NEW YORK - Alex Ovechkin scored twice and Jason Chimera added two goals in the third period to rally the Washington Capitals to a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday.

Ovechkin had a goal in each of the first two periods, and Chimera broke a 2-2 tie 4:41 into the third with his first in 21 games. He made it 4-2 with 12:20 remaining, and Marcus Johansson added an empty-netter with 2:23 left. Braden Holtby made 23 saves.

Washington, which has won four of six, rebounded from Saturday's home loss to Nashville and beat the Rangers for the first time in three games this season.

Kevin Hayes and Derick Brassard scored first-period goals for the Rangers, who lost for the second straight day and have dropped three of four. Cam Talbot was back in goal, one day after Henrik Lundqvist returned from a neck injury at Boston, and stopped 26 shots.

ISLANDERS 5, RED WINGS 4

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Frans Nielsen's goal 16 seconds into the second period broke a 3-3 tie and New York held on to beat Detroit for its first home win this month.

The Islanders came in winless in seven previous home games, last winning at Nassau Coliseum over Calgary on Feb. 27, and with only one victory in their last eight contests overall.

New York quickly fell behind 2-0 before the teams went on to score six goals combined in the first 10 minutes of the opening period.

Ryan Strome, Kyle Okposo, Brock Nelson and Cal Clutterbuck also scored for the Islanders.

Tomas Tatar, Drew Miller, Niklas Kronwall and Pavel Datsyuk had Detroit's goals.

BRUINS 2, HURRICANES 1, OT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - David Pastrnak scored on a nice centring pass from Carl Soderberg at 4:23 of overtime, giving Boston a win over Carolina.

The win put the Bruins three points ahead of Ottawa and four up on Florida in their race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Ottawa has a game in hand on both of the teams.

Ryan Spooner scored for Boston early in the first period on Pastrnak's assist.

Nathan Gerbe scored for Carolina late in the second period.

PANTHERS 4, SENATORS 2

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Jaromir Jagr scored two goals and Dan Ellis made 25 saves as Florida defeated Ottawa.

The win pulled the Panthers within a point of Ottawa for ninth place in the Eastern Conference.

Jussi Jokinen and Dave Bolland also scored for Florida, while Erik Karlsson and Jean-Gabriel Pageau had goals for the Senators. Ottawa's Craig Anderson made 33 saves.

After drawing Anderson out of the net with a fake shot, Jagr scored his second goal of the game at 13:57 on a wraparound to give the Panthers a 3-1 lead.

Pageau scored at 17:39 for the Senators before Bolland sealed the win for Florida with an empty-net goal.

FLAMES 5, PREDATORS 2

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Lance Bouma scored two goals to lead Calgary Flames past Nashville.

Michael Ferland, Kris Russell, and Jiri Hudler also scored for the Flames, who snapped a two-game losing streak.

Roman Josi and Seth Jones had the goals for Nashville. Playing their third game in four days, the playoff-bound Predators' four-game winning streak came to an end.

DUCKS 4, DEVILS 2

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - John Gibson made 26 saves and the Anaheim Ducks took another step to securing the NHL's best regular-season record with a victory over New Jersey.

Ryan Kesler and Francois Beauchemin scored for the Ducks, who won their third straight and opened a three-point lead over Nashville and Montreal in the race for the Presidents' Trophy. Anaheim has four games left in the regular season, one less than Predators and two fewer than the Canadiens.

Dainius Zubrus spoiled Gibson's shutout bid with a goal in close with 3:25 left. The loss was the fifth straight for the Devils, tying their season high, and New Jersey was eliminated from playoff contention.

PENGUINS 3, SHARKS 2, SO

PITTSBURGH (AP) - David Perron and Sidney Crosby scored in the shootout, and Pittsburgh won its second home game in as many days.

After the Penguins killed off the final 3:52 of overtime while short-handed - the result of Patric Hornqvist's high-sticking double-minor - Perron and Crosby beat Sharks backup goalie Alex Stalock to his stick side on Pittsburgh's first two attempts of the shootout.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped Melker Karlsson, and when Logan Couture's shot struck the crossbar after Crosby's goal, the game was over and Pittsburgh (95 points) officially pulled back into a tie for second place in the Metropolitan Division.

Hornqvist and Chris Kunitz had first-period goals for Pittsburgh, while Ben Smith and Logan Couture had second-period goals for San Jose.

BLACKHAWKS 4, JETS 3

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Jonathan Toews deflected in the winning goal with 31 seconds left in regulation to lead Chicago past Winnipeg.

Toews' 25th goal of the season came after he redirected Niklas Hjalmarsson's long shot. Andrew Shaw, Brad Richards and Patrick Sharp also scored for Chicago.

Dustin Byfuglien scored twice on the power play and Blake Wheeler recorded his fourth short-handed goal of the season for Winnipeg.

Corey Crawford made 31 saves for the Blackhawks, who snapped a two-game losing skid. Ondrej Pavelec stopped 20 shots in the loss, which snapped his six-game winning streak. The loss also ended Winnipeg's four-game winning streak at home.