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NHL roundup: Brock Nelson’s OT goal lifts Islanders past Maple Leafs 6-5

New York Islanders center Brock Nelson celebrates his game-winning goal in overtime of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, in New York, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (Kathy Willens / Associated Press)
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Brock Nelson’s second goal of the game at 2:42 of overtime lifted the New York Islanders to a 6-5 victory over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.

Trailing 5-4 late in the third period, the Islanders pulled goalie Thomas Greiss and tied it on Andrew Ladd’s deflection with 1:29 left.

Josh Bailey had a goal and two assists, Ryan Strome a goal and an assist, and Nikolay Kulemin also scored for the Islanders. New York stopped a two-game skid and improved to 6-0-2 in its last eight at home.

On the winning goal, Nelson got a pass from Bailey and beat Toronto goalie Frederik Andersen on the blocker side. That gave the Islanders their first win this season in a game they trailed after two periods (1-12-2).

Auston Matthews, Mitchell Marner, Nikita Soshnikov, Zach Hyman and William Nylander scored for Toronto, which finished 2-4-0 on a season-high six-game trip. Morgan Rielly had three assists and Nikita Zaitsev added two.

New Jersey 2, Buffalo 1: Pavel Zacha scored on a power play with 7:27 remaining, and the Devils snapped a seven-game home losing streak with a victory over the Sabres in Newark, New Jersey.

Adam Henrique also scored a power-play goal, Mike Cammalleri had two assists and Cory Schneider made 22 saves as the Devils won at the Prudential Center for the first time since Jan. 2. New Jersey is 3-0-1 since the All-Star break.

Tyler Ennis scored for the Sabres, and Robin Lehner made 37 saves.

St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 0: Kenny Agostino scored his first goal in almost three years, Carter Hutton had 26 saves and the Blues beat the Flyers in Philadelphia.

Paul Stastny also scored for St. Louis, which won for the second time in three games after coach Mike Yeo replaced Ken Hitchcock on Feb. 1, following a 1-5-0 stretch. Hutton, who allowed 13 goals in his three previous appearances, posted his first shutout since Jan. 24 and No. 3 on the season.

Michal Neuvirth made 14 stops for Philadelphia, which lost for the third time in four games.