Devils get a shutout, and not by Martin Brodeur

Veteran backup Johan Hedberg made 22 saves for his 22nd career blanking, and Steve Bernier scored two of New Jersey's three third-period goals in the Devils' 3-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Sunday in Uniondale, N.Y.

The game was scoreless until Bernier broke the deadlock with a power-play goal with 3:54 remaining. He doubled New Jersey's lead just 1:10 later, and David Clarkson sealed the win with an empty-net goal in the final minute as the Devils snapped a four-game losing streak (0-1-3).

"We're going to have to have contributions from all kinds of different people," Devils coach Pete DeBoer said. "It's nice to be able to get the win."

Hedberg's biggest save came 8:08 into the third period when he denied Michael Grabner on a shorthanded breakaway.

"He had a few breakaways against us, especially shorthanded," Hedberg said of the speedy Grabner. "Just tried to come out and try to match his speed. He's one of the quickest players in the world, I think.''

Evgeni Nabokov was strong in making 24 saves for New York. His best stop was 2:05 into the second when he snared a drive by Patrik Elias following Brian Strait's giveaway in the Islanders' zone.

"He played well. Kept us in, especially in the second period when they gained some momentum," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. "[New Jersey] came at us pretty hard. I thought both goalies played well. Nabby gave us a chance to win the game."

In other games * 

At Washington, Chris Kunitz scored a hat trick, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 6-3 win over the Capitals.

Kris Letang, Paul Martin and Matt Cooke also scored, Sidney Crosby had three assists, and Tomas Vokoun made 21 saves against his former team for the Penguins, who have won three straight and four of five to lead the Atlantic Division.

Mike Green, John Carlson and Mike Ribeiro scored for the Capitals, who fell to 2-6-1.

* At Montreal, David Desharnais and Erik Cole scored first-period goals and the Canadiens held on for a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators.

The win completed a sweep of weekend matinees at home for Montreal (6-2-0) after a 6-1 win Saturday over Buffalo. The Canadiens have won five straight at home after dropping their home opener to Toronto on Jan. 19.

Jakob Silfverberg scored for Ottawa (5-3-1), which was coming off a 1-0 loss at Carolina on Friday night. Senators goalie Craig Anderson has not allowed a goal after the first period in eight games this season.

* At Buffalo, defenseman Brian Campbell scored on the power play with 10:33 remaining to cap Florida's three-goal rally and the Panthers beat the Sabres, 4-3.

Peter Mueller, George Parros and Shawn Matthias also scored for the Panthers, who won their first road game of the season and snapped a seven-game road winless drought (0-5-2) dating to last season. Florida rallied from a 3-1 deficit.

Thomas Vanek and Cody Hodgson had a goal and assist each, and Alexander Sulzer also scored for Buffalo, which dropped to 1-5-1 since opening the season with two wins.