NEW YORK -- The number on Henrik Lundqvist's stat line that jumped out to the New York Rangers goalie wasn't the 19 in the win column but the zero under shutouts.

Never did the numbers 20 and 1 go as well together as they did Monday night.

Lundqvist bounced back from a slump and a bout with a stomach bug, sending the Rangers to a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins that stopped a slide and lifted New York back into first place in the Atlantic Division.

''It is about time. I haven't even been close to a shutout,'' Lundqvist said. ''Just going into the third without any goals felt pretty good to me.''

Lundqvist allowed three goals or fewer in 17 of his first 18 outings this season, but gave up 13 overall in his past three -- at least four in each game. He sat out Saturday at Washington after getting sick before the game.

Sharks 5, Islanders 3

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- As well as the San Jose Sharks played for the first half of the game, coach Todd McLellan was more concerned about the lackadaisical way his team finished.

Mike Grier scored two goals in a game for the first time in nearly two years and the San Jose Sharks held on to beat the New York Islanders 5-3 Saturday night to extend their run of dominance on home ice.

Grier scored in the final minute of the first period and then added a goal midway through the third that made it 4-1 for his first multigoal game since Jan. 4, 2007, against Detroit.

But the Sharks allowed two goals in the final 3:10 to make things interesting before an empty-net goal in the closing seconds iced it.

''Our focus will be the lapses that got them back in the game,'' McLellan said. ''It's unacceptable that we were up 4-1 with about 3 minutes left in the game and on the power play and we give them a short-handed goal.