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Blues Snap Losing Skid Against Jets

Associated Press

NHL

Brian Noonan scored twice and Dale Hawerchuk had a goal and two assists to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night at St. Louis.

The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Blues, who had been shut out in two of their last three contests. The Jets are 3-3 in their last six games.

Noonan’s second goal, at the 35-second mark of the second period, gave the Blues a 3-1 lead. Noonan fired a slap shot from the top of the slot after Hawerchuk passed the puck to him from the right faceoff circle. Noonan leads the Blues in game-winning goals with three.

Igor Korolev, who has 14 points in his last eight games, scored 54 seconds later to make the score 3-2.

Winnipeg 1 1 0 - 2

St. Louis 2 1 0 - 3

First period-1, Winnipeg, Selanne 6 (Tkachuk, Korolev), 6:30 (pp). 2, St. Louis, Hawerchuk 3 (McInnis), 12:59 (pp). 3, St. Louis, Noonan 4 (Hawerchuk, Corson), 15:52 (pp).

Second period-4, St. Louis, Noonan 6 (Hawerchuk) 0:35. 5, Winnipeg, Korolev 11 (Quint), 1:29.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 11-11-6-28. St. Louis 15-11-9-36.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 1 of 6; St. Louis 2 of 7.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 6-3-0 (36 shots-33 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 6-8-1 (28-26).A-18,303 (19,260).

Rangers 4, Islanders 1

New York

Pat Verbeek had a goal and two assists and goaltender Glenn Healy remained undefeated as the New York Rangers defeated the New York Islanders.

Healy (5-0-1), the former Islander, was rarely challenged, facing 21 shots and just 11 in the final two periods.

N.Y. Islanders 0 0 1 - 1

N.Y. Rangers 0 2 2 - 4

First period-None.

Second period-1, N.Y. Rangers, Verbeek 7 (Nemchinov), 10:33. 2, N.Y. Rangers, Robitaille 6 (Ferraro, Verbeek), 15:41 (pp).

Third period-3, N.Y. Rangers, Lowe 1 (Lidstom), 7:08. 4, N.Y. Islanders, Semak 5 (King, McInnis), 16:35. 5, N.Y. Rangers, Messier 10 (Verbeek), 18:10.

Shots on goal-N.Y. Islanders 8-3-10-21. N.Y. Rangers 10-22-14-46.Power-play opp.-N.Y. Islanders 0 of 5; N.Y. Rangers 1 of 7.Goalies-N.Y. Islanders, McLennan 0-2-0 (46 shots-42 saves). New York, Healy 5-0-1 (21-20).A-18,200 (18,200).

Oilers 4, Lightning 3

St. Petersburg, Fla.

Jason Arnott’s goal at 2:41 of overtime gave Edmonton a victory over Tampa Bay.

Edmonton 2 0 1 1 - 4 Tampa Bay 1 1 1 0 - 3

First Period-1, Edmonton, Buchberger 5 (Marchant, Richardson), 3:57 (sh). 2, Edmonton, Hauer 1 (Weight, Arnott), 12:24. 3, Tampa Bay, Bradley 2 (Bellows, Ysebaert), 16:00.

Second Period-4, Tampa Bay, Ysebaert 4 (Bradley, Klima), 7:05 (pp).

Third Period-5, Edmonton, White 4 (DeBrusk), 4:03. 6, Tampa Bay, Bellows 5 (Hamrlik, Klima), 7:47 (pp).

Overtime-7, Edmonton, Arnott 5 (Weight), 2:41.

Shots on goal-Edmonton 10-9-15-3-37. Tampa Bay 10-7-13-4-34.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 0 of 6; Tampa Bay 3 of 6.Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford 5-6-3 (34 shots-31 saves). Tampa Bay, Wilkinson 0-2-0 (37-33.A-20,361 (28,000).

Penguins 9, Sharks 1 San Jose, Calif.

Ron Francis had three goals, Jaromir Jagr scored twice and Mario Lemieux had a goal and four assists to boost his NHL scoring lead as Pittsburgh defeated San Jose.

Pittsburgh 2 4 3 - 9

San Jose 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Jagr 14 (Francis, Lemieux), 14:51 (pp). 2, San Jose, Miller 5 (Nolan, Sheppard), 18:13. 3, Pittsburgh, Francis 10 (Maciver), 19:31 (sh).

Second period-4, Pittsburgh, Francis 11 (Lemieux, Zubov), 8:05 (pp). 5, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 12 (Lemieux, Naslund), 12:14. 6, Pittsburgh, Jagr 15 (Zubov, Francis), 13:10. 7, Pittsburgh, Nedved 5, 18:35.

Third period-8, Pittsburgh, Naslund 4 (Lemieux), 6:16. 9, Pittsburgh, Francis 12 (Smolinski, Roche), 8:54. 10, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 14 (Sandstrom, Maciver), 10:31.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 9-15-14-38. San Jose 11-5-6-22.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 2 of 6; San Jose 1 of 8.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Barrasso 7-1-2 (22 shots-21 saves). San Jose, Irbe 1-6-4 (24-18), Flaherty (0:00 period, 14-11).A-17,190 (17,190).

Maple Leafs 6, Capitals 1

Toronto

Mike Gartner and Larry Murphy scored two goals each to lead Toronto past Washington.

Led by their two veterans, who have a combined 34 years of pro hockey experience, the Maple Leafs scored five times in the first period and coasted past the Capitals.

Gartner, 36, is in his 18th pro campaign and Murphy, 34, in his 16th. Murphy, Toronto’s leading point-getter, leads all NHL defensemen with 19 points - four goals and 15 assists.

Washington 0 1 0 - 1

Toronto 5 0 1 - 6

First period-1, Toronto, Andreychuk 4 (Gartner, Sundin), :47. 2, Toronto, Gartner 9 (Gilmour), 14:10. 3, Toronto, Gartner 10 (Sundin, Murphy), 15:11 (pp). 4, Toronto, Murphy 3 (Jonsson, Andreychuk), 15:29 (pp). 5, Toronto, Wood 2 (Sundin, Craig), 17:04.

Second period-6, Washington, Reekie 2 (Juneau, Bondra), 4:31.

Third period-7, Toronto, Murphy 4 (Andreychuk, Gilmour), :25 (pp).

Shots on goal-Washington 8-17-17-42. Toronto 8-9-6-23.Power-play opp.-Washington 0 of 9; Toronto 3 of 3.Goalies-Washington, Kolzig 2-3-0 (23 shots-17 saves). Toronto, Potvin 6-4-2 (42-41).A-15,746 (15,642).