NEW YORK — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves and Victor Hedman and Alex Killorn scored second-period goals to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Sunday.

Ross Colton and Mikhail Sergachev added third-period goals for the Lightning, (41-18-6), who have won two straight after a three-game losing streak. Tampa Bay moved back into second place in the Atlantic Division, one point ahead of Boston.

Iyla Sorokin made 18 saves on 20 shots in the first two periods and Semyon Varlamov stopped 12 shots in the third for the Islanders, whose lone goal was scored by Brock Nelson. New York (28-27-9) has dropped two straight.

Nelson gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead late in the first period with his career-high 31st goal. The score came with 1:46 left in the period and was the culmination of a sequence that began when Adam Pelech flipped a lob pass out of New York’s defensive zone to Nelson, who raced down the right side before beating Vasilevskiy high to the glove side.

The Lightning struck back 1:10 into the second on Hedman’s power-play goal. Tampa Bay’s cornerstone defenseman accepted a cross-ice pass from Brayden Point, then bolted past Andy Greene and scored his 18th of the season.

Killorn gave Tampa Bay the lead for good 8:37 later, finishing an odd-man rush with his 20th of the season.

PENGUINS 11, RED WINGS 2: Evgeni Malkin had his 15th career hat trick and added an assist as Pittsburgh drilled visiting Detroit.

Sidney Crosby, Kasperi Kapanen, Jeff Carter, Teddy Blueger, Danton Heinen, Brian Boyle and recently acquired Rickard Rakell also scored for the Penguins, who needed less than 30 minutes to take a 6-0 lead on their way to their first 11-goal game in nearly 30 years.

The Penguins stayed one point ahead of the New York Rangers for second place in the tight Metropolitan Division. New York visits PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday night.

RANGERS 5, SABRES 4: K’Andre Miller scored 2:02 into overtime and New York won at home.

Frank Vatrano had two goals, Alexis Lafrenière had a goal and an assist and Artemi Panarin also scored to help the Rangers win for the fifth time in their last six at home.

Rasmus Asplund, Will Butcher, Kyle Okposo and Jeff Skinner scored for Buffalo, which is 3-0-2 in its last five.

PREDATORS 5, FLYERS 4: Tanner Jeannot scored with 1:19 remaining to lead Nashville to a win at home.

Yakov Trenin had two goals, and Luke Kunin and Filip Forsberg also scored for Nashville, which snapped a two-game losing streak.

Travis Sandheim, Joel Farabee, Max Willman and James van Riemsdyk scored for the Flyers.

WILD 3, AVALANCHE 2: Kevin Fiala scored 15 seconds into overtime to give host Minnesota its sixth straight victory.

Kirill Kaprizov and Ryan Hartman also scored for Minnesota, which is the only NHL team this season with at least three six-game winning streaks. Hartman tied the game with 5:27 left in regulation.

Cam Talbot made 40 saves for Minnesota, extending his own personal winning streak to six games.

DEVILS 3, CANADIENS 2: Jack Hughes had two goals and was one of four Devils to score in a seven-round shootout as New Jersey came back after blowing a two-goal lead and beat visiting Montreal.

Jesper Bratt, Dougie Hamilton and Yegor Sharangovich also scored in the shootout, with Sharangovich getting the fourth goal.

Nico Daws sealed the shootout win, stopping Paul Byron on the Canadiens’ last attempt.

JETS 2, COYOTES 1: Mark Scheifele’s scored his second goal of the game with 9.7 seconds left in overtime, giving Winnipeg a victory over visiting Arizona.

Scheifele went in alone and beat Arizona goalie Karel Vejmelka to send the Coyotes to their fifth straight loss.

Scheifele also scored in the first period as the Jets closed out a four-game homestand with a 3-1-0 record. Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves.

Arizona’s Nick Ritchie scored a tying goal in the third period. Vejmelka stopped 38 shots.

MAPLE LEAFS 5, PANTHERS 2: John Tavares scored two power-play goals in the second period, helping Toronto win at home.

Mitch Marner set up three goals, including both of Tavares’ scores, and Morgan Rielly, Ilya Mikheyev and Auston Matthews – into an empty net with less than a second remaining – also scored for the Maple Leafs. Petr Mrazek made 33 saves as Toronto won for the second time in three games since the trade deadline.

Brandon Montour and Ryan Lomberg scored for Eastern Conference-leading Florida.

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