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Chicago Deals Philly First Loss Of Year

Associated Press

Joe Murphy, benched last week, scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period Sunday night as the host Chicago Blackhawks dealt the Philadelphia Flyers their first defeat, 5-4.

Eric Daze, who also had been kept out of the Blackhawks’ lineup by first-year coach Craig Hartsburg, scored twice as Chicago beat the Flyers for the first time in 10 games dating back to 1990.

Blackhawks 5, Flyers 4 tie

Philadelphia 3 1 0 - 4

Chicago 1 3 1 - 5

First Period-1, Philadelphia, Renberg 5 (Lindros, Desjardins), 4:18, (pp). 2, Philadelphia, DiMaio 2 (Brind’Amour), 6:59. 3, Chicago, Nicholls 2, 13:46. 4, Philadelphia, Otto 1 (DiMaio), 18:55.

Second Period-5, Chicago, Daze 3 (Nicholls), 4:27. 6, Chicago, Carney 1 (Krivokrasov), 12:05. 7, Philadelphia, Lindros 6 (Samuelsson, LeClair), 15:09. 8, Chicago, Daze 4 (Savard), 17:25.

Third Period-9, Chicago, Murphy 1 (Nicholls, Suter), 5:35.

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 14-9-8-31. Chicago 8-7-8-23. Power-play Opportunities-Philadelphia 1 of 6; Chicago 0 of 4. Goalies-Philadelphia, Roussel 1-1-1 (23 shots-18 saves). Chicago, Belfour 5-2-0 (31-27). A-19,470 (20,500).

Sabres 5, Blues 2

Buffalo, N.Y.

Jason Dawe scored twice, and the Buffalo Sabres scored three power-play goals in the second period en route to the victory over St. Louis.

Yuri Khmylev, Charlie Huddy and Dawe each scored with the man advantage in the second period before Dawe put the game away with his third goal of the season with 3:37 left in the game.

St. Louis 0 2 0 - 2

Buffalo 1 3 1 - 5

First Period-1, Buffalo, Khmylev 2 (Galley, Burridge), 14:59 (pp).

Second Period-2, Buffalo, Huddy 2 (Astley, Burridge), 3:13 (pp). 3, St. Louis, Zezel 1 (Wells, Pronger), 4:51. 4, St. Louis, MacInnis 3 (Tikkanen, Hull), 6:08 (pp). 5, Buffalo, Holzinger 2 (Dawe, May), 13:25. 6, Buffalo, Dawe 2 (Galley), 18:42 (pp).

Third Period-7, Buffalo, Dawe 3, 16:23.

Missed penalty shot-Buffalo, Hannan, 6:56 third period. Shots on goal-St. Louis 7-15-9-31. Buffalo 11-17-10-38. Power-play Opportunities-St. Louis 1 of 9; Buffalo 3 of 11. Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 3-4-1 (38 shots-32 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 3-4-0 (31-29). A-11,117 (16,230).

Sharks 1, Oilers 1

Edmonton, Alberta

Edmonton were 12 seconds away from a victory when San Jose’s Ulf Dahlen tied the score and the teams ended up playing to a tie.

San Jose 0 0 1 0 - 1

Edmonton 1 0 0 0 - 1

First Period-1, Edmonton, Ciger 5 (Olausson, Weight), 12:15 (pp).

Second Period-None.

Third Period-2, San Jose, Dahlen 3 (Nazarov), 19:48.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-San Jose 4-12-8-0-24. Edmonton 9-7-11-1-28. Power-play Opportunities-San Jose 0 of 6; Edmonton 1 of 5. Goalies-San Jose, Irbe 0-2-3 (28 shots-27 saves). Edmonton, Ranford 2-4-1 (24-23. A-9,520 (16,230).

Mighty Ducks 6, Jets 2

Anaheim, Calif.

Paul Kariya scored the go-ahead goal on a power play late in the second period and set up Chad Kilger’s first NHL goal as Anaheim beat Winnipeg.

Guy Hebert earned his first victory of the season in five attempts with 42 saves as the Ducks improved their all-time home record against Winnipeg to 5-0.

Winnipeg 1 0 1 - 2

Anaheim 1 2 1 - 6

First Period-1, Winnipeg, Olczyk 1 (Tkachuk), 15:30. 2, Anaheim, Douris 2 (Corkum, Lambert), 17:58.

Second Period-3, Anaheim, Kariya 6 (Sillinger, Dollas), 16:25 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Kilger 1 (Kariya, Krygier), 19:50.

Third Period-5, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 3, 10:21. 6, Anaheim, Valk 2 (Ewen), 10:49. 7, Anaheim, Krygier 1 (Kariya), 19:28 (en). 8, Anaheim, Balk 3 (Tvercovsky), 19:56.

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 20-7-17-44. Anaheim 17-5-11-33. Power-play Opportunities-Winnipeg 0 of 4; Anaheim 1 of 5. Goalies-Winnipeg, Cheveldae 1-3-2 (33 shots-27 saves). Anaheim, Hebert 1-4-0 (44-42). A-17,033 (17,174).

Senators 4, Rangers 2

New York

Radek Bonk had a goal and an assist as Ottawa won their first game in 11 tries against New York with the victory.

Antti Tormanen, Dan Quinn and Jaroslav Modry also had goals for Ottawa.

Ottawa 1 1 2 - 4

N.Y. Rangers 1 0 1 - 2

First Period-1, Ottawa, Tormanen 2 (Cunneyworth, Straka), 10:04. 2, New York, Robitaille 2 (Ferraro, Karpovtsev), 17:55 (pp).

Second Period-3, Ottawa, Quinn 4 (Bonk, Duchesne), 1:11(pp).

Third Period-4, Ottawa, Modry 1 (Quinn, Tormanen), 3:56. 5, New York, Verbeek 3 (Ferraro, Kovalev), 8:16. 6, Ottawa, Bonk 2 (McCleary), 8:48.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 9-8-9-26. New York 10-6-9-25. Power-play Opportunities-Ottawa 1 of 8; New York 1 of 3. Goalies-Ottawa, Beaupre 3-3-0 (26 shots-24 saves). New York, Richter 2-3-0 (25-21). A-18,200 (18,200).