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St. Louis Rallies Past Detroit, 4-3

Associated Press

NHL

Stephane Matteau’s goal with 55.5 seconds left capped a four-goal third period as St. Louis rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Detroit 4-3 Friday night in St. Louis.

Blues 4, Red Wings 3

Detroit 1 0 2 - 3 St. Louis 0 0 4 - 4

First period-1, Detroit, Fedorov 26, 5:07.

Second period-None.

Third period-2, St. Louis, Hull 33 (Courtnall), :35. 3, Detroit, Yzerman 28 (Johnson, Lidstrom), 2:59 (pp). 4, Detroit, Kozlov 29 (Larionov, Primeau), 11:00. 5, St. Louis, Kravchuk 5 (Hudson, Noonan), 11:14. 6, St. Louis, Courtnall 19 (Hull, Corson), 14:40. 7, St. Louis, Matteau 9 (Kravchuk, Zezel), 19:04.

Shots on goal-Detroit 18-4-10-32. St. Louis 7-14-11-32.Power-play opp.-Detroit 1 of 6; St. Louis 0 of 4.Goalies-Detroit, Vernon 11-6-1 (32 shots-28 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 24-20-10 (32-29).A-20,156 (19,260).

Capitals 4, Maple Leafs 3 Washington

Peter Bondra had two goals and an assist to carry Washington to its fifth straight home victory.

Toronto 0 2 1 - 3 Washington 2 2 0 - 4

First period-1, Washington, Bondra 36 (Juneau, Carey), 11:20 (pp). 2, Washington, Pivonka 11 (Jones, Bondra), 11:54 (pp).

Second period-3, Toronto, Gill 6 (Muller), 4:21. 4, Toronto, Sundin 26 (Yushkevich), 9:41. 5, Washington, Johansson 7 (Juneau, Peake), 11:55 (pp). 6, Washington, Bondra 37, 12:22.

Third period-7, Toronto, Muller 7, 15:26 (pp).

Shots on goal-Toronto 6-7-16-29. Washington 10-11-6-27.Power-play opp.-Toronto 1 of 6; Washington 3 of 6.Goalies-Toronto, Beaupre 6-25-0 (20 shots-16 saves), Potvin (12:22 second, 7-7). Washington, Carey 25-15-6 (29-26).A-18,130 (18,130).

Devils 2, Sabres 2 (OT) Buffalo, N.Y.

Backup goaltender Andrei Trefilov made 39 saves, including 10 in overtime, to preserve a tie for Buffalo.

New Jersey 2 0 0 0 - 2 Buffalo 2 0 0 0 - 2

First Period-1, Buffalo, Plante 15 (Barnaby, Zhitnik), 1:44. 2, New Jersey, Guerin 17 (Thomas, Sykora), 4:29 (pp). 3, New Jersey, Rolston 6 (MacLean, Broten), 7:19. 4, Buffalo, Ray 3 (Astley, Hannan), 14:16.

Second Period-None.

Third Period-None.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-New Jersey 14-6-11-10-41. Buffalo 10-10-8-1-29.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 1 of 3; Buffalo 0 of 5.Goalies-New Jersey, Broduer 21-20-8 (29 shots-27 saves). Buffalo, Trefilov 4-4-1 (41-39).A-15,995 (16,230).

Avalanche 5, Panthers 4 (OT) Miami

Mike Keane’s backhander 55 seconds into overtime capped a furious rally, giving Colorado a win over Florida.

Colorado 1 1 2 1 - 5 Florida 4 0 0 0 - 4

First Period-1, Florida, Hull 18 (Hough, Svehla), 4:01. 2, Florida, Belanger 17, 7:41. 3, Florida, Mellanby 26 (Belanger, Svehla), 10:03 (pp). 4, Colorado, Kamensky 25 (Forsberg), 11:02 (pp). 5, Florida, Niedermayer 20 (Woolley, Fitzgerald), 14:57.

Second Period-6, Colorado, Deadmarsh 18, 7:09.

Third Period-7, Colorado, Sakic 39 (Kamensky), 16:56. 8, Colorado, Ozolinsh 9 (Deadmarsh), 18:26.

Overtime-9, Colorado, Keane 7 (Sakic, Ozolinsh), :55.

Shots on goal-Colorado 11-18-14-2-45. Florida 19-6-9-0-34.Power-play opp.-Colorado 1 of 4; Florida 1 of 5.Goalies-Colorado, Fiset 18-4-7 (34 shots-30 saves). Florida, Fitzpatrick 13-6-2 (45-40.A-14,703 (14,503).

Stars 6, Oilers 1 Dallas

Mike Modano snapped out of a slump for the first four-goal game of his career as Dallas snapped a 10-game home winless streak.

Edmonton 0 1 0 - 1 Dallas 2 1 3 - 6

First period-1, Dallas, Gilchrist 12 (Adams, Lehtinen), 3:11 (pp). 2, Dallas, Modano 22 (Hogue, Lehtinen), 4:02.

Second period-3, Edmonton, Marchment 1 (Manderville, Marchant), 10:16. 4, Dallas, Modano 23 (Ledyard), 18:49.

Third period-5, Dallas, Kennedy 6 (Marshall, Huard), 2:39. 6, Dallas, Modano 24 (K.Hatcher, Lehtinen), 12:18. 7, Dallas, Modano 25 (Lehtinen, Ledyard), 14:48.

Shots on goal-Edmonton 9-12-12-33. Dallas 8-11-5-24.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 0 of 5; Dallas 1 of 2.Goalies-Edmonton, Joseph 6-5-0 (24 shots-18 saves). Dallas, Moog 6-9-4 (33-32).A-16,541 (16,924).

Penguins 1, Jets 0 Winnipeg, Manitoba

Jaromir Jagr broke open a scoreless game late in the second period as Pittsburgh defeated Winnipeg.

Tom Barrasso got the shutout, but when it was over, the sellout crowd of 15,563 roared approval for the man who did so much to keep the Jets in the game for so long, Winnipeg goalie Nikolai Khabibulin.

Pittsburgh 0 1 0 - 1 Winnipeg 0 0 0 - 0

First period-None.

Second period-1, Pittsburgh, Jagr 46 (Zubov), 17:36.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 9-15-8-32. Winnipeg 3-11-18-32.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 0 of 5; Winnipeg 0 of 5.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Barrasso 20-7-2 (32 shots-32 saves). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 15-10-1 (32-31).A-15,563 (15,393).

Gretzky update

Wayne Gretzky spent 5 minutes on the ice at a practice and left without talking to reporters in Los Angeles. His right hip, injured in Detroit on Tuesday, is apparently still bothering him.

With the Rangers out of the Gretzky chase - at least for the moment - the attention focused on St. Louis, which has re-entered the competition for the NHL’s all-time leading scorer. The Blues are said to have sent the Kings a list of five players with two proposals - pick three of the five players or take two and a first-round draft pick.

Blues general manager Mike Keenan is believed ready to part with anybody but Brett Hull and Shayne Corson.

And the Vancouver Canucks have joined the hunt, although the Canucks are considered a dark horse in the Gretzky race.