NHL roundup: Islanders earn shootout victory

Mike Sillinger scored twice in regulation and added another in the shoot-out, leading the New York Islanders to a 5-4 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday night in Calgary, Alberta.

Tied 4-all after a back-and-forth, free-flowing opening 40 minutes, neither team could break through for a goal in the third period or overtime.

In the shootout, Kristian Huselius led off and scored to put the Flames ahead 1-0. Sillinger answered back with a goal. Rick DiPietro stopped Jarome Iginla, then Richard Park scored on a deke to put the Islanders up. DiPietro ended it with a save on Owen Nolan’s shot.

Coyotes 4, Canucks 3: At Vancouver, British Columbia, Keith Yandle and Ed Jovanovski scored 16 seconds apart on two-man advantages in the second period as Phoenix beat the Canucks.

Blue Jackets 6, Blues 4: At Columbus, Ohio, Nikolai Zherdev scored twice in the last 6 minutes – one on a highlight-reel move that provided the go-ahead goal – and the Blue Jackets got some payback for a bad loss three days earlier, beating St. Louis.

“Blues forward Mike Johnson has a torn labrum and will undergo season-ending surgery on his left shoulder.

Wild 5, Blackhawks 2: At Chicago, Josh Harding made 41 saves, Marian Gaborik scored two goals and Minnesota handed the Blackhawks their eighth straight loss.

Matt Foy, Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Mark Parrish also scored for Minnesota, which won its second straight despite being outshot 43-16.