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Lemieux, Jagr Hit Milestones In Pens’ Win

Associated Press

NHL

Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr each scored his 50th goal in the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins overcame Brendan Shanahan’s hat trick and beat the Hartford Whalers 5-4 Friday night.

Lemieux scored his 50th in his 50th game, the third-fastest he’s reached that level in his five 50-goal seasons. Jagr became the first Czech-born player to score 50 goals in a season. It is the third time in the Penguins’ 29 seasons that the team has had two 50-goal scorers in the same season.

Penguins 5, Whalers 4

Hartford 2 1 1 - 4

Pittsburgh 1 2 2 - 5

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 49 (Smolinski, Francis), 7:49. 2, Hartford, Shanahan 28 (Kapanen), 15:15. 3, Hartford, Shanahan 29 (Cassels, Emerson), 18:44 (pp). Second period-4, Pittsburgh, Naslund 17 (Lemieux, Tamer), :58. 5, Pittsburgh, Jagr 49 (Zubov, Smolinski), 6:22 (pp). 6, Hartford, Shanahan 30 (Kron, Nikolishin), 14:12 (pp). Third period-7, Hartford, Emerson 21 (Shanahan, Martins), 3:08. 8, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 50 (Francis, Zubov), 5:37 (pp). 9, Pittsburgh, Jagr 50 (Zubov, Wregget), 9:23 (pp).

Shots on goal-Hartford 23-8-9-40. Pittsburgh 13-12-10-35.Power-play opp.-Hartford 2 of 7; Pittsburgh 4 of 9.Goalies-Hartford, Burke 20-21-4 (35 shots-30 saves). Pittsburgh, Wregget 16-11-2 (40-36).A-17,235 (17,181).

Sabres 7, Flyers 2

Buffalo, N.Y.

Pat LaFontaine scored a pair of goals and set up two others to lead Buffalo to a win over Philadelphia.

LaFontaine started the scoring in the first period and fought off Eric Lindros’ check on a one-handed shot in the third. It was the Sabres’ second straight win.

Philadelphia 0 2 0 - 2

Buffalo 2 1 4 - 7

First period-1, Buffalo, LaFontaine 26 (May, Grosek), 7:53. 2, Buffalo, Plante 16 (Galley, Peca), 18:24 (pp). Second period-3, Philadelphia, Falloon 17 (Klatt, Brind’Amour), 2:52. 4, Buffalo, Grosek 1 (LaFontaine, Shannon), 4:23. 5, Philadelphia, Kordic 1 (Semenov, DiMaio), 5:32. Third period-6, Buffalo, Barnaby 8 (Burridge), 1:27. 7, Buffalo, LaFontaine 27, 6:40 (sh). 8, Buffalo, Galley 10 (LaFontaine, Zhitnik), 12:04 (pp). 9, Buffalo, Pearson 2 (Boughner), 12:22.

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 10-17-13-40. Buffalo 8-6-7-21.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 0 of 4; Buffalo 2 of 6.Goalies-Philadelphia, Snow 8-6-4 (16 shots-11 saves), Hextall (6:40 third, 5-3). Buffalo, Hasek 17-21-5 (40-38).A-16,230 (16,230).

Lightning 3, Islanders 2 (OT)

Uniondale, N.Y.

Rob Zamuner scored with 14.1 seconds left in overtime as Tampa Bay won its fifth straight game.

Zamuner took a pass from Brian Bellows in the low slot and beat goalie Eric Fichaud with a backhander.

Tampa Bay 1 1 0 1 - 3

N.Y. Islanders 2 0 0 0 - 2

First Period-1, New York, McInnis 9 (Straka), 2:33. 2, Tampa Bay, Cullen 12 (Selivanov, Houlder), 13:54 (pp). 3, New York, Flatley 7 (Sweeney), 17:55.

Second Period-4, Tampa Bay, Cullen 13 (Selivanov, Cross), 2:49.

