The New York Islanders' Doug Weight era has gone swimmingly so far, but the club took their winning ways to a new level Tuesday.

With an impressive 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals, the Islanders stretched their record under their new head coach to 5-0-1, the club having yet to lose in regulation with Weight at the helm.

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New York has taken down some strong teams over that span - particularly the Columbus Blue Jackets in Weight's fourth game - but the victory over Washington is a different animal.

The Caps entered the contest as the league's top squad - boasting 72 points this season - and also one of the most offensively potent, sitting fifth in goals per game.

Not an issue for the Islanders, apparently. Weight's club held Washington to one goal - scored in the first five minutes of the game - until the final moments of the contest, when Alex Ovechkin scored to try to bring his team back from the brink.

New York hasn't simply been winning games since Weight took over. They've been doing so by committee, as a slew of the club's supposed stars have found new life since the coaching change.

Ryan Strome scored his first in 12 games in the win over the Caps. Andrew Ladd tallied his third point in two games after taking nine games to post his previous three.

Suffice to say, the Islanders have woken up - and just in time, it seems.

The club has a tough month ahead with eight away games on the docket, but after taking down the best with relative ease to remain hot, it's beginning to look like a foregone conclusion that John Tavares and Co. will close the gap and climb back into a playoff spot soon enough.

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Lost in the fold of the NHL's remarkable group of rookies this season is the quietly productive and highly effective Sebastian Aho.

The Carolina Hurricanes freshman, a second-round pick in 2015, broke out in a big way Tuesday night, netting his first career hat trick.

They weren't exactly garbage goals, either:

Aho's trio of tallies is the first hat trick from a Hurricanes rookie since Erik Cole scored three on Dec. 21, 2001. While it's definitely Aho's best performance to date, it highlights what's been a special rookie season all together.

With 29 points through 49 games this season, Aho ranks tied for sixth in rookie scoring, behind what might be the best pack of newcomers the NHL has ever seen.

He's been a leader for the Hurricanes, too.

Since Dec. 1, Aho's recorded 12 goals and six assists for 18 points, the highest total of any Carolina player in that span. The 19-year-old is on pace for 48 points over an 82 game season, which would mark the highest total from a Hurricanes rookie since Jeff Skinner's 63-point 2010-11 season that earned him the Calder Trophy.

The young winger may be stuck behind some more prominent rookie names, and sheltered in a smaller market, but with more performances like Tuesday's, Aho will be a household name soon enough.

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Just 0.9 seconds.

That was all that remained in the second frame of Tuesday's affair between the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning when Bruins pivot David Krejci recorded his 12th goal of the year.

From the right circle, Krejci fired a bullet shot over the glove of Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop, marking his second goal in his past four outings.

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Philipp Grubbauer didn't stand a chance.

The Washington Capitals' backstop was hung out to dry by his defensive unit Tuesday night, as New York Islanders forwards Brock Nelson and Ryan Strome connected on a beautiful passing play, earning Strome his seventh goal of the season.

The tally was Strome's first in 12 games.

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Max Pacioretty and Alexander Radulov - it's working.

The pair of dynamic Canadiens' forwards linked up twice Tuesday versus Buffalo, as Pacioretty was the beneficiary of a pair of perfect passes from his Russian linemate.

Pacioretty would complete his second hat trick of the season, without Radulov this time, banging in a rebound early in the third period.

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A promising upswing didn't survive the All-Star break for Henrik Lundqvist.

After a disastrous stretch of play prompted The King to evaluate his play a"embarrassing, frustrating, and disappointing," the New York Rangers linchpin bounced back with four strong starts ahead of last weekend's festivities in Los Angeles.

However, any hopes of complete rejuvenation were quickly dashed Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, as the Blue Jackets chased Lundqvist with three goals on 16 shots midway through the second period.

Lundqvist's replacement, Antti Raanta, didn't fare much better, allowing three goals on 10 shots as the Blue Jackets earned a 6-4 win.

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Trevor Daley had it on a tee.

Facing the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Penguins blue-liner walked into the opposing zone and blasted a slapshot by netminder Pekka Rinne.

The tally marked Daley's fifth goal of the season and second in his past five games.

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Sebastian Aho made his presence felt early versus the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.

The slick Carolina Hurricanes rookie accepted a pass from Jordan Staal and quickly pivoted to beat Steve Mason with a fancy forehand finish.

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File this Detroit Red Wings power play under "unsuccessful."

Detroit can thank New Jersey Devils sniper Kyle Palmieri for that label, after the American winger cut through the Wings' entire squad and left Niklas Kronwall spinning with this impressive tally.

Palmieri's shorthanded goal was the first he's ever scored in the NHL. He now has 12 goals on the year after potting a career-best 30 last season.

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A trip into Columbus used to mean an two easy points.

Qualifying for the playoffs just twice since entering the NHL in 2000, more often than not the second half of the season in Columbus has seen fans focused on draft rankings rather than the playoff race.

The Blue Jackets have finished no higher than fourth in their division dating back to 2006.

But things have changed this year.

No longer the NHL's pushover, the Blue Jackets have made a name for themselves this season, emerging as a respected opponent after years as the league's dormant.

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For much the of the season, the Blue Jackets have hovered around the top spot in the East, including a near-record win streak, one short of the all-time mark set by the 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins.

Coming out of the All-Star break, the Blue Jackets hold a 32-12-4 record, good for 68 points, and are poised for the playoffs for the first time since 2014. In all, the Jackets sit just four points behind the Washington Capitals for first place league-wide, while holding a game in hand.

"It's great that finally we're not the underdog anymore; teams are starting to show us a little more respect," Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson told Arpon Basu of NHL.com. "But that being said, teams aren't taking us so lightly anymore. We have to kind of embrace that and accept the challenge and be ready to go."

It's been more of a challenge for Columbus of late, where the Blue Jackets have struggled to a 5-6-0 record since the win streak was snapped by the Capitals on Jan. 5 following a 5-0 drubbing.

"Obviously when you go on a 16-game win streak you feel like you're on top of the world and nothing can go wrong," said defenseman Seth Jones. "Then you kind of come back down to Earth a little bit and realize that's going to end at some point. We're around .500 this month, not where we'd like to be after a month like last month."

The Blue Jackets will have a chance to get back to their winning ways in short order, as the team's schedule coming out of the All-Star break includes 28 games against the East, and 18 of those matches within the Metropolitan Division.

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