NHL ROUNDUP : Islanders Win in Pittsburgh, 4-3

The Pittsburgh Penguins go for broke on the power play, and occasionally they get busted.

Patrick Flatley scored two short-handed goals during the second period and the New York Islanders scored their fourth consecutive victory, 4-3, at Pittsburgh on Saturday night, the Penguins’ second home loss in only 17 games.

“It was the same thing both times,” Flatley said. “They shot the puck wide and it wrapped around the boards.

“They were sniffing around our net pretty good. They had four guys up and only one guy back, so we had some room. Benny Hogue made a couple of great passes and we had plenty of time on both of them.”

Flatley broke a 1-1 tie on a two-on-one break at 4:23 of the second period and scored on a similar situation at 19:19.

The Penguins have given up 11 short-handed goals this season, tied with San Jose for most in the league. They have given up five short-handed goals in their last eight games. It’s a byproduct of their explosive power play, which leads the NHL with 52 goals.

Goalie Danny Lorenz posted his first NHL victory for the Islanders, who lost three previous games this season against the Penguins. Pittsburgh, 9-2-1 in its last 12 games against New York, is 13-2-2 at home. The Penguins’ only other home loss was to the New York Rangers, 11-3, on Nov. 25.

Jaromir Jagr scored twice for Pittsburgh.

Philadelphia 3, Chicago 1--Tommy Soderstrom turned away 27 of 28 shots in his second NHL start and the Flyers ended a six-game losing streak by beating the Blackhawks at Philadelphia.

Eric Lindros got an assist for the Flyers in his return from a 27-day, nine-game layoff while he recovered from a sprained left knee.

Mark Recchi scored two goals for Philadelphia, one into an empty net with seven seconds remaining.

N.Y. Rangers 4, Hartford 4--Sean Burke made three saves in overtime, including a spectacular left pad save against the Rangers’ Mike Gartner with 24 seconds to play, as the Whalers got a tie at Hartford.

Gartner scored his 556th goal, tying former Boston Bruin John Bucyk for eighth on the NHL’s all-time list.

Hartford made the score 4-4 on Pat Verbeek’s goal with 41 seconds left in the second period.

Boston 4, Washington 3--With three Bruin defensemen sidelined, Andy Moog made 27 saves in one of his strongest performances of the season to lead Boston past the Capitals at Boston.

Dave Reid’s goal broke a 2-2 tie with 4:28 gone in the third period and Gord Murphy made the score 4-2 three minutes later on a power-play goal as the Bruins ended a three-game losing streak.

Montreal 4, Buffalo 2--Brian Bellows and Mathieu Schneider scored during the first period and the Canadiens beat the Sabres at Montreal to extend their Adams Division lead to six points.

Alexander Mogilny scored his 24th goal for the Sabres.

Toronto 5, Ottawa 1--Mike Krushelnyski scored twice at Toronto and the Maple Leafs handed the Senators their 17th road defeat without a victory.

Krushelnyski, Wendel Clark and Dave McLlwain scored to give Toronto a 3-0 lead during the first period.

Winnipeg 1, St. Louis 0--Bob Essensa made 33 saves in his first shutout of the season as the Jets beat the Blues at St. Louis for the first time in 10 years.

Thomas Steen scored at 3:31 of the third period to give the Jets their first victory in St. Louis since Dec. 14, 1982. They had been 0-7-7 at St. Louis since.

Minnesota 3, Detroit 3--The North Stars killed off all seven Red Wing power plays and Derian Hatcher provided the tying goal at 13:47 of the third period at Bloomington, Minn.

The North Stars improved their penalty-killing percentage to .873.

Vancouver 6, San Jose 3--The Sharks lost their 11th consecutive game as Geoff Courtnall had two goals and an assist to lift the Canucks at Daly City, Calif.

The victory completed a home-and-home rout for the Canucks, who beat the Sharks, 8-1, in Vancouver on Friday night.