Snow Flurry Halts Detroit Win Streak

NHL

Garth Snow turned away 36 shots and Eric Lindros scored twice as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the visiting Red Wings 4-1 Friday, snapping Detroit’s seven-game winning streak.

Snow was simply fabulous in picking up the Flyers’ season-best fifth straight win, particularly on the penalty kill at the end of the second period, stopping four shots in short order. The only goal Detroit managed was an Igor Larionov deflection while continuing that power play in the third period.

“That little flurry he stopped there at the end of the second period, he just stood on his head,” remarked Flyers winger John LeClair, who had a goal as the Flyers improved to 14-6-4.

Detroit managed 15 shots in the first period and added nine more in the second, but Snow looked extremely sharp, improving to 5-2-1 and reducing his goals-against average to 1.97.

Philadelphia 4, Detroit 1

Detroit 0 0 1 - 1

Philadelphia 1 2 1 - 4

First period-1, Philadelphia, DiMaio 6 (Brind’Amour, Otto), 8:23.

Second period-2, Philadelphia, Lindros 15 (Desjardins), 2:52 (pp). 3, Philadelphia, LeClair 14 (Desjardins, Renberg), 8:10 (pp).

Third period-4, Detroit, Larionov 8 (Coffey, Fedorov), :39 (pp). 5, Philadelphia, Lindros 16, 19:33 (en).

Shots on goal-Detroit 15-9-13-37. Philadelphia 8-13-6-27.Power-play opp.-Detroit 1 of 7; Philadelphia 2 of 5.Goalies-Detroit, Vernon 3-4-1 (26 shots-23 saves). Philadelphia, Snow 5-2-1 (37-36).A-17,380 (17,380).

Bruins 2, Kings 1

Boston

Boston played air-tight defense and rookie goalie Scott Bailey, a former Spokane Chief, played like a veteran, leading the Bruins over Los Angeles.

The Bruins are 3-0-1 since calling up Bailey from their Providence farm club, and their pressing need for a quality goaltender has been put on the back shelf.

While the 23-year-old Bailey was stopping 18 of the Kings’ 19 shots, the much-discussed potential deal with Edmonton for goalie Curtis Joseph was becoming more and more remote.

Los Angeles 0 0 1 - 1

Boston 2 0 0 - 2

First period-1, Boston, Neely 10 (Bourque, Stumpel), 3:59 (pp). 2, Boston, Moger 3 (Reed, Heinze), 10:16.

Second period-No scoring.

Third period-3, Los Angeles, Cowie 2 (Tsyplakov), 10:13.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 4-10-5-19. Boston 16-10-6-32.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 6; Boston 1 of 4.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 7-6-5 (32 shots-30 saves). Boston, Bailey 3-0-1 (19-18).A-17,565 (17,565).

Blackhawks 5, Ducks 4 (OT)

Anaheim, Calif.

Tony Amonte scored with 58 seconds left in the third period and Brent Sutter got his first goal of the season at 3:08 of overtime, lifting Chicago over Anaheim.

Bob Probert and Gary Suter scored 6 minutes apart in the third period and Chris Chelios extended his pointscoring streak to 13 games with a first-period goal for the Blackhawks, who ended a four-game winless streak.

Steve Rucchin scored two goals and Mike Sillinger had a goal and two assists for the Ducks, who have blown two- and three-goal leads in losing the last two at home.

Chicago 0 1 3 1 - 5

Anaheim 2 1 1 0 - 4

First Period-1, Anaheim, Corkum 4 (Valk), 12:48. 2, Anaheim, Sillinger 9 (Kariya, Carnback), 14:28 (pp).

Second Period-3, Chicago, Chelios 5 (Daze, Ulanov), 7:13. 4, Anaheim, Rucchin 10 (Sillinger, Carnback), 11:17 (pp).

Third Period-5, Anaheim, Rucchin 11 (Krygier, Sillinger), :14. 6, Chicago, Probert 4 (Murphy, Miller), 2:13 (pp). 7, Chicago, Suter 10 (Chelios, Craven), 8:14. 8, Chicago, Amonte 3 (Suter), 19:02.

Overtime-9, Chicago, Sutter 1 (Craven, Daze), 3:08.

Shots on goal-Chicago 18-7-17-3-45. Anaheim 16-4-5-1-26.Power-play Opp.-Chicago 1 of 4; Anaheim 2 of 6.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 9-6-1 (26 shots-22 saves). Anaheim, Hebert 9-10-0 (45-40).A-17,174 (17,174).

Islanders 1, Sabres 1, tie

Buffalo, N.Y.

