Doghouse Discipline Does Trick For Bruins

NHL

Cam Neely and Kevin Stevens came out of the coach’s doghouse Saturday night to score a goal apiece in the Boston Bruins’ 5-2 victory over the Hartford Whalers at Boston.

Neely and Stevens dressed but sat on the bench for 65 minutes during the Bruins’ 4-4 tie in Toronto Wednesday as coach Steve Kasper sent a “wakeup call” to his team.

Neely started against the Whalers and scored the fifth Boston goal, his 20th of the season, at 16:20 of the second period. Stevens, used sparingly on a fourth line in the first period, scored at 15:11 of the second when he converted a third rebound after Clayton Beddoes and Marius Czerkawski had tries at the Hartford net.

Bruins 5, Whalers 2

Hartford 0 1 1 - 2

Boston 1 4 0 - 5

First period-1, Boston, Oates 11 (Elik, Chynoweth), 15:18.

Second period-2, Boston, Czerkawski 5 (Stevens, Oates), 7:52. 3, Boston, Sweeney 2 (Elik, Oates), 11:44 (pp). 4, Boston, Stevens 10 (Bellows, Czerkawski), 15:11. 5, Hartford, Kapanen 1 (Janssens, Ranheim), 15:57. 6, Boston, Neely 20 (Oates, Elik), 16:28.

Third period-7, Hartford, Shanahan 17 (Burt), 1:12.

Shots on goal-Hartford 14-8-6-28. Boston 14-15-5-34.Power-play opp.-Hartford 0 of 6; Boston 1 of 4.Goalies-Hartford, Burke 11-17-3 (29 shots-24 saves), Muzzatti (0:00 third, 5-5). Boston, Billington 8-9-2 (28-26).A-17,565 (17,565).

Islanders 5, Senators 4

Uniondale, N.Y.

Travis Green and Zigmund Palffy each had a goal and an assist as New York extended its home unbeaten streak to five games with a victory over Ottawa.

Ottawa 2 0 2 - 4 N.Y.

Islanders 2 2 1 - 5

First period-1, Ottawa, Gaudreau 6 (Neckar, Tormanen), 5:41. 2, Ottawa, Drury 8, 11:31. 3, New York, McInnis 4 (Schneider, Lachance), 12:55. 4, New York, Palffy 13 (Green), 16:04.

Second period-5, New York, Andersson 2 (McCabe, Bertuzzi), 11:18. 6, New York, Schneider 3 (Flatley), 19:37.

Third period-7, Ottawa, Alfredsson 12 (Yashin, Modry), 4:25. 8, New York, Green 14 (Palffy, Clark), 9:32. 9, Ottawa, Duchesne 4 (Yashin, Straka), 19:08.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 10-2-12-24. New York 12-11-6-29.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 0 of 4; New York 0 of 1.Goalies-Ottawa, Bales 2-10-1 (29 shots-24 saves). New York, Soderstrom 6-10-5 (24-20).A-12,175 (16,297).

Devils 3, Capitals 1

East Rutherford, N.J.

Bill Guerin scored two goals to lead New Jersey to its victory over Washington.

Reid Simpson also scored for the Devils, who won their second straight game. Joe Juneau scored for the Capitals, who are winless in their last three (0-2-1).

Washington 1 0 0 - 1

New Jersey 2 1 0 - 3

First period-1, New Jersey, Simpson 1 (Holik, Peluso), 12:25. 2, New Jersey, Guerin 10 (Sykora, Thomas), 12:49. 3, Washington, Juneau 7, 17:21.

Second period-4, New Jersey, Guerin 11 (Thomas, Stevens), 16:45.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Washington 6-8-6-20. New Jersey 9-10-4-23.Power-play opp.-Washington 0 of 3; New Jersey 0 of 3.Goalies-Washington, Carey 17-12-3 (23 shots20 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 14-16-4 (20-19).A-19,040 (19,040).

Maple Leafs 5, Avalanche 2

Toronto

Mike Gartner scored two goals as Toronto, playing with a revamped lineup, beat Colorado.

Toronto coach Pat Burns, reacting to Friday night’s 3-1 loss in Buffalo, made several line changes and used Damian Rhodes in goal because Colorado started Patrick Roy. Burns said Felix Potvin, his No. 1 goaltender, doesn’t excel when Roy is at the other end.

Colorado 1 0 1 - 2

Toronto 1 3 1 - 5

First period-1, Toronto, Gartner 19 (Murphy), 11:32 (pp). 2, Colorado, Corbet 3 (Forsberg, Lemieux), 14:12.

Second period-3, Toronto, Hogue 12 (Sundin), :27. 4, Toronto, Gill 4 (Andreychuk, Gilmour), 13:37. 5, Toronto, Sundin 17 (Warner, Wood), 18:45.

Third period-6, Toronto, Gartner 20 (Jonsson, Murphy), 4:52 (pp). 7, Colorado, Sakic 28 (Ozolinsh), 16:18.

Shots on goal-Colorado 12-8-8-28. Toronto 11-11-13-35.Power-play opp.-Colorado 0 of 3; Toronto 2 of 3.Goalies-Colorado, Roy 5-5-0 (35 shots-30 saves). Toronto, Rhodes 4-4-1 (28-26).A-15,746 (15,746).

Kings 7, Sharks 5

Inglewood, Calif.

Tony Granato, John Slaney and Dimitri Khristich scored during a 5-minute power play as Los Angeles completed a home-and-home sweep.

