Panthers Put A Halt To Red Wings’ Streak

NHL

Johan Garpenlov and Geoff Smith each scored in the third period as the Florida Panthers snapped the Detroit Red Wings’ 10-game unbeaten streak with a 3-1 victory Thursday night in Miami.

Garpenlov snapped a 1-1 tie with a blast past Red Wings goaltender Mike Vernon at 10:42. Smith added a power-play goal with less than 4 minutes left.

Detroit’s unbeaten streak tied for the longest in the NHL this season.

Panthers 3, Red Wings 1

Detroit 1 0 0 - 1

Florida 1 0 2 - 3

First period-1, Florida, Lindsay 8 (Svehla), 6:02 (sh). 2, Detroit, Johnson 15, 10:38.

Second period-None.

Third period-3, Florida, Garpenlov 15 (Jovanovski), 10:42; 4, Florida, Smith 3 (Garpenlov), 16:24 (pp).

Shots on goal-Detroit 11-11-8-30. Florida 5-1-10-16.Power-play opp.-Detroit 0 of 6; Florida 1 of 5.Goalies-Detroit, Vernon 10-5-1 (16 shots-13 saves). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 20-10-5 (30-29).A-14,703 (14,503).

Rangers 6, Islanders 2

New York

New York, returning to Madison Square Garden after a two-week road trip, extended its home-ice unbeaten streak to 23 games behind Ray Ferraro’s two goals.

N.Y. Islanders 0 2 0 - 2

N.Y. Rangers 2 1 3 - 6

First period-1, N.Y. Rangers, Verbeek 36 (Graves, Messier), 1:48 (pp). 2, N.Y. Rangers, Messier 37 (Kovalev, Graves), 7:43.

Second period-3, N.Y. Rangers, Ferraro 22 (Robitaille), 9:12 (pp). 4, N.Y. Islanders, Andersson 11 (Green, Schneider), 12:00 (pp). 5, N.Y. Islanders, Dalgarno 1 (Kasparaitis, McInnis), 12:32.

Third period-6, N.Y. Rangers, Ferraro 23 (Laperriere, Robitaille), 4:51. 7, N.Y. Rangers, Nemchinov 9 (Beukeboom), 17:49. 8, N.Y. Rangers, Samuelsson 3 (Ferraro, Verbeek), 19:45.

Shots on goal-N.Y. Islanders 10-7-9-26. N.Y. Rangers 19-8-15-42.Power-play opp.-N.Y. Islanders 1 of 4; N.Y. Rangers 2 of 6.Goalies-N.Y. Islanders, Soderstrom 8-13-6 (42 shots-36 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Healy 13-4-7 (26-24).A-18,200 (18,200).

Sabres 2, Flyers 1

Philadelphia

Rookie defenseman Mike Wilson snapped a tie in the first period and it stood up as the deciding goal for Buffalo.

Derek Plante, who assisted on Wilson’s goal, scored the other goal for the Sabres, who got a 28-save performance from Andrei Trefilov.

Buffalo 2 0 0 - 2

Philadelphia 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Philadelphia, Corkum 6, 1:15. 2, Buffalo, Plante 13 (Barnaby, Burridge), 4:16. 3, Buffalo, Wilson 2 (Dawe, Plante), 12:43.

Second period-None.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 5-7-7-19. Philadelphia 11-13-5-29.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 0 of 4; Philadelphia 0 of 5.Goalies-Buffalo, Trefilov 4-4-0 (29 shots-28 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 17-8-5 (19-17).A-17,380 (17,380).

Jets 6, Senators 2

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Keith Tkachuk and Darren Turcotte each scored twice to lead Winnipeg past Ottawa.

Ottawa 1 1 0 - 2

Winnipeg 3 3 0 - 6

First period-1, Ottawa, Gaudreau 8 (Cunneyworth, Bonk), 2:24 (pp). 2, Winnipeg, Stapleton 5, 4:22. 3, Winnipeg, Turcotte 11 (King, Manson), 11:45. 4, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 32 (Doan, Finley), 18:40.

