Sabres eye playoffs

Buffalo

Kyle Okposo enjoyed his first two-goal game in 23 months, and the Buffalo Sabres continued their late-season playoff push with a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.

Okposo scored the go-ahead goal 7:37 into the third period and the Sabres won their fifth in six games. Rookie Jonas Johansson stopped 25 shots to earn his first victory in three NHL starts.

The Sabres' recent surge has moved them into a tie for fifth with Montreal in the Atlantic Division standings with 66 points each, and six back of third-place Toronto.

Blake Wheeler scored for Winnipeg.

Islanders 4, Sharks 1: Anders Lee scored twice, Semyon Varlamov made 29 saves and New York won its second straight at Nassau Coliseum, beating San Jose. Defenseman Devon Toews also scored to help the Islanders move within a point of idle Philadelphia for third place in the tightly contested Metropolitan Division. The reeling Sharks lost their fourth straight.

Capitals 5, Penguins 3: T.J. Oshie scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, Braden Holtby made 33 saves and Washington beat Pittsburgh to snap its losing streak at four and leapfrog their archrivals into first place.

Blues 4, Wild 1: Oskar Sundqvist had a goal and an assist, Jordan Binnington made 32 saves and St. Louis beat Minnesota. Jordan Kyrou, Brayden Schenn and Ivan Barbashev also scored for the Blues, who have won four straight and retained their spot atop the Western Conference standings. Marcus Foligno scored and Devan Dubnyk stopped 22 shots for Minnesota, which ended a two-game winning streak.

Stars 2, Blackhawks 1: Tyler Seguin scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and Dallas beat Chicago. The Stars' Joe Pavelski opened the scoring in the first period. Blackhawks rookie Dominik Kubalik tied the game in the...