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Rangers 7, Canadiens 4 New York

Mark Messier reached another milestone and New York continued its hot play at home with a win over Montreal.

Messier, who scored his 500th goal earlier this season, had two goals and an assist to move past Bryan Trottier into sixth place on the NHL’s career scoring list with 1,427 points.

The Rangers got three goals and an assist from Ray Ferraro as they extended their home-ice unbeaten streak to 18 (15-0-3), the longest in 24 seasons at Madison Square Garden. They also had a 15-0-3 streak in 1971-72. The club record is 24 games, set in the 1970-71 season.

The Atlantic Division-leading Rangers, who began the night tied for the NHL’s overall points lead with Detroit, are 16-2-3 at home this season.

Glenn Healy, playing in place of injured Mike Richter, made 35 saves behind a Rangers defense that did not give the Canadiens many second shots. It was the second straight game missed by Richter, who will be out four weeks with a groin injury.

Montreal 1 1 2 - 4

N.Y. Rangers 1 4 2 - 7

First period-1, New York, Messier 26 (Verbeek, Leetch), 10:50. 2, Montreal, Damphousse 18 (Brisebois), 13:07 (pp).

Second period-3, New York, Ferraro 16 (Driver, Kovalev), 10:54. 4, New York, Leetch 7 (Messier, Verbeek), 11:46 (pp). 5, New York, Ferraro 17 (Robitaille) 15:53. 6, New York, Kovalev 11 (Ferraro, Robitaille), 16:02. 7, Montreal, Turgeon 15 (Odelein, Recchi), 18:50 (pp).

Third period-8, Montreal, Turgeon 16 (Brisebois), 5:24 (pp). 9, New York, Ferraro 18 (Kovalev, Robitaille), 14:13. 10, Montreal, Bure 7 (Turgeon, Recchi), 14:51. 11, New York, Messier 27 (Graves), 19:25 (sh-en).

Shots on goal-Montreal 16-14-9-39. New York 12-12-11-35.Power-play opp.-Montreal 3 of 9; New York 1 of 3.Goalies-Montreal, Thibault 5-3-1 (24 shots-19 saves), Jablonski (0:00 third, 9-8). New York, Healy 7-3-3 (39-35).A-18,200 (18,200).

Penguins 4, Senators 1 Pittsburgh

Jaromir Jagr and Petr Nedved scored during a three-goal third period as sluggish Pittsburgh beat Ottawa.

The high-scoring Penguins got goals from unexpected sources. Neil Wilkinson, a stay-at-home defenseman, got his 13th in his 342nd NHL game. Dave Roche, a rookie who has spent much of his time on the fourth line, scored his fourth of the season.

Ottawa 0 0 1 - 1

Pittsburgh 1 0 3 - 4

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Wilkinson 2 (Lemieux, Sandstrom), 17:13.

Second period-None.

Third period-2, Pittsburgh, Roche 4 (Nasland), 4:01. 3, Pittsburgh, Jagr 35 (Nedved, Joseph), 7:52. 4, Pittsburgh, Nedved 14 (Smolinski, Zubov), 10:08. 5, Ottawa, Chorske 2 (Tormanen), 17:41 (sh).

Shots on goal-Ottawa 9-7-7-23. Pittsburgh 9-9-13-31.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 0 of 7; Pittsburgh 0 of 3.Goalies-Ottawa, Beaupre 6-20-0 (31 shots-27 saves). Pittsburgh, Barrasso 14-3-2 (23-22).A-15,632 (17,181).

Whalers 2, Capitals 0 Hartford, Conn.

Sean Burke stopped the 33 shots he faced as Hartford snapped an eight-game winless streak with a victory over Washington.

Robert Kron and Brendan Shanahan each scored and Burke earned the eighth shutout of his career as Hartford, 0-5-3 since its last win Dec. 15, handed Washington its third shutout of this season.

Washington 0 0 0 - 0

Hartford 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Hartford, Kron 8 (Brown, Cassels), 2:16 (pp).

Second period-2, Hartford, Shanahan 14 (Diduck), 8:38.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Washington 10-10-13-33. Hartford 11-10-3-24.Power-play opp.-Washington 0 of 4; Hartford 1 of 4.Goalies-Washington, Carey 17-11-3 (24 shots-22 saves). Hartford, Burke 10-16-3 (33-33).A-8,087 (15,635).

