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Jim Carey stopped 20 shots in his sixth career shutout and Peter Bondra had two goals as the Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 Tuesday night in Landover, Md.

Capitals 4, Canadiens 0

Montreal 0 0 0 - 0

Washington 0 1 3 - 4

First period-None.

Second period-1, Washington, Bondra 18 (Gonchar), 15:41.

Third period-2, Washington, Juneau 5 (Konowalchuk, Jones), 4:19 (pp). 3, Washington, Bondra 19 (Gonchar), 5:32 (pp). 4, Washington, Konowalchuk 12 (Gonchar, Pivonka), 6:40.

Shots on goal-Montreal 6-7-7-20. Washington 11-13-17-41.Power-play opp.-Montreal 0 of 5; Washington 2 of 6.Goalies-Montreal, Thibault 4-2-1 (41 shots-37 saves). Washington, Carey 14-10-3 (20-20).A-16,403 (18,130).

Rangers 5, Senators 4 New York

New York extended its home unbeaten streak to 17 games as two goals each by Pat Verbeek and Mark Messier led New York to victory over Ottawa. < Ottawa 1 2 1 - 4

N.Y. Rangers 2 2 2 - 6

First period-1, Ottawa, Straka 7, 7:43. 2, New York, Messier 23 (Leetch), 8:20 (pp). 3, New York, Verbeek 23 (Graves, Driver), 17:09 (pp).

Second period-4, Ottawa, Alfredsson 11 (Hill, Huffman), 7:50. 5, New York, Verbeek 24 (Leetch, Graves), 9:15 (pp). 6, New York, Kovalev 9 (Leetch), 11:48. 7, Ottawa, Quinn 6 (Alfredsson, Cunneyworth), 13:57 (pp).

Third period-8, Ottawa, Pitlick 1 (Cunneyworth), 4:06. 9, New York, Nemchinov 7 (Langdon, Beukeboom), 7:10. 10, New York, Messier 24 (Verbeek), 19:00 (en).

Shots on goal-Ottawa 17-16-3-36. New York 13-19-13-45.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 1 of 9; New York 3 of 7.Goalies-Ottawa, Beaupre 6-18-0 (44 shots-39 saves). New York, Richter 17-8-3 (36-32).A-18,200 (18,200).

Red Wings 3, Blues 2 Detroit

Detroit coach Scotty Bowman tied the league record for most games coached (1,606) and his team overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat St. Louis.

St. Louis 2 0 0 - 2

Detroit 0 2 1 - 3

First period-1, St. Louis, Corson 11 (Vopat, MacInnis), 6:19. 2, St. Louis, Hull 22 (MacInnis), 13:41 (sh).

Second period-3, Detroit, Lidstrom 8 (Coffey, Yzerman), 8:21 (pp). 4, Detroit, Larionov 9 (Ciccarelli, Coffey), 19:02 (pp).

Third period-5, Detroit, Ciccarelli 7 (Errey, Yzerman), 12:48.

Shots on goal-St. Louis 8-4-8-20. Detroit 3-16-9-28.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 0 of 6; Detroit 2 of 6.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 15-15-5 (28 shots-25 saves). Detroit, Osgood 15-3-1 (20-18). A-19,983 (19,875).

Islanders 3, Bruins 3, OT Uniondale, N.Y.

Ray Bourque’s goal with 3:40 left in regulation rallied Boston from a threegoal, third-period deficit to gain a tie with New York.

Boston 0 0 3 0 - 3

N.Y. Islanders 2 1 0 0 - 3

First Period-1, New York, Bertuzzi 7 (Andersson, Schneider), 10:51. 2, New York, Flatley 5, 19:04.

Second Period-3, New York, Green 12, 7:17.

Third Period-4, Boston, Czerkawski 3 (Oates, McEachern), 5:05. 5, Boston, Stevens 9 (Zombo, D.Sweeney), 9:46. 6, Boston, Bourque 13, 16:20.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Boston 6-9-11-2-28. New York 13-5-7-6-31.Power-play opp.-Boston 0 of 3; New York 0 of 2.Goalies-Boston, Billington 6-8-1 (31 shots-28 saves). New York, Soderstrom 4-10-4 (28-25).A-14,311 (16,297).

Blackhawks 5, Stars 3 Chicago

Murray Craven deflected Eric Daze’s long shot past Darcy Wakaluk, snapping a tie with 3:59 to play.

Dallas 0 3 0 - 3

Chicago 0 2 3 - 5

First period-None.

