Gaborik had the lone shootout goal for the Rangers in four rounds

Gaborik had the lone shootout goal for the Rangers in four rounds.

Biron made 24 saves through overtime in place of No. 1 goalie Henrik Lundqvist. He had allowed four first-period goals to Chicago in his previous appearance on Feb. 16.

"I haven't been starting games as I would like," Biron said. "We're getting ourselves down and we can't always get out of it. We are in a good place where we are in the conference. We have to bring more desperation to our game right now."

The Islanders threatened to run the Rangers out of the building, stretching their lead to 3-1 and nearly scoring again when Michael Grabner came in on a breakaway midway through the second. Biron turned aside that chance and gave his teammates the opportunity to make a comeback.