SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jean-Gabriel Pageau had a goal and two assists, Ilya Sorokin stopped 38 shots and the New York Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Saturday night. Anders Lee, Anthony Duclair and Adam Boqvist also scored for the Islanders, who have won four of their last five games. Lee and Boqvist scored about 2 1/2 minutes …
NEW YORK — Jean Gabriel-Pageau had a goal and two assists, Bo Horvat snapped a 13-game scoring drought and the New York Islanders beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday. Maxim Tsyplakov had a goal and an assist, and Oliver Wahlstrom also scored to help the Islanders snap a two-game skid and win for the second time in seven games. …
The competitiveness of the Pacific Division represents a challenge for its five teams in the thick of the playoff hunt. Since we probably shouldn’t limit ourselves, it’s worth noting that while Adam Larsson seems to be coming around after a rough start he still has some of the team’s worst actual and expected goal differential totals over Edmonton’s last 10 …
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mike Reilly scored the go-ahead goal 8:48 into the third period, and the Ottawa Senators snapped a seven-game road skid with a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. And it came some seven minutes after he briefly left the game with a right leg injury after being up-ended from behind by Buffalo’s Kyle Okposo. …
