 later for his 200th career point (86 goals, 114 assists).

TAKEAWAYS

Islanders: New York’s penalty kill was 3 for 4 after coming in a league-worst 64.4% at home.

Penguins: Pittsburgh squandered a chance to pass Ottawa for the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference after the Senators lost at Winnipeg. The Penguins remained one point behind.

KEY MOMENT

Rakell redirected Matt Grzelcyk’s shot in the closing seconds of the middle frame to pull the Penguins within one.

KEY STAT

Sidney Crosby initially was credited with a secondary assist on Bunting’s power-play goal in the first period, which would have given him No. 1,034 for his career to pass Mario Lemieux for the franchise record. However, that was later taken away.

UP NEXT

Penguins and Islanders complete a home-and-home in Pittsburgh on Sunday.

Maxim Tsyplakov, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Mathew Barzal also scored and Ilya Sorokin stopped 27 shots to help end a two-game losing streak. Alexander Romanov, Simon Holmstrom and Anders Lee each had two assists.

William Nylander scored twice and Bobby McMann added a goal for Toronto, coming of f a 6-3 victory in Buffalo on Friday night. The Maple Leafs were without captain Auston Matthews after he took a cross-check to the back late against the Sabres.

Joseph Woll allowed goals on two of the Islanders’ first three attempts on target. He finished with 28 saves. Toronto had won three straight.

TAKEAWAYS

Islanders: New York has five won straight against Toronto.

Maple Leafs: Toronto is 7-3-0 this season without Matthews.

KEY MOMENT

Tsyplakov scored on New York’s first shot at 1:49 of the opening period, and Horvat doubled that lead at 4:48.

UP NEXT

Both teams are back in action Monday night. The Islanders will host Buffalo, and the Maple Leafs will entertain Winnipeg.

Pyotr Kochetkov made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 4-0 on Tuesday night.

Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist, while Andrei Svechnikov, Jordan Martinook and Tyson Jost also scored. Shayne Gostisbehere provided two assists.

The Hurricanes won back-to-back games for the first time since Nov. 25 and 27.

With the loss, the Islanders have their second three-game stretch of the season without a point. Goalie Ilya Sorokin was pulled after allowing four goals on 23 shots through two periods, with Marcus Hogberg finishing with six saves in the third.

Kochetkov stopped 13 first-period shots, but faced only nine in the third to pick up his ninth career shutout. Carolina needed only one penalty kill in the team’s second shutout of the season.

Takeaways

Islanders: They’ve been shut out five times this season, but this was the first time since October. Allowing 13 goals across the past three games might be a bigger concern.

Hurricanes: They finished a 3-1-0 homestand with signs that a slump with four losses in a five-game stretch beginning in late November might have come and gone. They avenged a 4-3 loss Dec. 7 at New York.

Key moment
The Hurricanes scored twice in a stretch of less than three minutes early in the first period, pushing their first-period goals total to 34 across their 31 games.

Key stat
Three of Svechnikov’s 12 goals this season have come on power plays vs. the Islanders.

Up Next
The Hurricanes go to Washington on Thursday night, while the Islanders complete a three-game road stretch Saturday at Toronto.

Simon Holmstrom had a goal and two assists, Noah Dobson had a goal and an assist, and the New York Islanders held on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 on Thursday night.

Dennis Cholowski, Bo Horvat, and Max Tsyplakov also scored for New York, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau had three assists. Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves as the Islanders improved to 3-2-1 in their last six games.

Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice, Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist, and T.J. Brodie also scored for Chicago, which has lost six of seven. Arvid Soderblom made 14 saves for Chicago before he was replaced by Drew Commesso, making his NHL debut, at 7:58 of the third period. Commesso finished with two saves,

Holmstrom gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead with 5:54 left in the second period, and Dobson, Horvat, and Tsyplakov each scored in a 2:17 span early in the third period to push the lead to 5-1.

Brodie pulled the Blackhawks to 5-2 with just under 9 minutes remaining, and Bertuzzi scored twice a minute apart to make it a one-goal game with 1:10 to go.

TAKEAWAYS

Islanders: New York continued experimenting with its forward combinations throughout the game, searching for better chemistry. Reinforcements could arrive soon as Mathew Barzal and Anthony Duclair practiced in regular jerseys before the game.

Blackhawks: Chicago’s penalty kill, ranked sixth in the NHL, shut down the Islanders’ three power-play opportunities.

KEY MOMENT

Islanders coach Patrick Roy gathered his team during a second-period television timeout and delivered a passionate speech. New York responded with four straight goals, putting the game out of reach.

KEY STAT

New York gave up another power-play goal, dropping its penalty kill to 15 for 29 at home this season.

UP NEXT

Blackhawks visit New Jersey on Saturday to finish a three-game trip, and Islanders visit Chicago on Sunday to open a three-game trip.

Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala scored, Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves and the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight win.

