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Leclair Finishes Torrid Month With Three Goals

Associated Press

NHL

John LeClair closed a memorable March with three goals to give him 15 for the month as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 Sunday in Philadelphia.

LeClair had 15 goals and eight assists during March, giving him 47 goals and 43 assists for 90 points for the season. The Flyers have now won five in a row and eight of their last nine.

The Penguins, who lost for only the second time in their last eight games, played without NHL scoring leader Mario Lemieux, who took the day off after playing Saturday against New Jersey.

Flyers 4, Penguins 1

Pittsburgh 1 0 0 - 1

Philadelphia 1 0 3 - 4

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Nedved 42 (Zubov, Barrasso), 4:27. 2, Philadelphia, LeClair 45 (Lindros, Quinn), 11:13 (pp).

Second period-None.

Third period-3, Philadelphia, LeClair 46 (Lindros, Hawerchuk), :37. 4, Philadelphia, LeClair 47 (Lindros, Hawerchuk), 6:17. 5, Philadelphia, Corkum 9 (Quinn, Desjardins), 11:49.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 7-3-7-17. Philadelphia 8-20-12-40.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 0 of 5; Philadelphia 1 of 4.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Barrasso 27-14-2 (40 shots-36 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 28-11-7 (17-16).A-17,380 (17,380).

Red Wings 8, Blues 1 Detroit

Sergei Fedorov and Slava Fetisov each scored two goals as Detroit moved closer to setting an NHL win record.

Fedorov also had two assists for Detroit, now just two wins shy of the NHL regular-season victory record of 60 set by the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. The Red Wings (58-12-5) have seven games remaining.

St. Louis 0 1 0 - 1

Detroit 1 3 4 - 8

First period-1, Detroit, Kozlov 34 (Fetisov), 1:57.

Second period-2, Detroit, Fetisov 6 (Lapointe, Kozlov), :22. 3, Detroit, Brown 10 (Fedorov, Coffey), 5:49. 4, St. Louis, McRae 1 (Leach, Zezel), 8:07. 5, Detroit, Taylor 10 (Coffey, Yzerman), 19:27.

Third period-6, Detroit, Fedorov 36 (Brown), 3:30. 7, Detroit, Fedorov 37 (Konstantinov), 7:21. 8, Detroit, Fetisov 7 (Konstantinov, Fedorov), 8:53. 9, Detroit, McCarty 13 (Fetisov, Coffey), 17:15 (pp).

Shots on goal-St. Louis 5-12-7-24. Detroit 16-11-10-37.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 0 of 6; Detroit 1 of 7.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 30-27-14 (18 shots-16 saves), Casey (:22 second period, 19-13). Detroit, Vernon 20-7-1 (24-23).A-19,983 (19,875).

Rangers 4, Islanders 1 Uniondale, N.Y.

Sergei Nemchinov scored twice as the Rangers got their second straight victory after a 2-6-3 slump.

The victory helped the Rangers remain one point behind Philadelphia for second place in the Eastern Conference.

N.Y. Rangers 0 1 3 - 4

N.Y. Islanders 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, N.Y. Islanders, McInnis 11 (Hendrickson), 1:19.

Second period-2, N.Y. Rangers, Nemchinov 16 (Graves, Driver), 10:02.

Third period-3, N.Y. Rangers, Kovalev 20 (Kurri, McSorley), 1:25. 4, N.Y. Rangers, Nemchinov 17 (Momesso, Berg), 8:03. 5, N.Y. Rangers, Messier 46 (McSorley), 18:17.

Shots on goal-N.Y. Rangers 13-8-8-29. N.Y. Islanders 4-10-10-24.Power-play opp.-N.Y. Rangers 0 of 4; N.Y. Islanders 0 of 5.Goalies-N.Y. Rangers, Richter 22-9-3 (24 shots-23 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Fichaud 6-10-0 (28-25), Soderstrom (18:07 third period, 1-0), Fichaud (18:17 third period, 0-0).A-16,297 (16,297).

Mighty Ducks 4, Sharks 2 San Jose, Calif.

Guy Hebert made 26 saves as Anaheim snapped a two-game losing streak and stayed in the playoff hunt.

Anaheim moved into ninth place in the Western Conference, a point ahead of idle Edmonton, in the race for the eighth and final playoff spot.

Anaheim 1 2 1 - 4

San Jose 0 0 2 - 2

First period-1, Anaheim, Sacco 12 (Rucchin, Karpov), 16:40 (pp).

Second period-2, Anaheim, Selanne 37 (Kariya, Semenov), 5:16. 3, Anaheim, Kariya 43 (Olausson, Semenov), 7:40 (pp).

Third period-4, San Jose, Whitney 14 (Sykora, More), 2:36. 5, Anaheim, Karpov 8, 6:10. 6, San Jose, Caloun 5 (Peltonen), 16:17.

