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Avalanche Roll To Win Behind Roy

Associated Press

NHL roundup

Patrick Roy made 30 saves, several of the spectacular variety, and registered his first victory with his new team as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 Monday night in Toronto.

Craig Wolanin, Adam Deadmarsh, Joe Sakic, Stephane Yelle and Valeri Kamensky scored for Colorado, the Pacific Division leaders.

“He made some big saves early and that gave our players the world of confidence,” Avalanche coach Marc Crawford said. “We had that feeling that, if you go out there and play hard, you’ll get that solid back-stopping behind you.”

Doug Gilmour scored for the Leafs, who had been 3-0-1 in their last four games.

Avalanche 5, Maple Leafs 1

Colorado 2 0 3 - 5

Toronto 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, Colorado, Wolanin 5 (Yelle), 9:50. 2, Colorado, Deadmarsh 10 (Wolanin, Keane), 17:35.

Second period-3, Toronto, Gilmour 11 (Murphy, Hogue), 16:44 (pp).

Third period-4, Colorado, Sakic 20 (Kamensky, Lemieux), 1:55 (pp). 5. Colorado, Yelle 5 (Deadmarsh), 9:45. 6, Colorado, Kamensky 16, 15:46.

Shots on goal-Colorado 8-13-8-29. Toronto 7-16-8-31.Power-play opp.-Colorado 1 of 4; Toronto 1 of 6.Goalies-Colorado, Roy 13-10-1 (31 shots-30 saves). Toronto, Potvin 12-8-4 (29-24).A-15,746 (15,746).

Panthers 2, Devils 1

East Rutherford, N.J.

Mike Hough stole a puck behind the goal line to set up Radek Dvorak’s game-winning goal with 10:25 to play as Florida won for the first time ever in New Jersey.

Gord Murphy also scored for Florida and John Vanbiesbrouck had 27 saves, including stops on Valeri Zelepukin and Scott Niedermayer during a Devils’ power play with about 7 minutes to play.

“We’re not playing at our best,” Devils coach Jacques Lemaire said. “Tonight I felt the guys were playing 80 percent of what they can do and it’s not enough. It’s just not enough.”

Florida 0 1 1 - 2

New Jersey 0 0 1 - 1

First period-None.

Second period-1, Florida, Murphy 5 (Garpenlov, Jovanovski), 8:25.

Third period-2, New Jersey, MacLean 10 (Broten), 1:21 (sh). 3, Florida, Dvorak 8 (Hough), 9:35.

Shots on goal-Florida 5-8-6-19. New Jersey 6-7-15-28.Power-play opp.-Florida 0 of 6; New Jersey 0 of 4.Goalies-Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 14-6-1 (28 shots-27 saves). New Jersey, Schwab 0-2-0 (19-17).A-12,634 (19,040).

Rangers 3, Stars 2

New York

Mark Messier’s second goal of the game with 6:30 left gave New York a victory over Dallas, extending the Rangers’ home-ice unbeaten streak to 13 games.

Messier, who had scored the game’s first goal in the opening period, clinched the victory when he beat former Spokane Chiefs goalie Darcy Wakaluk from the low slot. The puck was out there for Messier after Alexei Kovalev’s shot from the high slot had bounced off a pile of players in front.

Dallas 0 1 1 - 2

N.Y. Rangers 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, New York, Messier 18 (Graves), 17:42.

Second period-2, Dallas, Modano 11 (Gagner, Lehtinen), 13:24. 3, New York, Lidster 4 (Graves, Nemchinov), 16:50.

Third period-4, Dallas, D.Hatcher 3 (Storm, Millen), 1:48 (pp). 5, New York, Messier 19 (Kovalev, Leetch), 13:30.

Shots on goal-Dallas 11-12-7-30. New York 11-10-9-30.Power-play opp.-Dallas 1 of 6; New York 0 of 5.Goalies-Dallas, Wakaluk 4-6-3 (30 shots-27 saves). New York, Richter 13-7-3 (30-28).A-18,200 (18,200).

Lightning 6, Sabres 1

Buffalo, N.Y.

Jeff Reese stopped 21 shots and Tampa Bay scored three times in the second period in a win over Buffalo.

Only 5,462 fans braved poor weather conditions to attend the game, which was rescheduled from Sunday after more than 3 feet of snow fell in Buffalo and surrounding areas.

Tampa Bay 1 3 2 - 6

Buffalo 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Tampa Bay, Burr 7 (Ciccone), 6:05 (pp).

Second period-2, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 3, 8:08 (sh). 3, Tampa Bay, Ciccone 1 (Ysebaert, Cross), 9:15. 4, Tampa Bay, Bellows 9 (Gavey, Houlder), 19:37 (pp).

Third period-5, Tampa Bay, Ysebaert 11 (Klima, Hamrlik), 4:42 (pp). 6, Buffalo, Khmylev 6 (May, LaFontaine), 9:43. 7, Tampa Bay, Gratton 9 (Klima, Poeschek), 13:07.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 14-11-12-37. Buffalo 8-6-8-22.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 3 of 7; Buffalo 0 of 9.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Reese 4-3-0 (22 shots-21 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 10-11-3 (37-31).A-10,502 (16,230).

Flames 6, Kings 2

Calgary, Alberta

Theoren Fleury scored three goals in the second period to lead Calgary past Los Angeles.

The natural hat trick was the first time Fleury has scored more than one goal in a game this season and brought his total to 11.

All three goals were set up by German Titov and were one-timers that beat goalie Byron Dafoe from inside the top of the face-off circle or beyond.

Los Angeles 2 0 0 - 2

Calgary 2 3 1 - 6

First period-1, Calgary, Stern 6 (Housley), 4:30. 2, Los Angeles, Kurri 7 (Lacroix), 12:32. 3, Los Angeles, Granato 13 (Gretzky), 13:08. 4, Calgary, Chiasson 3, 18:56 (

Second period-5, Calgary, Fleury 9 (Titov), 8:31. 6, Calgary, Fleury 10 (Titov, Nylander), 13:55. 7, Calgary, Fleury 11 (Titov, Housley), 19:10 (pp).

Third period-8, Calgary, Sullivan 4, 17:05.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 9-9-11-29. Calgary 11-6-9-26.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 5; Calgary 2 of 3.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 9-8-5 (17 shots 12 saves), Hrudey (0:00 third, 9-8). Calgary, Tabaracci 4-6-1 (29-27).A-17,349 (20,230).