TORONTO -- John Tavares scored 4:38 into overtime, capping the New York Islanders' two-goal comeback in a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.
Tavares, an Ontario native, went around several defenders to score the winning goal during a delayed Toronto penalty. With his 33rd goal and 39th assist, the Islanders captain stretched his lead in the NHL scoring race to three points.
Tavares has four overtime goals this season.
Tyler Kennedy -- in his Islanders debut -- Frans Nielson and Casey Cizikas all scored in the third period for New York (43-21-4), which has a three-point lead over the New York Rangers atop the Metropolitan Division.
Michal Neuvirth made 22 saves for the Islanders, who will host the Rangers on Tuesday night. New York trailed 2-0 and 3-1 in the third period.
David Booth, Peter Holland and James van Riemsdyk scored for the Maple Leafs (26-35-6). Jonathan Bernier made 39 saves.
RED WINGS 5, OILERS 2
DETROIT -- Riley Sheahan scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, Jimmy Howard made 36 saves, and Detroit snapped a two-game skid with a victory over Edmonton.
Niklas Kronwall, Teemu Pulkkinen, Justin Abdelkader and Pavel Datsyuk added goals to help Detroit send the Oilers to their fifth straight loss.
Rob Klinkhammer and Nail Yakupov scored for Edmonton, and Ben Scrivens stopped 21 shots.
Howard made 16 saves in the third period and allowed only Yakupov's power-play goal that made it 3-2 with 1:55 left.
Pulkkinen had given Detroit a 3-1 lead with a rebound goal at 10:40 of the third. Abdelkader and Datsyuk -- with assists from Henrik Zetterberg -- both scored into an empty net in the final 1:04 to seal the win.
Zetterberg had three assists overall.