Third Period-None.

Overtime-5, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 14 (Bellows, Bradley), 4:45.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 13-18-10-2-43. New York 10-7-2-2-21.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 1 of 10; New York 0 of 5.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 19-11-5 (21 shots-19 saves). New York, Fichaud 4-3-0 (43-40).A-11,776 (16,297).

Devils 6, Canadiens 5

East Rutherford, N.J.

John MacLean matched a career best with four assists and New Jersey had a rare offensive explosion in defeating Montreal.

The six-goal outburst was New Jersey’s second-highest this season and marked only the fifth time in 59 games they scored more than four goals in a game.

Montreal 1 3 1 - 5

New Jersey 3 2 1 - 6

First period-1, New Jersey, Thomas 19 (MacLean, Holik), :51. 2, New Jersey, Rolston 9 (MacLean, Albelin), 7:00. 3, Montreal, Murray 3 (Malakhov), 10:50. 4, New Jersey, Sullivan 1 (MacLean, Stevens), 15:09 (pp). Second period-5, Montreal, Damphousse 27, 2:26. 6, New Jersey, Niedermayer 7 (MacLean, Chambers), 5:17 (pp). 7, New Jersey, Daneyko 1 (Holik), 11:47. 8, Montreal, Rucinsky 22 (Odelein), 15:16. 9, Montreal, Popovic 2 (Damphousse, Rucinsky), 16:17. Third period-10, New Jersey, Guerin 18 (Thomas), 8:56. 11, Montreal, Turgeon 29 (Malakhov), 17:42.

Shots on goal-Montreal 10-8-11-29. New Jersey 17-8-11-36.Power-play opp.-Montreal 0 of 4; New Jersey 2 of 6.Goalies-Montreal, Jablonski 4-8-5 (36 shots-30 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 23-22-8 (29-24).A-19,040 (19,040).

Jets 1, Blackhawks 0 (OT)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Dallas Drake scored 17 seconds into overtime to give Winnipeg a win over Chicago.

Drake ended 60 minutes and 16 seconds of scoreless hockey with a ripping slap shot from inside the blue line to beat Chicago goaltender Jeff Hackett.

Chicago 0 0 0 0 - 0

Winnipeg 0 0 0 1 - 1

First Period-None.

Second Period-None.

Third Period-None.

Overtime-1, Winnipeg, Drake 8 (Eastwood, Shannon), :17.

Shots on goal-Chicago 8-12-16-0-36. Winnipeg 12-8-11-1-32.Power-play opp.-Chicago 0 of 1; Winnipeg 0 of 3.Goalies-Chicago, Hackett 16-6-3 (32 shots-31 saves). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 16-12-1 (36-36).A-13,741 (15,393).

Avalanche 6, Kings 2

Denver

Peter Forsberg had five assists, and veteran Claude Lemieux recorded his 250th career goal and 500th career point as Colorado defeated Los Angeles.

It was Forsberg’s second consecutive five-point game; he had three goals and two assists Monday night.

Los Angeles 1 1 0 - 2

Colorado 2 2 2 - 6

First period-1, Los Angeles, Stevens 12 (Kurri, Gretzky), 4:32 (pp). 2, Colorado, Kamensky 28 (Forsberg, Ozolinsh), 8:30 (pp). 3, Colorado, Lemieux 28 (Young, Forsberg), 11:37 (pp). Second period-4, Colorado, Foote 4 (Sakic, Deadmarsh), 6:29. 5, Colorado, Ozolinsh 10 (Forsberg, Kamensky), 10:21 (pp). 6, Los Angeles, Yachmenev 16 (Larouche, Kurri), 17:27. Third period-7, Colorado, Lefebvre 2 (Forsberg), 7:16. 8, Colorado, Simon 8 (Forsberg, Foote), 14:50.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 6-6-7-19. Colorado 16-10-9-35.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 1 of 3; Colorado 3 of 7.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 10-19-6 (35 shots-29 saves). Colorado, Fiset 19-4-7 (19-17).A-16,061 (16,061).