Shots on goal-Anaheim 13-9-7-29. San Jose 9-9-10-28.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 2 of 3; San Jose 0 of 6.Goalies-Anaheim, Hebert 23-22-4 (28-26 shots-saves). San Jose, Irbe 2-8-4 (29-25).A-17,190 (17,190).

Jets 4, Flames 1 Calgary, Alberta

Craig Janney continued his torrid scoring streak as he scored the winning goal to lead Winnipeg to the victory.

The win moved the Jets within two points of seventh-place Calgary in the struggle for playoff position in the Western Conference, four points ahead of Anaheim.

Winnipeg 0 2 2 - 4

Calgary 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Calgary, Fleury 42, 5:36 (sh).

Second period-2, Winnipeg, Drake 16 (King), 9:30 (sh). 3, Winnipeg, Janney 18 (Tkachuk, Maciver), 14:49 (pp).

Third period-3, Winnipeg, Drake 17 (Tkachuk), 16:48. 4, Winnipeg, Korolev 21 (Shannon, Manson), 19:59 (en).

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 6-9-8-23. Calgary 11-15-8-34.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 1 of 4; Calgary 0 of 5.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 23-18-2 (34 shots-33 saves). Calgary, Kidd 14-20-8 (22-19).A-18,155 (20,230).

Bruins 6, Sabres 5 Buffalo, N.Y.

Dave Reid scored two goals in the third period, including a short-handed tally with 3:29 remaining to lift Boston to the win.

Boston 1 1 4 - 6

Buffalo 0 3 2 - 5

First period-1, Boston, Oates 23 (Elik, Bourque), 13:04 (pp).

Second period-2, Buffalo, Dawe 20 (Burridge, Plante), 10:55 (pp). 3, Boston, McLaren 3 (Stumpel), 13:32. 4, Buffalo, Dawe 21 (LaFontaine, Burridge), 15:30. 5, Buffalo, Grosek 6, 18:36.

Third period-6, Boston, Stumpel 18 (Donato, Rohloff), 2:50 (pp). 7, Boston, Oates 24 (Bourque), 3:30 (pp). 8, Buffalo, Holzinger 8, 7:29. 9, Buffalo, LaFontaine 35 (Shannon), 8:19. 10, Boston, Reid 20 (McLaren, Sutter), 10:46. 11, Boston, Reid 21 (D.Sweeney), 16:31 (sh).

Shots on goal-Boston 11-14-21-46. Buffalo 6-8-10-24.Power-play opp.-Boston 3 of 6; Buffalo 1 of 5.Goalies-Boston, Ranford 30-29-8 (24 shots-19 saves). Buffalo, Trefilov 4-7-1 (46-40).A-16,230 (16,230).

Blackhawks 5, Stars 3 Chicago

Bob Probert had his first two-goal game with Chicago and also assisted on Brent Sutter’s goal, leading the Blackhawks to the victory.

Tony Amonte and Jeff Shantz also scored and Ed Belfour made 22 saves for the Blackhawks, who won for only the second time in six games without injured scoring leader Jeremy Roenick.

Dallas 2 0 1 - 3

Chicago 1 3 1 - 5

First period-1, Dallas, Hogue 18 (Modano), 1:41. 2, Dallas, Gilchrist 20 (Sydor, Adams), 5:21 (pp). 3, Chicago, Probert 14 (Chelios, Smith), 10:12.

Second period-4, Chicago, Sutter 13 (Shantz, Probert), 4:46. 5, Chicago, Probert 15 (Savard, Suter), 7:11. 6, Chicago, Amonte 28 (Smith, Nicholls), 15:51.

Third period-7, Dallas, Adams 20 (Nieuwendyk, Harvey), 15:05. 8, Chicago, Shantz 5 (Sutter, Chelios), 19:51 (en).

Shots on goal-Dallas 10-10-5-25. Chicago 16-14-6-36.Power-play opp.-Dallas 1 of 5; Chicago 0 of 2.Goalies-Dallas, Wakaluk (20 shots-17 saves), Moog 12-17-6 (7:11 second, 15-14). Chicago, Belfour 20-16-9 (25-22).A-21,768 (20,500).

Capitals 1, Lightning 1 Landover, Md.

Roman Hamrlik scored with 8 minutes left in regulation, ending Jim Carey’s bid for a third straight shutout.

Tampa Bay 0 0 1 0 - 1

Washington 1 0 0 0 - 1

First Period-1, Washington, Bondra 46 (Pivonka), 18:14 (sh).

Second Period-None.

Third Period-2, Tampa Bay, Hamrlik 14 (Petit, Cullen), 12:00.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 7-7-8-2-24. Washington 5-8-9-2-24.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 0 of 3; Washington 0 of 5.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 25-14-9 (24 shots-23 saves). Washington, Carey 32-21-9 (24-23).A-18,130 (18,130).