Vanek Reaches Milestone as Islanders Defeat Bruins John Tavares, Andrew MacDonald and Thomas Vanek scored second-period goals, and Kevin Poulin made 26 saves for his first win of the season as the Islanders beat the visiting Boston Bruins, 3-1, on Saturday. Tavares knocked a loose puck past the backup goalie Chad Johnson at 6 minutes 15 seconds of the second period for his sixth goal of the season. The assist went to Vanek, the 29-year-old left wing acquired from Buffalo last week. MacDonald scored his first of the season at 13:13 to give the Islanders a 2-0 lead, but Boston's Dougie Hamilton answered two minutes later. Vanek then scored his first goal with the Islanders, one-timing a perfect cross-ice pass from Kyle Okposo past Johnson from the left circle at 16:08. Vanek's goal was the 255th of his career and his 500th point. FLYERS 1, DEVILS 0 Brayden Schenn deflected an Andrej Meszaros shot past Martin Brodeur in the first period, and Ray Emery made 14 saves to lead visiting Philadelphia. The last-place Flyers, coming off a 7-0 loss to Washington a night earlier, dominated long stretches of play against the Devils. The Devils came up empty on five power-play opportunities as Emery recorded his 15th career shutout. Brodeur finished with 20 saves. DUCKS 6, SABRES 3 Emerson Etem and Corey Perry each scored two goals to lift visiting Anaheim. Buffalo (2-13-1) continued the worst start in franchise history. PENGUINS 3, BLUE JACKETS 0 Deryk Engelland, Chris Kunitz and Jussi Jokinen scored, and the backup goaltender Jeff Zatkoff had 19 saves in his first N.H.L. win to lead visiting Pittsburgh to its fourth straight victory. LIGHTNING 4, BLUES 2 Brett Connolly and Valtteri Filppula had third-period goals for host Tampa Bay. Alex Killorn had a goal and two assists, and Steven Stamkos also scored for the Lightning, who are 5-0 against Western Conference teams. BLACKHAWKS 5 JETS 1 Brandon Bollig, Patrick Sharp and Nick Leddy scored in a stretch of less than five minutes in the second period as visiting Chicago extended its winning streak to three games. Corey Crawford stopped 26 shots to pick up his eighth win. CAPITALS 3, PANTHERS 2 Nicklas Backstrom scored in the first period and added the winning goal in a shootout to lead host Washington. Florida's Tomas Fleishmann tied the score on a power-play goal with 2:38 remaining. CANUCKS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 0 Roberto Luongo had 21 saves for his second shutout of the season and Daniel Sedin, Zack Kassian, Chris Higgins and Dan Hamhuis scored for host Vancouver.