Stars 3, Red Wings 3 Detroit

Third-period goals by Keith Primeau and Bob Errey, the latter with 3:23 remaining, rallied Detroit from a three-goal deficit to a tie with Dallas.

Detroit’s club record-tying winning streak ended at nine, but the Red Wings salvaged something of the evening by avoiding their second home loss of the season.

Dallas 1 2 0 0 - 3

Detroit 0 1 2 0 - 3

First Period-1, Dallas, Fedyk 11 (Nieuwendyk, Adams),d 3:38.

Second Period-2, Dallas, Adams 14 (Nieuwendyk, Harvey), 6:48. 3, Dallas, Huard 2 (Kennedy, Zmolek), 13:51. 4, Detroit, Larionov 10 (Yzerman, Fetisov), 16:21.

Third Period-5, Detroit, Primeau 10 (Coffey, Bergevin), 10:58. 6, Detroit, Errey 8 (Ciccarelli), Primeau), 16:37.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Dallas 8-8-4-1-21. Detroit 14-9-12-3-38.Power-play opp.-Dallas 0 of 1; Detroit 0 of 3.Goalies-Dallas, Moog 5-9-4 (38 shots-35 saves). Detroit, Osgood 17-3-2 (21-18).A-19,944 (19,875).

Bruins 4, Maple Leafs 4 Toronto

Boston coach Steve Kasper benched high-priced forwards Cam Neely and Kevin Stevens and Boston got two goals from Dave Reid to tie Toronto.

Mariusz Czerkawski and Rick Zombo supplied Boston’s other goals.

Boston 2 1 1 0 - 4

Toronto 2 2 0 0 - 4

First Period-1, Boston, Reid 13 (Bourque, Moger), 7:17 (pp). 2, Toronto, Craig 6 (Hendrickson), 7:48. 3, Toronto, Ellett 2 (DiPietro), 9:49 (pp). 4, Boston, Reid 14 (Rohloff, Elik), 10:53.

Second Period-5, Toronto, Jonsson 4, 3:23. 6, Boston, Czerkawski 4 (Stumpel, McEachern), 10:25. 7, Toronto, Wood 7 (Craig, Yushkevich), 18:56.

Third Period-8, Boston, Zombo 2 (Oates), 8:13.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Boston 15-13-19-4-51. Toronto 14-13-5-1-33.Power-play opp.-Boston 1 of 5; Toronto 1 of 3.Goalies-Boston, Billington 7-9-2 (33 shots-29 saves). Toronto, Potvin 17-9-6 (51-47).A-15,746 (15,746).

Devils 1, Avalanche 0 Denver

Steve Thomas scored with 1:04 left, helping Martin Brodeur and New Jersey beat Colorado.

The Devils, winless in their previous 12 road games (0-9-3), matched Colorado defensively and finally ended a string of five scoreless periods when Thomas beat Patrick Roy.

New Jersey 0 0 1 - 1

Colorado 0 0 0 - 0

First period-None.

Second period-None.

Third period-1, New Jersey, Thomas 8 (Guerin, Sykora), 18:56.

Shots on goal-New Jersey 8-13-11-32. Colorado 6-15-9-30.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 0 of 3; Colorado 0 of 2.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 13-16-4 (30 shots-30 saves). Colorado, Roy 17-13-1 (32-31).A-16,061 (16,061).

Lightning 5, Oilers 0 Edmonton, Alberta

Just 24 hours after a 10-0 shellacking by Calgary, Tampa Bay turned the tables and embarrassed Edmonton. Former Oiler Petr Klima scored twice in the second period.

Klima, who has 15 goals, scored unassisted just 23 seconds into the second period on a turnover by Edmonton defenseman Fredrik Olausson. Olausson was attempting to clear the puck off the end boards but he misfired and banked it off the side of the net.

Tampa Bay 1 3 1 - 5

Edmonton 0 0 0 - 0

First period-1, Tampa Bay, Cullen 5 (Houlder, Wiemer), 14:32 (pp).

Second period-2, Tampa Bay, Klima 14, :23. 3, Tampa Bay, Klima 15 (Tucker, Cullen), 7;02. 4, Tampa Bay, Petit 2, 18:28.

