UNIONDALE, N.Y. - For just the third time in franchise history, the New York Islanders are perfect through their first four games.John Tavares scored the decisive goal of the shootout and the Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Thursday night.San Joses Logan Couture and New Yorks Kyle Okposo traded goals earlier in the shootout before Tavares beat Alex Stalock in the fifth round. San Joses Joe Thornton missed on his turn and the Islanders improved to 4-0-0 before a raucous crowd at Nassau Coliseum.The Islanders were perfect through four games previously to start in 1976-77 and 2001-02.These are fun games to play because theres such great energy in the building, said Tavares, who added two assists and leads the NHL with nine points. We brought a good work ethic and a determination to win battles.San Joses Tomas Hertl tied the tense game at 11:16 of the third after goals by Okposo and Josh Bailey earlier in the period put the Islanders ahead 3-2.Stalock made a spectacular glove stop on Tavares in the last minute of overtime and finished with 42 saves.The pace of the game was great, it was a real test of our players, Sharks coach Todd McClellan said. But I thought they had more tenacity.The Islanders dominated the first two periods, outshooting the Sharks 28-11 but they trailed 2-1 entering the third.Okposo scored a power-play goal at 5:57 on a slick pass into the slot from Frans Nielsen. Josh Bailey put the home team ahead at 8:38 with his second of the season.The goal inspired one of many loud choruses of Lets Go Islanders! from the Nassau Coliseum crowd. The Islanders will leave the classic arena after this season for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.The fans are tremendous, they are passionate, Tavares added. They want us to be a playoff team and thats what we want too. We want to be a tough team at home.Okposos goal was the Islanders sixth on the power-play in 14 chances this season.Thats one of the premier teams in the West and I think we outplayed them, Okposo said. Thats the kind of game were capable of. And we still have room to grow.Brent Burns and Patrick Marleau scored second-period goals for the Sharks, who had opened with three wins.Burns opened the scoring for the Sharks at 1:39 of the second with assists to Joe Pavelski and Mirco Mueller.It was the first NHL point for the 19-year-old Mueller, a first-round draft pick by the Sharks in 2013. The goal was first of the season for Burns, who shrugged when asked if the wide shots differential between the teams was a true barometer of the game.Sometimes stats are weird, he said.Nick Leddy tied it for the Islanders at 4:05 of the second, pouncing on a loose puck in the high slot and sending it past Stalock for his second goal.Patrick Marleau put the Sharks back on top with a power-play goal at 9:14, scoring from the left point 7 seconds after Ryan Strome went off for cross-checking.Marleaus team-best third goal this season was the 440th of his career. The 35-year-old forward is playing his 18th season with the Sharks.The Islanders opened the season with two wins over the Carolina Hurricanes and a comeback 6-3 victory over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. They next will visit the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.Our puck management was good and we had good decision making, Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. We did a lot of little things well.San Joses John Scott hammered Mikhail Grabovski midway through the first period with an apparently clean hit. Grabovski didnt return to the game. The Islanders said the forward sustained an upper body injury.Earlier Thursday, the Islanders sent rookie defenceman Griffin Reinhart to AHL Bridgeport and activated Calvin de Haan from injured reserve.NOTES: The Islanders wore the blue alternate jerseys they debuted for last Januarys outdoor game against the Rangers at Yankee Stadium ... The Islanders scratched Colin McDonald and Eric Boulton plus defenceman Matt Donovan. ... San Jose scratched Mike Brown and Mike Sheppard and defenceman Scott Hannan. Stitched Reds Jerseys .com Tours Nova Scotia Open. The 27-year-old Sloan, a former Texas-El Paso player from Calgary matched first-round leader Rodriguez at 10-under 132 on Ashburn Golf Clubs New Course. 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The Canucks have lost four straight in regulation, one setback shy of their longest stretch without a win this season done twice before. Vancouver was able to earn some points over those earlier droughts, going 0-3-2 from Nov. 9-19 and 0-2-3 from Dec. 30-Jan. 7. Vancouver is holding on to the eighth spot in the Western Conference by just a single point over the Phoenix Coyotes and were unable to get a spark from the return of both coach John Tortorella and captain Henrik Sedin on Monday. Tortorella returned to the bench after serving a 15-day suspension for his actions in a game versus the Calgary Flames on Jan. 18, missing six games. Sedin was absent for each one due to a rib injury that halted his consecutive games played streak at 679 and was held off the scoresheet in last nights 2-0 setback to the Detroit Red Wings. Eddie Lack made 28 saves in the second contest of a five-game road trip, but Detroit got eight saves from Jonas Gustavsson in the first period before he exited due to dizziness. Jimmy Howard stopped all 16 Vancouver shots he faced the rest of the way. "We cant buy a win right now," Lack said. "Im trying to do my job and keep us in every game. Its tough." After Detroit scored the games first goal early in the second period, David Booth was hooked on a breakaway and awarded a penalty shot. However, Howard turned his chance aside to leave the Canucks and Tortorella frustrated. "We need to change the complexion of our hockey club, either with our play or with different people, because we looked like a slow hockey team tonight," noted Tortorella. "Were going to keep on banging away to try and get better, but its very frustrating to see the same looks. It worries me. Ill leave it at that." One change that could happen tonight is the insertion of defenseman Raphael Diaz into the lineup. 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David Krejci also lit the lamp and Zdeno Chara added a pair of assists for the Bruins, who posted 19 of their 41 shots in the third period. "Well, I think so -- a much better game tonight in all aspects of it," said Bruins head coach Claude Julien comparing the game to Thursdays loss to Montreal. "Thought that goal by Dougie kind of made everybody relax a little bit more and our game seemed to get better after that too." Boston leads the Tampa Bay Lightning by four points for the top spot in the division and will have Chara in the lineup tonight for the last time before the Olympic break. The hulking defenseman will not play on Thursday in St. Louis or Saturday versus Ottawa as he had earlier been selected to carry Slovakias flag during the Opening Ceremonies on Friday for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The Bruins have lost three of their last four versus the Canucks, including a 6-2 setback on Dec. 14 that marked the first time the two clubs met in Vancouver since Boston won Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals. Tuukka Rask got the start for the Bruins, but was pulled early in the second period after allowing four goals on 23 shots. He fell to 0-1-1 with a 3.38 goals against average in his career versus the Canucks. Sedin had a goal and an assist in the victory, while Roberto Luongo posted 39 saves to improve to 12-10-3 in his career versus Boston with a 2.38 GAA and four shutouts. ' ' '