Islanders forward John Tavares is a first-time NHL All-Star, and he can thank the Carolina Hurricanes for being a big part of his success. In the first game since the All-Star break, Tavares had two goals and two assists in the NY Islanders' 5-2 victory over the Hurricanes Tuesday. Tavares has 9 of his 53 points this season against Carolina. Tavares scored the winner at 7 minutes 36 seconds of the third period and later added the second of the Islanders' two empty-netters. Tavares has 22 goals for the Islanders, who snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 6-3-1 in their last 10 games. P. A. Parenteau and Matt Moulson scored power-play goals to give the Islanders a 2-0 lead after two periods. Carolina had not allowed a power-play goal in its previous eight games. Pittsbugh 5, Toronto 4: Evgeni Malkin tied the game with six seconds left in regulation and then scored the lone shootout goal to lift Pittsburgh. Malkin's 27th goal capped a third-period rally by the Penguins, who trailed by three goals with 13 minutes to play. Malkin later flipped a wrist shot past Jonas Gustavsson in the second round of the shootout to extend Pittsburgh's winning streak to eight games. Bruins 4, Senators 3: Dennis Seidenberg scored the tiebreaking goal on a slap shot from center ice to rally host Boston, which fell behind by 3-1 while being dominated in the second period. Predators 5, Wild 4: Mike Fisher scored two of Nashville's three goals in the last three and a half minutes and the visiting Predators stunned Minnesota for their fifth straight victory. Lightning 4, Capitals 3: Steven Stamkos scored his NHL-leading 33rd goal at 2:45 of overtime for host Tampa Bay. Ducks 4, Coyotes 1: Andrew Cogliano scored three straight goals in the second period for visiting Anaheim. Other results: Buffalo 3, Montreal 1; Winnipeg 2, Philadelphia 1; Detroit 3, Calgary 1; New Jersey 4, NY Rangers 3 (SO); Edmonton 3, Colorado 2; Vancouver 3, Chicago 2 (SO); San Jose 6, Columbus 0.