Second period-1, Dallas, Adams 13 (Fedyk, Gagner), 1:02. 2, Dallas, Huard 1 (Churla, Modano), 5:37. 3, Chicago, Roenick, 17 (Chelios, Amonte), 7:34. 4, Chicago, Daze 16 (Craven, Smith), 10:46. 5, Dallas, Gilchrist 7 (D.Hatcher), 11:23.

Third period-6, Chicago, Amonte 8 (Poulin, Suter), 11:39. 7, Chicago, Craven 8 (Daze, Probert), 16:01. 8, Chicago, Roenick 18, 19:59 (en).

Shots on goal-Dallas 10-11-16-37. Chicago 10-14-8-32.Power-play opp.-Dallas 0 of 6; Chicago 0 of 3.Goalies-Dallas, Wakaluk 5-9-4 (31 shots-27 saves). Chicago, Hackett 7-3-3 (37-34). A-21,694 (20,500).

Penguins 6, Sabres 3 Pittsburgh

Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr scored their 30th goals, and Pittsburgh forced 18-year-old goalie Martin Biron from the net in his NHL debut en route to a win over Buffalo.

Lemieux and Jagr, who are tied for the league lead in goals, are 1-2 in points. Jagr had three assists in his 21st multiple-point game this season, and Lemieux added an assist, giving him points in all but one of his 30 games. His 524th goal tied him with Bryan Trottier for 16th on the career list.

Buffalo 1 0 2 - 3

Pittsburgh 4 2 0 - 6

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Nedved 13 (Jagr, Zubov), 2:09. 2, Buffalo, Plante 8 (Burridge, Barnaby), 4:11. 3, Pittsburgh, Roche 2 (Smolinski), 5:28. 4, Pittsburgh, Jagr 30 (Lemieux, Smolinski), 10:26 (pp). 5, Pittsburgh, Francis 18 (Jagr, Zubov), 19:52 (pp).

Second period-6, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 30 (Francis, Zubov), 11:03. 7, Pittsburgh, Joseph 4 (Francis, Jagr), 12:32.

Third period-8, Buffalo, Barnaby 5 (Burridge, Astley), 9:28. 9, Buffalo, Jackson 4 (Holzinger, Ray), 10:03.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 6-15-14-35. Pittsburgh 16-17-8-41.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 0 of 6; Pittsburgh 2 of 5.Goalies-Buffalo, Biron 0-1-0 (16 shots-12 saves), Shields (0:00 second, 17-15), Biron (0:00 third, 8-8). Pittsburgh, Wregget 10-7-1 (35-32).A-16,764 (17,181).

Flames 4, Canucks 2 Vancouver, British Columbia Jamie Huscroft, who entered the season with two goals in 135 NHL games, bounced in a shot from the point at 13:14 of the third period to break a tie as Calgary beat Vancouver.

Calgary 1 0 3 - 4

Vancouver 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Vancouver, Gelinas 14 (Aucoin), :47. 2, Calgary, Stern 8 (Chiasson, Sullivan), 15:35.

Second period-None.

Third period-3, Calgary, Millen 4 (Patrick, Yawney), 2:28. 4, Vancouver, Rohlin 3 (Linden), 3:10. 5, Calgary, Huscroft 2 (Stillman), 13:14. 6, Calgary, Fleury 13 (Yawney), 19:54 (en).

Shots on goal-Calgary 10-11-9-30. Vancouver 6-2-16-24.Power-play opp.-Calgary 0 of 4; Vancouver 0 of 6.Goalies-Calgary, Kidd 3-13-5 (24 shots-22 saves). Vancouver, McLean 9-11-7 (30-26).A-18,422 (18,422).

Avalanche 5, Sharks 1 San Jose, Calif.

Alexei Gusarov and Scott Young scored in the opening 1:39 and Valeri Kamensky added two goals as Colorado beat San Jose.

Colorado 2 1 2 - 5

San Jose 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Colorado, Gusarov 2, :31. 2, Colorado, Young 10 (Sakic, Lefebvre), 1:39.

Second period-3, Colorado, Kamensky 17 (Murray, Corbet), 11:08.

Third period-4, Colorado, Kamensky 18 (Young), 1:18. 5, Colorado, Corbet 2 (Keane, Ozolinsh), 13:27. 6, San Jose, Miller 12 (Whitney, Rathje), 18:04 (pp).

Shots on goal-Colorado 13-10-7-30. San Jose 6-11-12-29.Power-play opp.-Colorado 0 of 3; San Jose 1 of 4.Goalies-Colorado, Roy 16-12-1 (29 shots-28 saves). San Jose, Terreri, 10-11-0 (30-25).A-17,190 (17,190).