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Russ Courtnall and Trevor Linden scored third-period goals to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday in Winnipeg, Manitoba., Courtnall came from beside the net to break a 2-2 tie at 9:57 and Linden clinched it at 15:20.

Canucks 4, Jets 2

Vancouver 1 1 2 - 4 Winnipeg 2 0 0 - 2

First period-1, Winnipeg, Maciver 5 (Stapleton, King), 5:09. 2, Vancouver, Mogilny 42 (Ronning), 7:46. 3, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 31 (Zhamnov), 9:10.

Second period-4, Vancouver, Lumme 10 (Linden, Gelinas), :52.

Third period-5, Vancouver, Courtnall 10 (Aucoin), 9:57. 6, Vancouver, Linden 23 (Tikkanen, Mogilny), 15:20.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 14-11-18-43. Winnipeg 15-11-5-31.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 0 of 6; Winnipeg 0 of 6.Goalies-Vancouver, Hirsch 9-7-5 (31 shots-29 saves). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 13-8-1 (43-39).A-10,472 (15,393).

Blackhawks 4, Mighty Ducks 1 Anaheim, Calif.

Chris Chelios scored twice and Jeff Shantz ended a 46-game goal-scoring drought as Chicago ran its unbeaten streak to seven games with the victory over Anaheim.

Chicago 2 1 1 - 4 Anaheim 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Chicago, Sutter 9 (Probert, Murphy), 1:11. 2, Anaheim, Kariya 28 (Olausson), 13:41 (pp). 3, Chicago, Chelios 10 (Probert, Sutter), 19:43.

Second period-3, Chicago, Shantz 2 (Carney, Cummings), 7:08.

Third period-5, Chicago, Chelios 11 (Nicholls, Suter), 3:52 (pp).

Shots on goal-Chicago 9-12-9-30. Anaheim 13-5-5-23.Power-play opp.-Chicago 1 of 6; Anaheim 1 of 7.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 14-10-8 (23 shots-22 saves). Anaheim, Hebert 14-19-3 (30-26).A-17,174 (17,174).

Islanders 5, Stars 3 Uniondale, N.Y.

Zigmund Palffy’s tie-breaking goal, his 20th of the season, with 7:11 remaining lifted New York over Dallas.

Dallas 1 2 0 - 3 N.Y. Islanders 1 2 2 - 5

First period-1, Dallas, Marshall 7 (K.Hatcher), 13:16. 2, New York, Andersson 8 (McInnis, Schneider), 16:39 (pp).

Second period-3, Dallas, Zmolek 1, 3:00. 4, New York, Andersson 9 (Palffy, Green), 6:46. 5, New York, Andersson 10 (Palffy, Green), 7:22. 6, Dallas, Hogue 14 (Fedyk, Nieuwendyk), 15:32.

Third period-7, New York, Palffy 20 (Green, Andersson), 12:49. 8, New York, Schneider 8 (Green), 19:54 (en).

Shots on goal-Dallas 13-16-12-41. New York 11-11-11-33.Power-play opp.-Dallas 0 of 2; New York 1 of 2.Goalies-Dallas, Bester 3-3-1 (32 shots-28 saves). New York, Fichaud 2-0-0 (41-38).A-9,309 (16,297).

Lightning 5, Sabres 2 Buffalo, N.Y.

Tampa Bay gave Daren Puppa an early lead, and the goaltender stopped 26 shots en route to the victory over Buffalo.

Tampa Bay 2 2 1 - 5 Buffalo 0 2 0 - 2

First period-1, Tampa Bay, Weimer 2, 2:28 (pp). 2, Tampa Bay, Cullen 10 (Selivanov), 10:27 pp.

Second period-3, Buffalo, Plante 11 (Zhitnik, Galley), 2:46 (pp). 4, Tampa Bay, Gratton 13 (Klima), 3:54. 5, Tampa Bay, Burr 8 (Shaw, Cullen), 9:45. 6, Buffalo, Dawe 13 (May), 19:41.

Third period-7, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 10 (Andersson, Ciccone), 10:55.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 14-7-12-33. Buffalo 11-9-8-28.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 2 of 6; Buffalo 1 of 6.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 16-9-4 (28 shots-26), Buffalo, Hasek 14-20-3 (33-28).A-14,244 (16,230).