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Sakic Triggers Fifth Straight Win For Surging Avalanche

Associated Press

Joe Sakic had two goals and two assists and Jocelyn Thibault stopped 21 shots Monday night to send the visiting Colorado Avalanche to their fifth consecutive NHL victory, 6-1 over the Dallas Stars.

Sakic scored a first-period power-play goal and added an insurance score in the third period. He also set up goals by Craig Wolanin and Valeri Kamensky to snap the Stars’ five-game unbeaten streak. Dallas had won three and tied two over that span.

Claude Lemieux added a third-period goal for the Avalanche, who improved to 7-3-1, best in the Western Conference.

Avalanche 6, Stars 1

Colorado 2 1 3 - 6

Dallas 0 0 1 - 1

First Period-1, Col, Wolanin 2 (Kamensky, Sakic), 1:12. 2, Col, Sakic 7 (Forsberg, Ozolinsh), 13:14 (pp).

Second Period-3, Col, Kamensky 4 (Ozolinsh, Sakic), 16:17 (pp).

Third Period-4, Col, Lemieux 3 (Forsberg, Rucinsky), 3:11. 5, Col, Sakic 8 (Simon, Young), 4:46. 6, Col, Deadmarsh 5 (Kamensky), 15:07. 7, Dal, Gilchrist 2 (Kennedy), 19:49 (pp).

Shots on goal-Col 10-6-14-30. Dal 4-8-10-22. Power-play Opportunities-Col 2 of 4; Dal 1 of 5. Goalies-Col, Thibault 1-1-0 (22 shots-21 saves). Dal, Wakaluk 3-2-2 (30-24). A-13,381 (16,924).

Jets 3, Red Wings 2

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg moved to the top of the Central Division with a victory over Detroit.

The Jets, who have missed the playoffs the last two seasons and will relocate to Minnesota next season, remain undefeated at home with four wins and two ties. There were only 7,905 fans in Winnipeg Arena.

Teemu Selanne broke a 2-2 tie at 12:31 of the second period with his fifth goal of the season. Teenaged rookie Deron Quint assisted on the goal, his fifth of the season.

Detroit 1 1 0 - 2

Winnipeg 1 2 0 - 3

First Period-1, Det, Draper 1 (Errey, Bergevin), 5:46. 2, Win, King 4 (Stapleton), 13:47.

Second Period-3, Win, Stapleton 1 (Korolev), 1:06. 4, Det, Fedorov 5 (Kozlov, Larionov), 4:02. 5, Win, Selanne 5 (Quint), 12:36.

Third Period-None.

Shots on goal-Det 13-12-14-39. Win 13-9-6-28. Power-play Opportunities-Det 0 of 5; Win 0 of 6. Goalies-Det, Osgood 4-1-1 (28 shots-25 saves). Win, Khabibulin 5-0-0 (39-37). A-7,905 (15,393).

Canucks 4, Sharks 3

Vancouver, British Columbia

Second-period goals by defensemen Dana Murzyn and Jyrki Lumme led Vancouver to its first home victory of the season.

Josef Beranek and rookie Scott Walker added goals in the third period against shaky goaltender Wade Flaherty as the Canucks took a 4-1 lead.

San Jose 1 0 2 - 3

Vancouver 0 2 2 - 4

First Period-1, SJ, Sheppard 4 (Nolan, Janney), 13:22.

Second Period-2, Van, Murzyn 1 (Linden, Ridley), 7:33. 3, Van, Lumme 1 (Bure, Oksiuta), 8:55.

Third Period-4, Van, Beranek 1, 1:52. 5, Van, Walker 2 (Courtnall, Babych), 6:50. 6, SJ, Janney 2 (Nolan, Sheppard), 11:55 (pp). 7, SJ, Miller 1 (Whitney, Baker), 19:45.

Shots on goal-SJ 4-11-7-22. Van 14-8-16-38. Power-play Opportunities-SJ 1 of 7; Van 0 of 7. Goalies-SJ, Flaherty 0-3-0 (38 shots-34 saves). Van, McLean 3-3-2 (22-19). A-15,007 (19,056).