UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Martin St. Louis scored the tying goal with 1:12 left in regulation and then set up Vincent Lecavalier’s breakaway winner in overtime that gave the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 victory over the Islanders last night.

With Sean Burke pulled for an extra attacker, St. Louis got his stick on Dan Boyle’s shot from the right point and knocked the puck past goalie Rick DiPietro, who didn’t see it.

That tied the game at 2 and only set up more drama in overtime.

The Islanders nearly won it as the clock ticked down in the final minute but Mark Parrish’s rebound shot was blocked in front by Darryl Sydor. Pavel Kubina moved the puck out to St. Louis, who found Lecavalier streaking alone at center ice.

He came in on DiPietro, deked him onto his back, and beat him with a shot past his glove with 54.5 seconds showing on the clock.

Tampa Bay improved to 8-1-1 in its last 10 games. The Lightning have won six straight against the Islanders, dating to a first-round playoff victory in 2004 during the Lightning’s Stanley Cup run.

Mike York and Jason Blake scored for the Islanders.

Fredrik Modin put the Lightning in front 1-0 just 1:22 in and Burke finished with 28 saves.

Blake tied it with 5:46 left in the second period with his 20th goal.York put the Islanders in front 9:19 into the third with his 11th. He came in with just one goal in 20 games.

New York lost for the second time in three games following a season-best three-game winning streak.

After the Islanders put early pressure on Burke, Tampa Bay turned the tide.

Lightning defenseman Paul Ranger charged into the slot from the left point to get to the puck. He wound up for a big drive but instead found Modin alone at the left post for an easy redirect past DiPietro.

Tampa Bay had three power-play chances in the opening period against the NHL’s worst home penalty killers but couldn’t generate much offense. The Lightning held only an 8-6 edge in shots through 20 minutes.

They even started the second period with a man up, but the Islanders got the better of the scoring chances then, too. Only Burke, who has been in a steady goalie rotation with John Grahame, kept the Lightning in it.

The Islanders failed to take advantage of Ruslan Fedotenko’s double minor for high-sticking against former Lightning defenseman Brad Lukowich but they did tie it before the second period ended.

Blake whiffed on a shot, and the puck slid to the side of the net to Miroslav Satan. He moved it to York, who was just inside the right circle, for a quick shot that deflected off Blake and in.