The Kings started a seven-game road trip, their longest of the season, with a strong performance. Mikey Anderson added an empty-net goal as Los Angeles improved to 17-8-3 with its eighth victory in 10 games.

Anders Lee scored for the Islanders, who won their previous two.

Kempe opened the scoring at 13:51 of the first period with his 14th goal. Kings captain Anze Kopitar, playing his 1,401st career game, assisted along with Trevor Moore.

The 37-year-old Kopitar leads the Kings with 32 points, including eight goals.

Fiala increased the lead, beating Islanders netminder Ilya Sorokin with his 10th goal at 3:09 of the second.

Lee, the Islanders captain, narrowed the deficit with his team-leading 13th goal at 9:47.

Sorokin finished with 27 saves.

New York won at Ottawa on Sunday after edging Carolina 4-3 on home ice last Saturday.

The Kings were coming off home wins over Ottawa, Dallas and Minnesota.

TAKEAWAYS

Kings: Kuemper, who helped the Colorado Avalanche win the Stanley Cup in 2022, improved to 6-2-3 this season.

Islanders: Fell to 5-7-2 at UBS Arena. They are 6-5-5 on the road.

KEY MOMENT

Kuemper stopped Jean-Gabriel Pageau’s shot from the high slot with 2:37 left in the third. He also denied Simon Holmstrom on the power play with just under eight minutes remaining to preserve a one-goal lead.

KEY STATS

Lee has 273 career goals, moving him past former Islanders captain John Tavares into eighth place on the franchise list. … The Islanders have outscored opponents 50-42 in the first and second periods but have been outscored 47-26 in the third period and overtime.

UP NEXT

Kings: Visit the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.

Islanders: Host the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.

Vince Dunn had a goal and two assists, Joey Daccord stopped 27 shots, and the Seattle Kraken beat the New York Islanders 5-2 on Thursday night.

Tye Kartye, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Shane Wright and Jaden Schwartz also scored for the Kraken, who have won two straight.

Noah Dobson and Maxim Tysplakov scored in the third period for New York. Ilya Sorokin made nine saves on 13 shots through two periods as the Islanders lost for the eighth time in 10 games (2-5-3). Marcus Hogberg made his season debut when he replaced Sorokin to begin the third period and made 10 saves in relief.

Karte redirected Dunn’s shot past Sorokin to give the Kraken a lead less than 3 minutes into the game. Bjorkstrand extended his point streak to seven-games with a power-play goal late in the first period to make it 2-0.

Dunn and Wright scored in the second period to push the lead to 4-0.

Dobson got the Islanders on the scoreboard with with 8:03 remaining, and Tsyplakov pulled them within two 3:40 later. spoiled Daccord’s shutout bid at 11:57 of the third period.

Schwartz had an empty-netter with 3:40 to go.

TAKEAWAYS

Kraken: Seattle is 8-1-0 when scoring four or more goals.

Islanders: New York went 0 for 2 on the penalty kill, falling to 12 for 23 on home ice this season.

KEY MOMENT

Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield was whistled for delay of game late in the first period and the Kraken capitalized on the power play to expand their lead to two goals.

KEY STAT

Kraken forward Brandon Tanev skated in his 500th career game Thursday. Tanev was an inaugural player for Seattle after the team selected him in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.

UP NEXT

Kraken visit the New York Rangers on Sunday, and Islanders host Carolina on Saturday.

Laine, playing his first regular-season game in nearly a year, opened the scoring on the power play 7:23 into the second period.

Suzuki scored at 2:39 of overtime, following up his own rebound. Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots.

Anders Lee scored for New York, which lost for the fourth time in its last five games. Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves.

Laine missed the first 24 games of the regular season after sustaining a left knee sprain during preseason play against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sept. 28.

Laine, who the Canadiens acquired before the season, hadn’t played since last Dec. 14 with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

TAKEAWAYS

Islanders: The Islanders continued to struggle with the man advantage, going 0 for 3. New York entered the game with the league’s second-worst power play at 12.9%.

Canadiens: Laine finished with one goal, two shots and two hits in 17 minutes, 27 seconds. He skated on the Canadiens’ second line with Kirby Dach and Juraj Slafkovsky and started on Montreal’s top power-play unit, which went 1 for 2.

KEY MOMENT

Laine received the puck and had all the time in the world to turn and pick his spot on Sorokin. He pumped his fists as teammates swarmed him.

KEY STAT

355 — The number of days since Laine’s last regular-season game. Laine scored a goal against the Maple Leafs but broke his clavicle. He later entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Jan. 28 to prioritize his mental health and was cleared to return on July 26, three weeks before his trade to Montreal.

UP NEXT

The Canadiens play host to the Nashville Predators on Thursday night and the Islanders return home to play the Seattle Kraken.

