Canadiens 4, Islanders 2

Montreal continued its dominance over New York but lost forward Brendan Gallagher to injury in the process.

Alex Galchenyuk broke a tie with 3:29 left and Max Pacioretty added an empty-net goal to lift Montreal over New York 4-2 on Sunday night to complete a weekend home-and-home sweep.

The victory, however, was overshadowed by Gallagher's injury.

The 23-year-old left the game midway through the second period after blocking a slap shot by Johnny Boychuck. Gallagher tried to play through the pain but retreated to the dressing room and did not return.

Coach Michel Therrien confirmed Gallagher fractured two fingers on his left hand. He will undergo surgery on Monday and is out indefinitely.

"He's a guy that shows up every night," captain Pacioretty said of his linemate. "To see that happen, the way it happened, it shows the type of warrior he is. It's tough playing without him. We hope for the best. We need him."

Gallagher has not missed a game since Nov. 15, 2013 — a streak of 166 consecutive games.

"He's a big leader on this team," Galchenyuk said. "The way he plays, he contributes a lot. He blocks shots, he's a warrior out there. It's unfortunate to see him go down like that."

Galchenyuk one-timed a pass from P.K Subban for this third goal of the season during a power play. It was his first goal in 11 games and just his third of the season.

"It was one of the best feelings, especially when you haven't scored in a while," he said. "You try to stay positive and work hard. The last couple of games I worked on my game more and got more shots. I knew it was coming."

About 2 minutes later, the Islanders were called for too many men and Travis Hamonic was given a game misconduct penalty, setting up Pacioretty's power-play empty-netter.

David Desharnais also scored on the power play for his seventh goal and Tomas Fleischmann added his seventh this season for Montreal. Carey Price made 21 saves and the Canadiens followed a 5-3 win over the Islanders on Friday night with another victory.

John Tavares gave New York a 1-0 lead late in the first period, and Anders Lee made it 2-1 Islanders with 8:07 left in the third. Thomas Greiss made 23 saves.

Montreal has now defeated New York in six straight encounters and in nine of the last 10.

On the opening goal by Tavares, Price gave up an uncharacteristically juicy rebound on Hamonic's shot from the point. Winger Kyle Okposo jumped on the puck, circled Price and fed Tavares for an easy tap-in with 1:19 left.

Desharnais scored the equalizer on the power play at the 9:37 of the second. The Canadiens forward got the better of Hamonic during a goal-mouth scramble, connecting on a loose puck in the blue paint.

Fleischmann gave the home team the lead on a great individual play with 5:51 left in the second. With Montreal playing short-handed, Fleischmann stole the puck from Okposo at the blue line and fired home his seventh of the season on the breakaway.

The Canadiens now lead the NHL with five short-handed goals.

As time expired on a penalty to Dale Weise, Lee tied the game 2-2.

Recalled from the AHL's St. John's IceCaps, 22-year-old Sven Andrighetto made his season debut. The speedy forward finished the game with 10:23 of ice time.

Devils 3, Canucks 2

Mike Cammalleri had a goal and two assists, Cory Schneider made 36 saves against his former team and New Jersey ended a two-game skid.

Andy Greene and Adam Henrique also scored for the Devils.

Henrik Sedin and Radim Vrbata had goals for Vancouver, and Jacob Markstrom made 19 stops in his first home start of the season in place of resting No. 1 goalie Ryan Miller.

Drafted by Vancouver in 2004, Schneider spent three seasons with the Canucks before being traded to New Jersey at the 2013 draft as the first casualty of the protracted goaltending controversy involving himself and Roberto Luongo. Later, Luongo was also traded, going to Florida in a deal that brought back Markstrom.

The 29-year-old Schneider got his first victory at Rogers Arena since the trade after going winless in his first tries.

Sharks 5, Blue Jackets 3

Joe Pavelski scored twice and San Jose rallied late for a win over Columbus for its sixth straight victory.

San Jose won its seventh straight road game by completing a perfect six-game trip. Patrick Marleau had a goal and an assist, and Brent Burns and Brenden Dillon also scored. Joel Ward added two assists and Alex Stalock made 28 saves.

Ryan Johansen, Boone Jenner and Cam Atkinson scored for Columbus. Sergei Bobrovsky finished with 24 saves.

Columbus led 3-1 after Atkinson’s goal 1:23 into the third, but the Sharks stormed back with help from several key offensive zone faceoff wins. They took the lead by scoring three times in a 7:02 span, including Dillon’s go-ahead score with 6:45 left.

Hurricanes 4, Kings 3

Justin Faulk scored two power-play goals and Carolina snapped a five-game losing streak by beating Los Angeles.

Brett Pesce scored his first NHL goal and added an assist, and Jeff Skinner also scored for Carolina, which led 3-0 in the second period.

Faulk scored each of his goals in the second, giving him an NHL-best eight with the man advantage, and Cam Ward made 26 saves for the Hurricanes.

Anze Kopitar scored two goals, including one 58 seconds after Dustin Brown scored on a penalty shot, for Los Angeles. Jonathan Quick allowed four goals with 17 saves in two periods before Jhonas Enroth replaced him and made eight stops. The Kings have lost two straight after winning three in a row.