Third period-5, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 7, 11:53.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 12-13-14-39. Edmonton 12-8-8-28.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 1 of 3; Edmonton 0 of 5.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 11-5-4 (28 shots-28 saves). Edmonton, Ranford 13-18-5 (16-14), Brathwaite (5:31 second, 23-20).A-9,914 (16,230).

Jets 5, Kings 4 Inglewood, Calif.

Rookie Deron Quint scored twice during a three-minute span of the first period and Alexei Zhamnov had a goal and two assists as Winnipeg beat Los Angeles.

Quint, who tied Nels Stewart’s NHL record by scoring two goals four seconds apart on Dec. 15 against Edmonton, recorded his first goals in 18 road games in the NHL.

Winnipeg 5 0 0 - 5

Los Angeles 3 0 1 - 4

First period-1, Los Angeles, Granato 12 (Yachmenev, Gretzky), 4:48 (pp). 2, Los Angeles, Yachmenev 13 (McSorley, Gretzky). 6:18. 3, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 13 (Selanne, Numminen), 7:36 (pp). 4, Winnipeg, Quint 4 (Zhamnov, Korolev), 8:21 (pp). 5, Winnipeg, Quint 5 (Selanne, Zhamnov), 11:20. 6, Winnipeg, Doan 4 (King, Turcotte), 13:39. 7, Los Angeles, Gretzky 11 (Khristich, Tocchet), 14:29. 8, Winnipeg, Turcotte 9 (Numminen, King), 19:52.

Second period-None.

Third period-9, Los Angeles, Lacroix 7 (Todd, Tocchet), 7:30.

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 17-13-10-40. Los Angeles 16-13-8-37.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 2 of 3; Los Angeles 1 of 5.Goalies-Winnipeg, Cheveldae 6-14-3 (37 shots-33 saves). Los Angeles, Hrudey 2-5-4 (40-35).A-12,675 (16,005).

Flyers 3, Sharks 1 San Jose, Calif.

John LeClair and Mikael Reberg each scored on assists from linemate Eric Lindros as Philadelphia beat San Jose.

Despite outshooting the Flyers 31-19, the hapless Sharks lost their third straight.

Philadelphia 2 1 0 - 3

San Jose 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, Philadelphia, Renberg 21 (Lindros, LeClair), 9:31. 2, Philadelphia, Dupre 1 (MacTavish, Brimanis), 18:00.

Second period-3, Philadelphia, LeClair 23 (Lindros), :37. 4, San Jose, Ragnarsson 7 (Kozlov, Whitney), 4:26 (pp).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 7-8-4-19. San Jose 11-14-6-31.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 0 of 4; San Jose 1 of 7.Goalies-Philadelphia, Hextall 14-5-2 (31 shots-30 saves). San Jose, Terreri 10-13-0 (19-16).A-17,190 (17,190).

Canucks 7, Panthers 2 Vancouver, British Columbia

Esa Tikkanen and Alexander Mogilny each had two goals as Vancouver beat Florida with a great performance from their power-play unit.

The Canucks scored twice on a five-minute power play in the second period while Tom Fitzgerald was off for high-sticking Jyrki Lumme. Overall, the Canucks went four for six on the power play.

Florida 1 0 1 - 2

Vancouver 2 4 1 - 7

First period-1, Florida, Garpenlov 7 (Svensson, Barnes), 1:54 (pp). 2, Vancouver, Linden 19 (Gelinas, Murzyn), 4:42. 3, Vancouver, Tikkanen 2 (Mogilny, Rohlin), 15:17 (pp).

Second period-4, Vancouver, Mogilny 29 (Ronning, Aucoin), 9:47. 5, Vancouver, Rohlin 4 (Linden, Lumme), 10:30 (pp). 6, Vancouver, Lumme 7 (Mogilny, Linden), 11:15 (pp). 7, Vancouver, Tikkanen 3 (Lumme, Rohlin), 12:42 (pp).

Third period-8, Vancouver, Mogilny 30 (Hedican, Ronning), 3:05. 9, Florida, Garpenlov 8 (Niedermayer, Svehla), 4:35.

Shots on goal-Florida 6-8-11-25. Vancouver 6-16-5-27.Power-play opp.-Florida 1 of 5; Vancouver 4 of 6.Goalies-Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 16-8-1 (14 shots-9 saves), Fitzpatrick (11:15 second, 13-11). Vancouver, Hirsch 4-3-2 (25-23).A-18,422 (18,422).