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John Tavares scored on a rebound with 6:12 left in the third period to lift the New York Islanders to a rare come-from-behind 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.

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The Canadian Press

John Tavares

Josh Bailey and Sean Bergenheim added goals and Dwayne Roloson made 19 saves as New York scored two goals in the final period for its second win in three games. Evgeni Malkin and Matt Cooke scored for Pittsburgh and Brent Johnson made 34 saves.

The Islanders killed off five power play chances in snapping Pittsburgh's three-game winning streak. Roloson now has 77 saves in the last two games after stopping a regular season franchise-record 58 shots against Toronto.

New York entered the game 0-7-3 when trailing after two periods. But Bergenheim and Tavares each scored in the final period to end the streak. Two days after mustering one third-period shot in a loss to Philadelphia, the Islanders had 18 third-period shots in outshooting the Penguins 38-21 for the game.

Tavares' first goal in five games came off a good bounce after Johnson stopped Freddy Meyers' point shot. The first-overall pick in the draft was left open right outside the crease and buried the rebound chance.

Mark Streit helped generate New York's first goal with a spin move at the left point before firing a hard shot. Johnson made the initial pad save before an open Bailey slammed home the rebound 9:05 in.

Malkin scored almost seven minutes later when he moved past Bailey and fired a sweeping backhand from the low right circle with 2:38 left in the period. Roloson skated deep in his net to cut off the angle but Malkin's shot still squeezed in for his seventh goal.

Devils 2 Bruins 1 (SO)

Jamie Langenbrunner and Zach Parise scored shootout goals to make goaltender Martin Brodeur a winner on the day he became the NHL's all-time minutes leader in the New Jersey Devils' 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Friday.

Brodeur surpassed Hall of Famer Patrick Roy for the most minutes played. The 37-year-old Brodeur now has 60,280. Roy played 60,235.

Wild 5 Avs 3

Chuck Kobasew had a hat trick and Andrew Brunette scored the winning goal on a power play midway through the third period Friday, leading Minnesota Wild past Colorado.

Kobasew added an empty-net goal with 17.9 seconds left to complete his second career hat trick.

Owen Nolan scored once and Niklas Backstrom stopped 31 shots for Minnesota in the opener of a home-and-home series. Kobasew's other hat trick was Jan. 24, 2006, at Colorado.

Ducks 3 Hawks 0

Teemu Selanne scored twice on the power play, defenceman Nick Boynton also connected with the man advantage and Jean-Sebastien Giguere posted his first shutout of the season, leading Anaheim to a victory that snapped the Chicago's eight-game winning streak.

Giguere made 28 saves in his 32nd career shutout, continually frustrating a high-powered offence that had outscored its opponents 34-13 during the streak.

Sabres 4 Flyers 2

Tim Connolly and a little desperation helped the Buffalo Sabres snap a four-game losing streak.

Connolly scored twice in the third period and added two assists to help the Sabres defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 Friday afternoon.

Drew Stafford, who also had an assist, and Paul Gaustad scored goals for the Sabres, who hadn't won since defeating the Flyers on the road 3-2 on Nov. 14.