Second period-5, Winnipeg, King 8 (Stapleton), 1:53. 6, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 33 (Zhamnov, Numminen), 8:55 (pp). 7, Winipeg, Turcotte 12 (Stapleton, King), 16:41. 8, Ottawa, Chorske 5, 18:48.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 14-9-8-31. Winnipeg 9-10-3-22.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 1 of 2; Winnipeg 1 of 3.Goalies-Ottawa, Rhodes 5-12-2 (9 shots-6 saves), Bales (0:00 second, 13-10). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 14-8-1 (31-29).A-8,673 (15,393).

Blackhawks 6, Blues 1

St. Louis

Tony Amonte and Jeremy Roenick each scored twice and the Blackhawks connected five times in the third period in stretching their unbeaten streak to nine.

Chicago 1 0 5 - 6

St. Louis 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, Chicago, Amonte 17 (Carney, Roenick), 11:56.

Second period-2, St. Louis, Corson 15 (Hull, Zezel), 5:52 (pp).

Third period-3, Chicago, Suter 16 (Nicholls, Amonte), 3:34. 4, Chicago, Roenick 27 (Amonte), 9:29. 5, Chicago, Amonte 18 (Roenick), 12:18. 6, Chicago, Probert 11 (Sutter, Murphy), 14:01. 7, Chicago, Roenick 28 (Amonte, Chelios), 15:22.

Shots on goal-Chicago 5-8-8-21. St. Louis 10-11-11-32.Power-play opp.-Chicago 1 of 3; St. Louis 1 of 4.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 15-10-8 (32 shots-31 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 21-20-9 (21-15).A-20,179 (19,260).

Flames 4, Capitals 4

Calgary, Alberta

Calle Johansson scored one goal and set up two, including the tying goal by Dale Hunter with 2:46 left as Washington tied Calgary.

Washington 3 0 1 0 - 4

Calgary 2 1 1 0 - 4

First Period-1, Washington, Jones 17 (Gonchar, Pivonka), 2:00. 2, Washington, Jones 18 (Johansson, Bondra), 4:40 (pp). 3, Calgary, Titov 17 (Chiasson, Kidd), 8:03. 4, Washington, Johansson 5 (Pivonka, Bondra), 10:02. 5, Calgary, Nylander 11 (Housley, Stillman), 13:16 (pp).

Second Period-6, Calgary, Stillman 12 (Housley, Nylander), 8:29 (pp).

Third Period-7, Calgary, Roberts 10 (Fleury, Titov), 5:15. 8, Washington, Hunter 7 (Konowalchuk, Johansson), 17:14.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Washington 16-6-15-1-38. Calgary 11-9-7-2-29.Power-play Opp.-Washington 1 of 2; Calgary 2 of 5.Goalies-Washington, Carey 23-15-0 (29 shots-25 saves). Calgary, Kidd 11-15-0 (38-34).A-16,516 (20,230).

Kings 4, Maple Leafs 3

Inglewood, Calif.

Kevin Todd scored the go-ahead goal with 4:13 left in the third period and Steve Larouche scored on a power play in his Los Angeles debut, resulting in a victory over Toronto.

Toronto 1 1 1 - 3

Los Angeles 1 2 1 - 4

First period-1, Toronto, Andreychuk 14 (Sundin, Murphy), 13:39 (pp). 2, Los Angeles, McSorley 9 (Kurri, Khristich), 18:23.

Second period-3, Los Angeles, Cowie 4 (Gretzky, Khristich), 9:42 (pp). 4, Los Angeles, Larouche 1 (Boucher, Bylsma), 12:56 (pp). 5, Toronto, Andreychuk 15 (Gilmour), 13:51 (pp).

Third period-6, Toronto, Momesso 7 (Gartner), 1:24. 7. Los Angeles, Todd 13 (Lacroix, Kurri), 15:47.

Shots on goal-Toronto 14-9-11-34. Los Angeles 6-16-10-32.Power-play opp.-Toronto 2 of 5; Los Angeles 2 of 4.Goalies-Toronto, Potvin 20-15-8 (32 shots-28 saves). Los Angeles, Hrudey 4-8-6 (34-31).A-12,159 (16,005).