Islanders 6, Maple Leafs 1

Energized by a raucous home crowd that vehemently booed and serenaded former captain John Tavares in his first time back as a visiting player, the Islanders steamrolled Toronto.

Casey Cizikas scored twice and the Islanders beat the Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Anthony Beauvillier, Anders Lee, Valtteri Filppula and Brock Nelson also scored to help New York get win after losing three of their last four.

"They were good the entire game," Cizikas said of the fans. "I thought they got us going. They played their role and they did an unbelievable job and we fed off it from the start."

Jordan Eberle and Cal Clutterbuck each had two assists, and Robin Lehner stopped 34 shots as New York moved two points ahead of Washington atop the Metropolitan Division one night before hosting the Capitals. The Islanders' 81 points are one more than they had all of last season.

Islanders fans, vocal on social media about their lingering displeasure with Tavares' departure after he repeatedly said he wanted to stay, booed loudly when Tavares and the Maple Leafs hit the ice for pregame warmups, and when they came back out for the start of each period.

They also serenaded him with choruses of "We Don't Need You!" and other derisive chants throughout the game, including around a video tribute midway through the first period.

"We expected a little bit of that just because you see on social media what the fans were planning on doing," the Islanders' Mathew Barzal said. "I didn't think it was going to be like that. .... It was something I've never played in before."

The face of the franchise for nine years after he was selected No. 1 overall by New York in 2009, Tavares insisted he agonized over his decision to leave before announcing it on July 1, the first day of free agency.

"They always made it tough on the opponent when I played here," Tavares said. "They have their feelings and that's out of my control."

Zach Hyman scored for the Maple Leafs, who had won three straight. Garret Sparks finished with 31 saves.

"We started really well, then we got impatient and turned the puck over," Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. "We're fortunate we have 19 games left. You do this in the playoffs, you lose. You're done right away."

Cizikas got his second of the night for his 19th of the season and seventh in the last eight games, tipping the puck past Sparks 33 seconds into the third to push the Islanders' lead to 5-1.

Nelson got a pass from Eberle got his 20th at 8:41 for New York's sixth straight goal after trailing 1-0 in the first.

"We got back to our game, we played a full 60 (minutes) tonight," Lee said. "We obviously needed a game like this and we all showed up tonight and put forth our best effort."

Lee gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead 4:49 into the second with his team-leading 22nd goal on a 2-on-1 rush with Nelson. It was Lee's fourth goal in six games.

Hyman appeared to tie it with his second of the night at 7:12 off a pass from Mitch Marner. However the goal was overturned after the Islanders challenged for offside on the play, drawing a rousing ovation from the crowd.

"Sometimes it almost feels like you almost scored," Lee said. "The crowd gets into it after that and we were able to respond."

Cizikas extended the Islanders' lead to 3-1 with a short-handed goal as he stole the puck from Tyler Ennis along the side boards, skated up the right side, cut across the front of the goal and beat Sparks through the five-hole with 6:20 left in the middle period.

Filppula made it a three-goal lead as he put in a loose puck in front for his 13th with exactly a minute left in the second.

Hyman put the Maple Leafs ahead 1-0, poking a loose puck in front off a deflection by Marner past Lehner for his 14th with 6:27 left in the first. Hyman has four goals and five points in his last six games.

Beauvillier tied it less than 3 minutes later, firing a return pass from Josh Bailey on a 3-on-1 rush for his 15th.

Maple Leafs forward Patrick Marleau played in his 1,639 regular-season game, tying Dave Andreychuk for seventh place on the NHL's career list.

Blue Jackets 4, Flyers 3 (OT)

Seth Jones scored 4:27 into overtime, lifting Columbus past Philadelphia.

As the back-and-forth extra period wound down, Artemi Panarin wove his way through the defense and fed Jones, who knocked the winner past Brian Elliott. Jones got his third overtime goal this season and set a franchise record with the seventh of his Blue Jackets career.

Panarin, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Scott Harrington also scored for the Blue Jackets, who rebounded from a loss Tuesday night to Pittsburgh and hopped over the idle Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes into third place in the Metropolitan Division. Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves.

Travis Sanheim had two goals, Jakub Voracek also scored and Elliott had 36 saves as his two-game winning streak came to an end. Elliott is the seventh goalie used by Philadelphia this season, and the Flyers will set an NHL record when recently acquired Cam Talbot starts Saturday at New Jersey to raise that number to eight.

Oilers 4, Senators 2

Connor McDavid scored a slick goal, Mikko Koskinen made 35 saves and Edmonton Oilers beat league-worst Ottawa.

Sam Gagner, Colby Cave and Zack Kassian also scored for the Oilers, who stopped a two-game skid.

Chris Tierney and Mark Borowiecki scored for the Senators, who lost their sixth straight, and Craig Anderson stopped 22 shots in his ninth straight defeat.

It was the first home game for Ottawa since Mark Stone was traded to Vegas, but thanks to McDavid the Senators had one of their biggest crowds of the season.