Flames 3, Ducks 2

Calgary, Alberta

Theoren Fleury scored two third-period goals to lead Calgary to a win over Anaheim.

The right wing broke a 1-1 tie at 4:17, blasting a 20-foot slap shot past goalie Mikhail Shtalenkov. Six minutes later, Fleury clicked on the power play, tapping in a goal-mouth pass from German Titov.

Anaheim 0 1 1 - 2

Calgary 0 1 2 - 3

First period-None. Second period-1, Calgary, Titov 20 (Stillman, Chiasson), 3:12. 2, Anaheim, Karpov 4 (Kariya, Van Allen), 12:54. Third period-3, Calgary, Fleury 33 (Housley), 4:17. 4, Clagary, Fleury 34 (Titov, Housley), 10:19 (pp). 5, Anaheim, Kariya 34 (Karpa, Dollas), 13:24 (pp).

Shots on goal-Anaheim 8-7-8-23. Calgary 8-9-8-25.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 1 of 6; Calgary 1 of 6.Goalies-Anaheim, Shtalenkov 6-14-2 (25 shots-22 saves). Calgary, Tabaracci 12-9-3 (23-21).A-17,516 (20,230).

Bruins 7, Oilers 4

Edmonton, Alberta

Adam Oates had two goals and two assists and goaltender Bill Ranford weathered a shootout to turn back his former teammates in Boston’s win over Edmonton.

Ranford, who was traded from the Oilers to the Bruins on Jan. 11, made 29 saves and had an assist.

Boston 2 2 3 - 7

Edmonton 1 0 3 - 4

First period-1, Edmonton, Buchberger 9 (Richardson), 1:07. 2, Boston, Sweeney 3 (Beddoes, Moger), 8:06. 3, Boston, Oates 18 (Bourque, Ranford), 8:47. Second period-4, Boston, Tocchet 17 (Oates), :57. 5, Boston, Mullen 6 (Beddoes, Leach), 16:33. Third period-6, Boston, McEachern 19 (Oates, Tocchet), 9:56. 7, Edmonton, Weight 19, 11:44. 8, Edmonton, Norton 6 (Weight, Anderson), 12:47. 9, Boston, Oates 19, 14:05. 10, Edmonton, Marchment 2 (Weight, Anderson), 16:34. 11, Boston, Donato 19, 19:11 (en).

Shots on goal-Boston 9-9-7-25. Edmonton 11-8-14-33.Power-play opp.-Boston 0 of 5; Edmonton 0 of 1.Goalies-Boston, Ranford 20-24-7 (33 shots-29 saves). Edmonton, Joseph 7-8-0 (24-18).A-16,437 (16,437).

Canucks 3, Sharks 1

Vancouver, British Columbia

Kirk McLean, continuing his return from surgery, made 35 saves as he backstopped Vancouver to a win over San Jose.

The Sharks outshot Vancouver 36-26, but McLean was almost perfect as he came within 6 minutes of notching his first shutout in almost a year. McLean’s last shutout was April 11, 1995, when he blanked Anaheim 5-0.

San Jose 0 0 1 - 1

Vancouver 2 0 1 - 3

First period-1, Vancouver, Tikkanen 12 (Mogilny, Ronning), 1:47. 2, Vancouver, Gelinas 23 (Walker), 16:24. Second period-None. Third period-3, San Jose, Odgers 7 (Baker, Peltonen), 14:05. 4, Vancouver, Gelinas 24 (Courtnall), 18:32.

Shots on goal-San Jose 14-13-9-36. Vancouver 14-6-6-26.Power-play opp.-San Jose 0 of 6; Vancouver 0 of 3.Goalies-San Jose, Flaherty 1-10-1 (26 shots-23 saves). Vancouver, McLean 12-13-8 (36-35).A-18,422 (18,422).