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Snow Cools Penguins, But Flames Snuffed

Associated Press

NHL

To his everlasting regret, Calgary Flames goalie Trevor Kidd was not one of the people who couldn’t make it to the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

Mario Lemieux had a goal and three assists against the former Spokane Chief as Pittsburgh beat the Flames 7-1 Tuesday night before the Penguins’ smallest home crowd in nearly 10 years.

Attendance was just 7,170 because of a snowstorm that started in the afternoon. The Penguins entered the game averaging 16,328, which is 95 percent of capacity for their first 13 home games. Tuesday’s crowd was the smallest since 6,966 watched a 4-3 win over New Jersey on Jan. 6, 1986. The Penguins said 14,148 tickets were sold for Tuesday’s game.

The Penguins broke open a 1-1 game and tortured Kidd.

“We played a good first period and kept the puck in deep,” Kidd said. “After that, we kind of stood around and watched them. Maybe we were in awe. I don’t know. That’s by far the best club we’ve played all year.”.

Penguins 7, Flames 1

Calgary 0 1 0 - 1

Pittsburgh 1 4 2 - 7

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 29 (Francis, Jagr), 19:45 (pp).

Second period-2, Calgary, Ward 2 (Kruse), 2:27. 3, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 23 (Naslund, Lemieux), 5:45. 4, Pittsburgh, Zubov 2 (Lemieux, Francis), 7:36 (pp). 5, Pittsburgh, Murray 8 (Nedved, Mironov), 18:08. 6, Pittsburgh, Nedved 12 (Jagr, Francis), 19:33.

Third period-7, Pittsburgh, Jagr 28 (Lemieux, Smolinski), 7:54. 8, Pittsburgh, Smolinski 11 (Nedved), 17:01 (sh).

Shots on goal-Calgary 9-10-8-27. Pittsburgh 8-17-10-35.Power-play opp.-Calgary 0 of 4; Pittsburgh 2 of 3.Goalies-Calgary, Kidd 2-13-5 (35 shots-28 saves). Pittsburgh, Wregget 9-5-1 (27-26).A-7,170 (17,181).

Lightning 6, Jets 3

St. Petersburg, Fla.

Chris Gratton’s power-play goal broke a tie, and Tampa Bay set a team record with six third-period goals in a victory over Winnipeg.

Winnipeg 1 0 2 - 3

Tampa Bay 0 0 6 - 6

First period-1, Winnipeg, Finley 1 (Darrin Shannon, McKenzie), 11:33.

Second period-None.

Third period-2, Tampa Bay, Bradley 7 (Klima, Hamrlik), 1:39 (pp). 3, Tampa Bay, Cross 2, 2:18. 4, Tampa Bay, Gavey 3 (Tucker, Klima), 2:57. 5, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 16 (Zhamnov, Selanne), 6:31 (pp). 6, Winnipeg, Olczyk 16 (Selanne, Zhamnov), 8:27 (pp). 7, Tampa Bay, Gratton 10 (Bradley, Bellows), 14:32 (pp). 8, Tampa Bay, Gavey 4 (Klima), 15:57. 9, Tampa Bay, Cullen 3 (Tucker, Shaw), 19:17.

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 11-6-6-23. Tampa Bay 12-10-21-43.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 2 of 7; Tampa Bay 2 of 9.Goalies-Winnipeg, Cheveldae 3-11-3 (43 shots-37 saves). Tampa Bay, Reese 6-5-0 (23-20).A-16,581 (28,000).

Sharks 7, Mighty Ducks 4

Anaheim, Calif.

Owen Nolan scored a career-high four goals as San Jose ended a three-game losing streak.

San Jose 3 4 0 - 7

Anaheim 0 3 1 - 4

First period-1, San Jose, Nolan 13 (Sykora), 1:22. 2, San Jose, Ragnarsson 6 (Bodger), 2:32 (pp). 3, San Jose, Friesen 6 (Janney, Bodger), 18:13.

Second period-4, San Jose, Nolan 14 (Ragnarsson, Bodger), :57 (pp). 5, Anaheim, Carnback 6 (D.Sacco, Kariya), 1:56. 6, Anaheim, Douris 7 (York, Karpa), 5:14 (pp). 7, San Jose, Nazarov 6 (Nolan, Rathje), 10:45. 8, San Jose, Nolan 15 (Janney, Bodger), 13:23 (pp). 9, San Jose, Nolan 16 (Dahlen, Janney), 13:57 (pp). 10, Anaheim, Dirk 1 (Kariya, Tverdovsky), 19:02.

Third period-11, Anaheim, Dollas 3 (Krygier, J.Sacco), 5:03.

Shots on goal-San Jose 17-10-6-33. Anaheim 11-12-9-32.Power-play opp.-San Jose 4 of 5; Anaheim 1 of 6.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 6-10-0 (32 shots-28 saves). Anaheim, Hebert (17-14), Shtalenkov 4-8-2 (0:00 second, 16-12).A-17,174 (17,174).

Blues 4, Islanders 1

St. Louis

Shayne Corson had two goals and an assist, and Grant Fuhr allowed just one goal for the 11th time this year as St. Louis defeated New York.

N.Y. Islanders 0 1 0 - 1

St. Louis 0 2 2 - 4

First period-None.

Second period-1, St. Louis, Corson 9 (Pronger, Hull), 5:04 (pp). 2, New York, Palffy 11 (McCabe, Green), 6:08 (pp). 3, St. Louis, Creighton 3 (Hawerchuk, Daigneault), 9:31 (pp).

Third period-4, St. Louis, Corson 10 (Hawerchuk, Hull), 1:08 (pp). 5, St. Louis, Hawerchuk 4 (Corson, Hull), 16:29 (pp).

Shots on goal-New York 4-13-13-30. St. Louis 10-17-12-39.Power-play opp.-New York 1 of 3; St. Louis 4 of 7.Goalies-New York, Soderstrom 3-10-2 (39 shots-35 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 15-13-5 (30-29).A-16,564 (19,260).

Devils 5, Flyers 4 (OT)

East Rutherford, N.J.

Bill Guerin scored a power-play goal off the skate of Philadelphia defenseman Chris Therien at 2:13 of overtime to give New Jersey the win.

Philadelphia 2 1 1 0 - 4

New Jersey 1 2 1 1 - 5

First Period-1, Philadelphia, Renberg 19 (LeClair, Lindros), :44. 2, Philadelphia, Falloon 8 (Brind’Amour, Otto), 1:15. 3, New Jersey, Guerin 6, 6:48 (pp).

Second Period-4, New Jersey, Zelepukin 4 (Broten, Chambers), 4:53. 5, Philadelphia, Falloon 9 (Brind’Amour, Samuelsson), 8:54. 6, New Jersey, McKay 6 (Dowd, Holik), 18:47.

Third Period-7, Philadelphia, Lindros 22 (Renberg), 8:06. 8, New Jersey, Sykora 11, 16:39.

Overtime-9, New Jersey, Guerin 7 (Chambers), 2:13 (pp).

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 7-14-7-1-29. New Jersey 14-15-18-1-48.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 0 of 5; New Jersey 1 of 5.Goalies-Philadelphia, Hextall 12-3-1 (48 shots-43 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 11-14-3 (29-25).A-5,781 (19,040).