Pavel Zacha and Brad Marchand each scored twice and Jonas Korpisalo made 21 saves as the Boston Bruins defeated the New York Islanders 6-3 on Wednesday night.

Zacha’s tip-in at 10:48 of the third period snapped a 3-all tie. Zacha scored again, his fifth of the season, at 13:23 to give the Bruins a two-goal lead.

Morgan Geekie and Nikita Zadorov also scored for Boston, which was coming off a 2-0 home loss to Vancouver on Tuesday night. David Pastrnak and Elias Lindholm each had three assists.

Brock Nelson scored twice and added an assist for the Islanders, who lost their second straight. They are 1-4-1 in their last six games. Maxim Tsyplakov also scored for New York.

Geekie put Boston ahead 3-2 at 11:59 of the second but Nelson tied it with eight seconds left in the period.

Marchand scored 57 seconds into the game, rifling the puck past goaltender Ilya Sorokin. Marchand increased the lead at 6:31, knocking in his eighth of the season.

Tsyplakov scored at 12:50 of the first before Nelson tied it at 8:52 of the second.

Zadorov’s empty-net goal at 17:58 completed the scoring.

Sorokin made 15 saves for the Islanders.

TAKEAWAYS

Bruins: Boston is 3-1-0 since interim coach Joe Sacco replaced Jim Montgomery behind the bench on Nov. 19.

Islanders: New York is 3-5-2 at UBS Arena and 5-5-3 on the road.

KEY MOMENT

Zacha’s go-ahead goal midway through the third period gave Boston its third lead of a see-saw game.

KEY STATS

Marchand has 409 career goals, fourth on the Bruins list behind Johnny Bucyk (545), Phil Esposito (459) and Patrice Bergeron (427).

The Islanders have been outscored 40-21 in the third period and overtime. The 36 goals they have allowed in the third period are the most in the NHL.

UP NEXT

Bruins: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.

Islanders: Visit the Washington Capitals on Friday.

Lucas Raymond scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat the New York Islanders 4-2 on Monday night.

Dylan Larkin and Moritz Seider also scored for Detroit, while Alex Lyon finished with 28 saves. Simon Edvinsson added an empty-netter in the final minute.

Anders Lee and Kyle Palmieri scored for New York, which led 2-1 after two periods. Semyon Varlamov made 17 saves as the Islanders lost for the fourth time in their last five games (1-3-1).

Larkin corralled a puck outside the crease and fired a wrist shot past Varlamov while spinning around to even the score at 2-2 midway through the third period.

Raymond put the Red Wings ahead when he deflected Edvinsson’s shot past Varlamov 2:33 after Larkin’s goal.

Palmieri scored his team-leading 10th of the season which gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead at 7:42 of the second period.

TAKEAWAYS

Red Wings: Seider snapped a 16-game goalless drought in the second period. Detroit signed the defenseman to a seven-year, $59.85 million contract in September, which has an average annual value of $8.55 million.

Islanders: New York failed to protect a third-period lead for the fourth time in five games.

KEY MOMENT

Red Wings forward Christian Fischer blocked Noah Dobson’s slap shot while the Islanders had an extra attacker on the ice in the final minute as Detroit protected its 3-2 lead. The Islanders pulled their goalie for the extra attacker for the final three minutes but failed to score.

KEY STAT

The Islanders entered the game with a penalty kill operating below 50% on home ice, but did not surrender a power-play goal in three opportunities Monday. Detroit came into the game with a top-10 power-play unit.

UP NEXT

The Red Wings host the Calgary Flames and the Islanders play host to the Boston Bruins, both on Wednesday night.

Jamie Oleksiak scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:13 left, and the Seattle Kraken beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.

Yanni Gourde and Jared McCann also scored for Seattle, and Brandon Tanev had two assists. Joey Daccord stopped 22 shots.

Brock Nelson and Pierre Engvall scored for the Islanders, who had earned a point in five straight games (3-0-2). Ilya Sorokin finished with 24 saves.

Gourde put Seattle ahead with his first goal of the season at 8:10 of the first period, but Engvall tied it with 6:22 left.

After a scoreless second period, Nelson tapped gave New York the lead at 4:49 of the third, but McCann tied it again less than a minute later with his team-high ninth goal of the season.

Takeaways

Kraken: McCann’s goal continued his torrid November for the Kraken. McCann has seven points in his past five games dating back to Nov. 5th, with four goals and three assists in that stretch.

Islanders: The Islanders rank 25th in the league in goals per game, and have yet to win a game this season when scoring fewer than four goals.

Key moment

Nelson’s third period goal could’ve been a backbreaker, as the Kraken hadn’t done much on offense since the first period. However, McCann quickly responded with a goal of his own and the Kraken never looked back.

Key stat

The Kraken are outscoring opponents 15-8 during their four-game win streak.

Up Next

Islanders play at Calgary on Tuesday, while Kraken host the New York Rangers on Sunday.