Flyers 4, Islanders 1

With the Philadelphia Flyers playing without Jakub Voracek, Brian Elliott made sure they didn't miss the injured star forward.

Elliott stopped 29 shots and the Flyers beat New York on Sunday, helping knock the Islanders out of first place in the Metropolitan Division.

Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim, Scott Laughton and Sean Couturier each scored and Claude Giroux had two assists for Philadelphia. The Flyers are 4-0-1 in their last five games to move within five points of the final wild card in the Eastern Conference.

"I thought our guys did a lot of good stuff," Philadelphia coach Scott Gordon said. "I thought overall, real strong jump defensively. When it looked like they were going to get an open shot we had guys who were already at the net front. I talked about, last week, about defending from the inside to the outside. We did a real good job of that."

Elliott lost his shutout bid when Adam Pelech scored with 4:45 left. He had 13 saves in the second period as the Islanders pressed to get back in the game, and got his ninth win of the season and third in his last four starts.

"We needed him to come through with a couple big saves," Konecny said. "That's a lot of offensive power coming out of there. He did a great job and kudos to our D group to stick with it tonight, and not give them much."

The Flyers were forced to play with 11 forwards and seven defensemen with Voracek out of the lineup with a lower-body injury. The Czech forward been a game-time decision, but was ruled out of the game after undergoing an MRI, Gordon said.

Philadelphia's Nolan Patrick then left the game early in the first period with an upper-body injury and did not return. Patrick took a shot by Cal Clutterbuck off his head and left the ice with the help of a team trainer.

Robin Lehner made 10 saves in 23:18 of work before Islanders coach Barry Trotz pulled him the the second period. Thomas Greiss made 12 saves in relief.

New York, which has lost three of its last four games, began the day tied with Washington atop the Metropolitan with 81 points. The Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in a shootout at Madison Square Garden earlier Sunday to surge ahead.

"We have our backs against the wall a bit here," Islanders captain Anders Lee said. "We've had a tough stretch and we just have to find a way to stick together, have each other's backs and continue to move forward. This is a bad time to lose hockey games, but we have no choice but to rally."

The Flyers jumped to 1-0 lead 8:21 into the game. Konecny was able to drive by Islanders defender Scott Mayfield and put the puck past Lehner for his 21st of the season. Radko Gudas picked up his 100th career NHL point with an assist on the play,

Philadelphia extended the lead to two goals when Sanheim was able to put a loose puck past Lehner with 5:01 left int ye first. Sanheim's initial shot was stopped by the goalie, but the rebound sat in the slot and he was able to gain control of the puck and score.

Laughton gave the Flyers a 3-0 lead 3:18 in the second when he scored off his own rebound. Couturier's 27th goal of the year made it 4-0 with 4:46 left in the middle period.

Clutterbuck suffered an upper-body injury of his own later in the game and missed the third period. Trotz did not have an update on Clutterbuck after the game.

Golden Knights 3, Canucks 0

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 19 shots and earned his second straight 3-0 shutout.

Fleury moved within one victory of tying Jacques Plante for eighth on the NHL's all-time wins list.

Max Pacioretty, Ryan Carpenter and Reilly Smith scored for the Golden Knights, who won their fourth straight.

Vancouver Jacob Markstrom stopped 45 shots.

Ducks 2, Avalanche 1

Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and an assist and Anaheim snapped a five-game losing streak.

Silfverberg, who signed a $26.5 million, five-year extension Saturday, leads the team in goals with 17 and became the ninth player to score 100 goals with Anaheim.

Cam Fowler also scored and John Gibson made 25 saves for his first victory since Jan. 19.

Derick Brassard scored for Colorado and Philipp Grubauer stopped 21 shots. The Avalanche have dropped three of four after winning four straight.

Senators 3, Panthers 2

Rudolfs Balcers scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and Ottawa snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Brian Gibbons and Zack Smith also scored for the Senators. Anders Nilsson stopped 30 shots.

Troy Brouwer and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers, and Roberto Luongo made 30 saves. Florida has lost four straight.

Jets 5, Blue Jackets 2

Blake Wheeler scored three of his four goals in the third period and Connor Hellebuyck had 40 saves as Winnipeg won its second straight.

Wheeler's goal with 2:13 left off Patrik Laine's feed sealed the game, and he added an empty-netter with 34 seconds left. Sami Niku also tallied for the Jets, who stayed in first place in the Central Division despite being outshot by Columbus 42-26.

Nick Foligno and Seth Jones scored for the Blue Jackets, who lost their second straight and stayed below the wild-card line in the Eastern Division. Sergei Bobrovsky had 21 saves.

Predators 3, Wild 2 (SO)

Ryan Johansen scored in the fourth round of the shootout as Nashville stopped Minnesota's winning streak at five games.

Filip Forsberg and Nick Bonino scored for the Predators, who are 5-6-1 in their last 12 games. Backup goalie Juuse Saros won for the first time in four starts.

Eric Fehr and Jason Zucker scored late in the second period less than 3 minutes apart for the Wild, who still moved into a tie with Dallas for the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference with 71 points. The Stars have played one fewer game.

Sharks 5, Blackhawks 2

Joe Thornton set up Marcus Sorensen for a tiebreaking goal early in the third period and Melker Karlsson tacked on two insurance goals that sent San Jose past Chicago.

Tomas Hertl and Timo Meier also scored to help the Sharks end an eight-game stretch of alternating wins and losses. San Jose moved within three points of Calgary for first place in the Pacific Division. The Flames have a game in hand.

Martin Jones made 28 saves for the Sharks.

Chicago's Patrick Kane failed to record a point in back-to-back games for just the second time this season, also doing it Nov. 21-23.

Dylan Strome and Erik Gustafsson scored for the Blackhawks, who trail Western Conference wild-card leaders Dallas and Minnesota by eight points. Cam Ward made 29 saves.