DENVER -- Away from home, the New York Islanders have been tough to beat lately. Michael Grabner knocked in a shot from the slot at 1:46 of overtime, giving the Islanders a 2-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night. It was the sixth road win in a row for the Islanders, who forced overtime when Brock Nelsons goal early in the third period evened the score. "Weve been a decent road team," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. "Simple hockey maybe, and doing the right things. Goaltending has been pretty good for us. Our special teams on the road over the last two weeks has been good." Brian Strait helped set up the winner with a pass to Grabner in the Avalanche zone. Grabner skated across the slot, appearing momentarily to lose control of the puck, before getting hold of it with his stick and circling back to unleash the shot from between the circles. He got enough on it to get it past Semyon Varlamov. "The puck bounced a little bit," Grabner said. "I dont know if my stick got caught on the boards or the ref there, I almost lost it and couldnt control the puck, but I got it back in the corner. The guys opened up some room by driving to the net and I got a chance to shoot from the hash marks." Kevin Poulin, who had 30 saves, won his fourth straight decision and improved to 5-1 in his last six games. He credited the recent road success to the teams increasing rapport with one another. "Earlier in the season, we didnt have the groove on the road," Poulin said. "As the season goes on, you create chemistry. I thought weve played really well defensively the last three or four games." Despite the loss, the Avalanche finished their season-high seven-game homestand with a 4-1-2 record for the second-best points percentage (.714) during a homestand of at least seven games in franchise history. The Avalanche finished a nine-game homestand 6-2-1 (.722) from Feb. 9-March 9, 2002. "You wanted to pick up as many points as possible and I think 10 out of 14 is pretty good," Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. "It was a hard-fought game. Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of the game but I thought we did a lot of good things out there. We battled and defensively we played well. We didnt give them too many chances." Nathan MacKinnon, who leads all NHL rookies in points, broke a scoreless tie at 18:15 of the second period. He gathered in an outlet pass from Andre Benoit just past the red line and dashed down centre ice, blowing past defenceman Matt Donovan in a stunning show of speed before lifting a wrist shot over the left leg of Poulin as the goalie lay sprawled in front of the net. It was the 15th goal of the season for MacKinnon, who has 29 points in 44 games. The Islanders evened the score 4 1/2 minutes into the third, when Nelson got off a shot in the slot that got past Varlamov. It was Nelsons fifth goal of the season. 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Yellow Air VaporMax 2018 Outlet . - The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned pitchers Kyle Drabek, Chad Jenkins and Sean Nolin to triple-A Buffalo.Sidney Crosby collected two assists Sunday and was named MVP of the Stanley Cup finals as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat San Jose 3-1 in game six to win their fourth NHL championship. The Penguins have won all four of their championships on the road as they beat the Sharks 4-2 to earn their first Stanley Cup title since 2009. They also won back-to-back championships on the road in 1991 and 1992.Everyone has a part in this and it feels really good to win the last game of the season, said Crosby, who was the first to touch the trophy before passing it on to team-mate Trevor Daley. The victory is another feather in the cap of Crosbys brilliant career which includes two Olympic gold medals and now two Stanley Cup titles. Martin Jones #31 of the San Jose Sharks allows a goal to Kris Letang #58 of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second period The 28-year-old Canadian Crosby assisted on Kris Letangs second period goal and Patric Hornqvists empty netter with 62 seconds left on the clock in front of a crowd of 17,500 at the SAP Center arena in San Jose. It was Hornqvists ninth goal of the postseason.Brian Dumoulin also scored a powerplay goal for the Penguins.Logan Couture scored the only goal for the Sharks, who were competing in their first Stanley Cup final in their 25-year franchise history.This was one of the most unlikely NHL championship teams in recent times as they struggled mightily to find their game in the first half of the season, taking a back seat to Alex Ovechkins Washington Capitals in the competitive Eastern Conference standings. 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Crosby celebrates being awarded the Conn Smythe trophy as the MVP of the play-offs Penguins forward Bryan Rust said: If you had told me this at the beginning of the season I would have called you a liar.The Sharks stole game five from the Penguins thanks to the brilliant goaltending of Martin Jones. The 26-year-old Jones stopped 24 of 26 shots on Sunday as he at least gave San Jose a chance in each game by keeping the scores close.The Penguins got scoring from all four lines throughout the six game series and their defence earned badges of honour for the way they blocked numerous shots in front of their 22-year-old rookie netminder Matt Murray.I am just trying to enjoy the moment, said Murray. Also See: NHL great Howe dies aged 88 More ice hockey news ' ' '