Jason Dawe’s second-period goal lifted Buffalo to a tie with New York, extending the Sabres’ unbeaten streak to five.

Dominik Hasek had 36 saves to keep the Sabres in a game controlled by the Islanders’ offense. Jamie McLennan had 23 saves for the Islanders.

Dawe tied the game at 16:19 of the second period. Mike Peca shot the puck across to Dawe, who set up and beat McLennan on his glove side with a hard wrist shot.

N.Y. Islanders 1 0 0 0 - 1

Buffalo 0 1 0 0 - 1

First Period-1, New York, Bertuzzi 3 (King, Schneider), 11:33 (pp).

Second Period-2, Buffalo, Dawe 7 (Peca), 16:19.

Third Period-None.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-New York 10-12-13-2-37. Buffalo 6-7-11-0-24.Power-play Opp.-New York 1 of 4; Buffalo 0 of 4.Goalies-New York, McLennan 2-5-1 (24 shots-23 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 8-8-2 (37-36).A-15,555 (16,230).

Whalers 4, Maple Leafs 0

Toronto

Jeff Reese stopped 30 shots for his first shutout of the season and Hartford’s first road shutout since March 13, 1992 as the Whalers beat Toronto.

Kelly Chase, Nelson Emerson, Geoff Sanderson and Andrew Cassels scored as the Whalers snapped Toronto’s three-game winning streak. It was only the second time this season the Maple Leafs have been shut out.

Felix Potvin started in goal but was on the bench at the start of the second period with the Maple Leafs trailing 3-0.

Hartford 3 1 0 - 4

Toronto 0 0 0 - 0

First period-1, Hartford, Chase 2 (Featherstone), 8:27. 2, Hartford, Emerson 8, 9:57. 3, Hartford, Sanderson 6 (Kucera, Cassels), 16:03 (pp).

Second period-4, Hartford, Cassels 8 (McCrimmon), 4:53.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Hartford 12-10-6-28. Toronto 12-8-10-30.Power-play opp.-Hartford 1 of 6; Toronto 0 of 3.Goalies-Hartford, Reese 2-2-0 (30 shots-30 saves), Toronto, Potvin 10-6-2 (12-9), Rhodes (0:00 second, 16-15).A-15,726 (15,746).

Lightning 2, Capitals 1

Landover, Md.

Paul Ysebaert scored the go-ahead goal with 15:14 remaining, and Tampa Bay finally beat Washington and nemesis Jim Carey.

Daren Puppa stopped 26 shots for the Lightning, who have won three straight and four of five. Tampa Bay was 0-6-1 against Washington since March 1994.

The Lightning won despite taking only 15 shots, a franchise low in a road game. Tampa Bay took only four shots in the final period.

Tampa Bay 1 0 1 - 2

Washington 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Washington, Cote 1 (Peake, Hunter), 3:41. 2, Tampa Bay Burr 6, 18:53.

Second period-None.

Third period-3, Tampa Bay, Ysebaert 8 (Bradley, Tucker), 4:46.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 6-5-4-15. Washington 11-14-2-27.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 0 of 2; Washington 0 of 4.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 7-4-4 (27 shots-26 saves). Washington, Carey 8-7-1 (15-13).A-15,117 (18,130).

Oilers 5, Flames 2

Calgary, Alberta

Zdeno Ciger scored twice in a five-goal second period to lead Edmonton in a rout over Calgary.

Ciger’s first goal came early in the second as the Oilers scored four goals in less than 5 minutes to blow open a scoreless game.

After Scott Thornton and Ryan Smyth - with his first NHL goal made it 2-0, Ciger blasted a slap shot over the shoulder of Calgary goaltender Trevor Kidd, a former Spokane Chief, at 5:33 to end Kidd’s evening.

Edmonton 0 5 0 - 5

Calgary 0 0 2 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-1, Edmonton, Thornton 2 (Arnott), 3:09. 2, Edmonton, Smyth 1 (Mironov, Sutton) 4:24 (pp). 3, Edmonton, Ciger 10 (Arnott, Weight) 5:33. 4, Edmonton, Oliver 7 (Weight, Sutton) 7:41 (pp). 5, Edmonton, Ciger 11 (Weight, Arnott), 13:35.

Third period-6, Calgary, Fleury 6 (Titov, Housley), 5:20 (pp). 7, Calgary, Sullivan 3, 12:41.

Shots on goal-Edmonton 5-14-5-24. Calgary 15-11-16-42.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 2 of 4; Calgary 1 of 7.Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford 7-8-4 (42 shots-40 saves). Calgary, Kidd 2-10-4 (11-8), Tabaracci (5:33, 2nd period, 13-11).