Uniondale, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - The New York Islanders scored a pair of goals in a 12-second span late in the third period to lift them to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night. John Tavares whistled a wrister from the slot past Andrei Vasilevskiy with 3:09 remaining to tie the game at 1-1. Travis Hamonic then put a wrister on net from the right point, which was re-directed by Anders Lee into the top left corner to put the Islanders in front. Nikolay Kulemin added an empty-net goal for New York, which outshot Tampa Bay 48-21 and improved to 12-2-1 in its last 15 home matchups against the Lightning. Jaroslav Halak made 20 saves for the Islanders, who have won four straight games on the heels of a three-game losing streak. Vasilevskiy stopped 45 shots for Tampa Bay, which has dropped six of its last eight contests. Brett Connolly netted the lone goal for the Lightning in defeat. The Islanders had a 29-9 disparity in shots taken over the first two periods, but the game was scoreless heading into the third until Tampa Bay opened the scoring midway through the frame. Tyler Johnson drove down the left wing, stopped and sent a sharp-angle pass to the front of the net, which was poked home by Connolly at the 9:16 mark. Game Notes New York, which has won 10 of its last 11 at home, improved to 13-3 at the Nassau Coliseum this season ... Tampa Bay finished its five-game road trip at 1-3-1 ... Tavares has 15 points in 11 career home games against the Lightning. Tiger Williams Jersey . Irving played 10 minutes Sunday night before going to the locker room. He had two points and four assists, missing all five of his shots. The All-Star game MVP is the top scorer among Eastern Conference point guards with 21. Jake Gardiner Jersey . With one penalty, Fourcade finished in 24 minutes, 58.2 seconds, just nine-tenths of a second ahead of Timofey Lapshin, who shot clean in the cold. http://www.officialmapleleafsfanstore.com/authentic-adam-cracknell-maple-leafs-jersey/ ." The game can be seen live on TSN starting with Monday Night Countdown at 6:30 p.m et/3:30 p.m. pt. The Patriots, who had a bye in Week 10, will look to continue the offensive success they had a week earlier when New England scored 55 points and racked up 610 yards of total offense in a 55-31 drubbing of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Josh Jooris Jersey . - First-timer Chris Harris Jr. Morgan Rielly Jersey . The Mavericks avoided a season sweep by the Nuggets, who ran away with a win in Denver two weeks ago to hand Dallas its longest losing streak at three games. Dallas (42-28) got a boost in the playoff race when Miami rallied from seven down in the last 3 1/2 minutes to beat Memphis 91-86 Friday night.The Toronto Blue Jays have recalled outfielder Kevin Pillar from Buffalo of the International League (AAA) and optioned infielder Jonathan Diaz to the Bisons. Pillar is batting .305 with 17 extra-base hits, 19 RBI and five stolen bases in 34 games for Buffalo this season. The right-handed hitter had an International League high, 18-game hitting streak this season and currently owns an IL high 26-game on base streak.dddddddddddd The 25-year-old played in 36 games for the Blue Jays last season batting .206 with three home runs and 13 RBI his first in the Major Leagues. ' ' '