UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Jaroslav Halak stopped 40 shots, falling 8.1 seconds short of his second consecutive shutout of the New York Rangers, and the Islanders beat their biggest rival 4-1 on Tuesday night in their return from the NHL All- Star break.

New York has won all three meetings this season with the Rangers, taking the first two at Madison Square Garden and outscoring them 13-4 overall. Halak beat them 3-0 on Jan. 13.

Henrik Lundqvist was also sharp for the Rangers in making 34 saves.

Ducks 4, Canucks 0

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Frederik Andersen made 17 saves in his third career shutout as Anaheim defeated Vancouver.

Matt Beleskey, Kyle Palmieri, Rickard Rakell and Patrick Maroon scored for the Ducks (32-10-6), who sit atop the NHL’s overall standings. They have won six straight and eight of nine.

B-Jackets 4, Capitals 3

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cam Atkinson and Fedor Tyutin each had a goal and an assist, and Curtis McElhinney made 25 saves to lead the Blue Jackets to a win over the Capitals.

Flyers 4, Coyotes 3 (SO)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wayne Simmonds scored in regulation and got the winning goal in a shootout to lift the Flyers to a victory over the Coyotes.

After the Flyers missed on their first two shootout attempts, Simmonds beat Mike Smith for the winner.

Connor Murphy, Martin Erat and Tobias Rieder scored for the Coyotes.

R.J. Umberger and Michael Del Zotto also scored for the Flyers.

Penguins 5, Jets 3

PITTSBURGH (AP) — David Perron and Brandon Sutter scored power-play goals less than 4 minutes apart in the third period and the Penguins rallied for a win over the Jets.

Nick Spaling, Steve Downie and Patric Hornqvist also scored for the Penguins. Kris Letang had a careerhigh five assists as Pittsburgh ended a four-game losing streak despite playing without injured stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Thomas Greiss stopped 19 shots.

Hurricanes 4, Lightning 2

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Eric Staal and Justin Faulk each had a goal and an assist to lift the Hurricanes to a victory over the Lightning.

Nathan Gerbe and Jiri Tlusty also scored and Jordan Staal had two assists to help Carolina win its third straight. The Hurricanes, 7- 2-1 in their last 10, snapped the Lightning’s three-game winning streak.

Habs 3, Stars 2

MONTREAL (AP) — Carey Price stopped 40 saves for his 25th victory of the season as the Canadiens held off the Stars.

Alexei Emelin, Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher scored for Montreal.

Red Wings 5, Panthers 4

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Luke Glendening scored twice and Stephen Weiss had a goal and two assists against his former team to lift the Red Wings over the Panthers for their sixth straight victory.

Predators 4, Avalanche 3 (OT)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Craig Smith scored on a breakaway at 2:46 of overtime and the Predators beat the Avalanche.

Roman Josi, Filip Forsberg and Colin Wilson also scored for the Predators, who pushed the NHL’s best home record to 19-2-1 and tied the franchise record with their eighth straight home win.

Flyers 4, Sabres 1

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Flames rookie Johnny Gaudreau scored twice to lead Calgary past Buffalo, extending the Sabres’ team-record losing streak to 12 games.

Joe Colborne and Josh Jooris also scored to help Calgary win for the fifth time in six games.

Chris Stewart had the lone goal for Buffalo (14-31-3).

Wild 2, Oilers 1

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored the tiebreaking goal on a breakaway with 4:23 remaining to lift Minnesota over Edmonton.

Nino Niederreiter also scored for the Wild, who snapped a two-game skid and have three wins in their last 11 games. Devan Dubnyk stopped 23 shots.

Boyd Gordon scored for the Oilers, who were coming off a rare two-game winning streak. They dropped to 3-20- 8 this season against fellow Western Conference opponents. Viktor Fasth finished with 27 saves.