Frans Nielsen of the Islanders flips the puck past Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo into the upper-right corner of the net for the only goal in a shootout Monday.

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UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Roberto Luongo made 34 saves to continue his current hot streak, but he couldn't stop Frans Nielsen in a shootout as the New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 Monday night for their season-best third straight victory.

Nielsen scored on the first shot of the tiebreaker, and Joey MacDonald turned aside all three Vancouver shooters — ending the game with a poke check against Alex Burrows. MacDonald stopped 31 shots through overtime.

Pavol Demitra gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead in the opening minute, and it stood up until Doug Weight tied it with a power-play goal in the second period.

Luongo is on an amazing run, one that recently featured a team-record shutout streak of 242 minutes 36 seconds.

● Bruins 3, Maple Leafs 2: In Toronto, Michael Ryder, Phil Kessel and Matt Hunwick scored to lead Boston.

Marc Savard and Milan Lucic each added two assists for the Northeast Division-leading Bruins, who handed Toronto a loss in its return from a weeklong road trip.

Jason Blake and Mikhail Grabovski scored for the Maple Leafs, who have only two wins in their last eight games.

● Rangers 2, Senators 1: In New York, Nikolai Zherdev scored the only goal in a shootout, and Henrik Lundqvist denied all three Ottawa shooters to lift the Rangers.

The Rangers opted to shoot first, and Zherdev beat Alex Auld between the pads. That left it up to Lundqvist to stop Jason Spezza, Jarko Ruutu and Antoine Vermette for his NHL-leading 12th win.

Fredrik Sjostrom scored for the Rangers in regulation as the Eastern Conference leaders stretched their winning streak to three.

● Red Wings 4, Oilers 0: In Detroit, Ty Conklin made 20 saves for his fifth career shutout, and Jiri Hudler and Niklas Kronwall each had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings.

Mikael Samuelsson and Johan Franzen also scored for Detroit, which has won five of its last six.

● Sharks 4, Predators 1: In Nashville, Tenn., Devin Setoguchi had a power-play goal and an assist to help San Jose beat Nashville.

Jody Shelley, Tomas Plihal and Patrick Marleau also scored for San Jose, which jumped to a 2-0 lead with two goals in a span of 1 1/2 minutes in the first period.

● St. Louis center Andy McDonald will miss a minimum of six weeks after breaking his left ankle Sunday against Montreal.