NHL roundup: Ducks' Frank Vatrano lands new contract, scores twice

Frank Vatrano celebrated a new contract with two goals and an assist and the Anaheim Ducks continued a strong stretch of play by beating the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Sunday night.

Signed to a three-year extension earlier in the day, Vatrano scored during a two-goal first period and sealed the win with a third-period empty-netter.

Troy Terry found the back of the net for the fifth time in six games and added an assist and Jackson LaCombe scored in the third period as the Ducks improved to 4-1-0 over their past five games. Ryan Strome posted two assists in his 200th game for Anaheim.

Tampa Bay's Jake Guentzel tallied his ninth power-play goal of the season. Jonas Johansson made 22 saves for the Lightning, who were swept on a three-game California road trip while being outscored 8-3.

Islanders 5, Bruins 4 (OT)

Bo Horvat scored his second goal of the game with 1:50 remaining in overtime as New York edged host Boston.

After New York goaltender Ilya Sorokin (26 saves) stopped Brad Marchand at one end, Horvat rushed ahead to corral a loose puck and slid a game-winning score five-hole on Boston's Joonas Korpisalo. Anders Lee also scored a pair of goals and Ryan Pulock had a goal and two assists to lead the Islanders, who ended a three-game losing streak.

Boston's David Pastrnak scored twice in the third period to force the extra session, marking his second multi-goal performance in as many nights. Cole Koepke and Justin Brazeau also scored while Korpisalo made 32 saves for Boston, which is 0-3-1 in its past four games.

Rangers 6, Blackhawks 2

Filip Chytil scored twice and Brett Berard, Adam Fox and Ryan Lindgren each earned two assists to lift visiting New York to a rout of Chicago.

Louis Domingue stopped 25 shots for New York in his season debut while 12 Rangers registered at least one point.

Blackhawks goaltender Arvid Soderblom made 28 saves. Chicago got goals from Tyler Bertuzzi and Wyatt Kaiser but has lost six of its past seven games.

Hurricanes 4, Penguins 3 (OT)

Sebastian Aho's goal 1:30 into overtime gave Carolina a win over Pittsburgh in Raleigh, N.C.

Seth Jarvis had two goals and an assist, Aho added two assists and defenseman Jalen Chatfield also scored for the Hurricanes. Dustin Tokarski stopped 16 shots.

Defenseman Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist and Kevin Hayes and Michael Bunting also scored for the Penguins. Alex Nedeljkovic made 27 saves.

Maple Leafs 3, Flyers 2 (OT)

Morgan Rielly scored at the 2:25 mark of overtime and Toronto defeated visiting Philadelphia.

Rielly scored from the right circle after taking a pass from Auston Matthews to extend Toronto's winning streak to four games. Matthew Knies and Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored for the Maple Leafs, who were completing a set of back-to-back home games. Matthews added two assists, and Dennis Hildeby made 30 saves.

Tyson Foerster and Scott Laughton scored for the Flyers, who finished a 2-3-1 road trip. Ivan Fedotov started in goal for the first time since Dec. 5 and stopped 22 shots.

--Field Level Media