Bruins Work Overtime Again and Win

Brian Rolston scored 59 seconds into overtime, and Byron Dafoe made 20 saves to lead the Boston Bruins to a 1-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at Boston on Tuesday night.

Rolston took a pass from Sergei Samsonov, skated down the right side and put a wrist shot just inside the post to beat goaltender Tommy Salo as Boston improved to 5-0-0-2 at home.

Oiler defenseman Eric Brewer went down in an attempt to block the shot, so Rolston had to reload and fire a perfect shot to the corner of the net.

It was a franchise-record fourth consecutive home overtime game for the Bruins, who had 35 shots and have outshot their opponents in all but two games.

Vancouver 3, Columbus 2--Todd Bertuzzi scored a goal and had an assist at Columbus, Ohio, in his first game back from a 10-game suspension.

Dan Cloutier, who made 26 saves, and the Canucks weathered two late power plays after the Blue Jackets pulled within a goal.

New York Islanders 3, Tampa Bay 0--Chris Osgood made 29 saves for his third shutout, Michael Peca scored a short-handed goal and Shawn Bates scored one on a power play at Uniondale, N.Y.

Brad Isbister scored an empty-net goal with 1:35 remaining.

The Islanders are 11-1-1-1. Last season, it took them until Dec. 29 to get to 11 wins, and until Jan. 13 to get their 12th.

Carolina 2, Pittsburgh 2--Jeff O’Neill scored his team-leading 11th goal with 38.7 seconds left in regulation as the Hurricanes rallied for a tie at Raleigh, N.C.

Shane Willis scored early in the third period, and O’Neill beat Johan Hedberg on a rebound 10 seconds after the Hurricanes pulled goalie Arturs Irbe for an extra attacker.

New York Rangers 3, Minnesota 1--Theo Fleury had a goal and an assist, and Mike Richter made 23 saves at New York.

Fleury’s goal gave the Rangers a 3-1 lead at 15:47 of the third period.

Fleury followed Mike York on a rush into the Minnesota zone and redirected York’s pass past goalie Manny Fernandez.

San Jose 4, St. Louis 1--Evgeni Nabokov made 31 saves at St. Louis as the Sharks won their fifth in a row.

Mike Ricci, Mark Smith, Vincent Damphousse and Scott Thornton each scored for the Sharks, who have outscored opponents, 20-7, during the streak.

Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1--Alex Zhamnov had a goal and an assist, and Jocelyn Thibault stopped 27 shots as the Blackhawks remained unbeaten at home.

Tony Amonte also scored for the Blackhawks, who are 7-0-2 at the United Center, their best start at home since 1971-72.

Montreal 1, Colorado 1--Brian Willsie scored with 13:51 remaining in the third period, lifting the Avalanche to a tie at Montreal.

Willsie redirected Rob Blake’s slap shot from the right point past goalie Jose Theodore.

It was Colorado’s first point in four games.

Toronto 4, Washington 2--Jonas Hoglund scored the go-ahead goal in the third period at Toronto.

Mikael Renberg, Dmitry Yushkevich and Garry Valk also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won four of their last five games.