NEW YORK (AP) - Charlie McAvoy and fellow defenseman Derek Forbort scored in the second period, and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Wednesday night.
Brad Marchand and Trent Frederic also scored for Boston, and Charlie Coyle had two assists. Linus Ullmark made 25 saves in his 100th career win, improving to 24-2-1 on the season.
The Bruins (35-5-4) earned their third straight victory. The NHL's only 30-win team improved to 7-1-0 in 2023.
Zach Parise scored and Semyon Varlamov stopped 20 shots for the Islanders, who lost for the sixth time in seven games (1-4-2) and completed a season-high five-game homestand at 1-2-2.
SENATORS 5, PENGUINS 4, OT
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Brady Tkachuk scored 25 seconds into overtime and Ottawa beat Pittsburgh.
Alex DeBrincat, Tim Stutzle, Drake Batherson and Shane Pinto also scored for the Seantors (20-21-3), who went 4 for 9 on the power play. Tkachuk also had three assists, and Cam Talbot stopped 16 shots.
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists for the Penguins (22-15-7), and Sidney Crosby had three assists. Jason Zucker, Mark Friedman and Rickard Rakell also scored, and Casey DeSmith made 35 saves.
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