Peca Responds in Short Order

Michael Peca’s shorthanded goal with 8.7 seconds left in overtime lifted the New York Islanders over the Flyers, 1-0, Tuesday night at Philadelphia.

“I had a chance about 30 seconds earlier and didn’t make a play,” Peca said. “Fortunately, they didn’t make a play on their end and I had fresher legs than their guy.”

Garth Snow stopped 25 shots for his third shutout against his former teammates.

Peca leads the league with nine shorthanded points and is tied for second with Buffalo’s Miroslav Satan with five shorthanded goals.

Boston 2, Vancouver 1--Glen Murray scored his second goal of the game 2:03 into overtime at Vancouver, Canada. The Bruins and Flyers have the most points (75) in the Eastern Conference.

New Jersey 2, Buffalo 2--Taylor Pyatt scored for the Sabres with 1:50 left in regulation at Buffalo, N.Y. The Devils extended their unbeaten streak to four games (2-0-2).

Minnesota 3, Columbus 3--Sergei Zholtok scored the tying goal--his second of the game--with 2:32 left in regulation for Minnesota at Columbus, Ohio.

Geoff Sanderson had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets, giving him 501 points for his career.

Ottawa 5, Pittsburgh 1--Shawn McEachern scored twice and Patrick Lalime made 25 saves for the Senators at Ottawa.

St. Louis 3, Atlanta 0--Brent Johnson easily earned his fourth shutout, making only 11 saves at St. Louis.

Nashville 1, Florida 0--Mike Dunham stopped 21 shots to make Denis Arkhipov’s first-period goal stand up at Nashville.

Phoenix 4, Calgary 3--Daniel Briere scored his second goal of the game 58 seconds into overtime at Phoenix, which is 3-0 against the Flames.

San Jose 3, Edmonton 2--Todd Harvey scored at 6:22 of the third period and the Sharks held on at Edmonton, Canada.

Evgeni Nabokov finished with 22 saves for his 25th victory this season.