San Jose 1 1 3 - 5

Los Angeles 3 4 0 - 7

First period-1, San Jose, Nolan 18 (Rathje), 7:48 (pp). 2, Los Angeles, Perreault 15 (Shuchuk, Berg), 8:09. 3, Los Angeles, Gretzky 13 (Sydor, Granato), 11:03 (pp). 4, Los Angeles, Lacroix 9, 17:01.

Second period-5, Los Angeles, Granato 15 (Yachmenev, Slaney), 4:26 (pp). 6, Los Angeles, Slaney 1 (Todd, Tocchet), 4:42 (pp). 7, Los Angeles, Khristich 12 (Gretzky, Yachmenev), 5:52 (pp). 8, Los Angeles, Yachmenev 14 (Gretzky, Boucher), 14:17 (pp). 9, San Jose, Janney 7 (Sheppard), 14:54.

Third period-10, San Jose, Miller 13 (Rathje, Janney), :52. 11, San Jose, Baker 5, (Friesen, Miller), 4:09 (sh). 12, San Jose, Baker 6, (Friesen), 13:03 (sh).

Shots on goal-San Jose 15-15-13-43. Los Angeles 13-16-8-37.Power-play opp.-San Jose 1 of 6; Los Angeles 5 of 8.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 7-15-0 (19 shots-13 saves), Flaherty (5:52 second, 18-17). Los Angeles, Hrudey 3-5-4 (43-38).A-14,701 (16,005).

Canucks 9, Lightning 2

Vancouver, British Columbia

Alexander Mogilny notched his third hat trick of the season and Vancouver scored five times in the second period to roll past the Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay 1 0 1 - 2

Vancouver 2 5 2 - 9

First period-1, Vancouver, Hedican 1 (Beranek, Dowd) 4:18. 2, Tampa Bay, Klima 16 (Cullen, Hamrlik), 15:48. 3, Vancouver, Mogilny 31 (Ronning, Tikkanen), 16:53.

Second period-4, Vancouver, Beranek 6 (Oksiuta, Hedican), 2:16. 5, Vancouver, Mogilny 32 (Tikkanen, Ronning), 6:38. 6, Vancouver, Oksiuta 14 (Aucoin, Ronning), 9:31 (pp). 7, Vancouver, Gelinas 16, 10:53. 8, Vancouver, Kucera 3 (Beranek, Dowd), 11:21.

Third period-9, Vancouver, Gelinas 17 (Courtnall, Linden), :48. 10, Vancouver, Mogilny 33 (Oksiuta, Ronning), 4:39. 11, Tampa Bay, Klima 17 (Bradley, Cullen), 19:49 (pp).

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 4-11-11-26. Vancouver 13-13-9-35.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 1 of 4; Vancouver 1 of 5.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 11-6-4 (17 shots-13 saves), Bergeron (6:38 second period, 9-6), Puppa (0:00 third, 1-0), Bergeron (19:00 third, 10-9). Vancouver, McLean 10-12-8 (26-24).A-17,522 (18,422).

Sabres 7, Canadiens 6

Montreal

Randy Burridge and Pat LaFontaine scored 18 seconds apart late in the third period to give Buffalo a win over Montreal.

The Canadiens appeared to have the game put away when Pierre Turgeon scored his third goal of the game - and career 300th - to give Montreal a 6-5 lead at 10:47 of the final period.

Buffalo 3 1 3 - 7

Montreal 3 2 1 - 6

First period-1, Montreal, Recchi 12 (Turgeon, Malakhov), :14. 2, Montreal, Rucinsky 8 (Koivu), 2:04 (sh). 3, Buffalo, Dawe 8, 6:26. 4, Buffalo, Dawe 9 (Hannan, Peca), 13:46. 5, Montreal, Turgeon 18, 14:50 (pp). 6, Buffalo, Audette 12 (LaFontaine, Hughes), 15:58.

Second period-7, Montreal, Turgeon 19 (Bure), 3:01 (pp). 8, Buffalo, LaFontaine 16 (Audette, Khmylev), 3:59. 9, Montreal, Bure 8 (Stevenson, Koivu), 16:41.

Third period-10, Buffalo, Dawe 10 (Galley, Hannan), 4:40. 11, Montreal, Turgeon 20 (Recchi), 10:47. 12, Buffalo, Burridge 13 (Hannan, Plante), 17:02. 13, Buffalo, LaFontaine 17 (Audette, Wilson), 17:20.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 19-5-9-33. Montreal 5-10-12-27.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 0 of 4; Montreal 2 of 5.Goalies-Buffalo, Blue (2 shots-0 saves), Biron (5:16 first, 6-4), Blue 2-2-0 (4:42 second, 19-17). Montreal, Thibault 8-8-3 (33-26).A-17,159 (16,259).

Red Wings 3, Blackhawks 0

Detroit

Kevin Hodson earned a shutout in his first NHL start, turning away 20 shots as Detroit beat Chicago.

Vladimir Konstantinov, Sergei Fedorov and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored for Detroit as the Red Wings snapped a two-game winless streak.

Chicago 0 0 0 - 0

Detroit 0 2 1 - 3

First period-None.

Second period-1, Detroit, Konstantinov 6 (Fedorov, Larionov), 15:05. 2, Detroit, Fedorov 17 (Kozlov, Larionov), 15:26.

Third period-3, Detroit, Kozlov 17 (Konstantinov), 11:36.

Shots on goal-Chicago 4-12-4-20. Detroit 14-12-11-37.Power-play opp.-Chicago 0 of 3; Detroit 0 of 7.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 9-6-1 (37 shots-34 saves). Detroit, Hodson 1-0-0 (20-20).A-19,893 (19,875).

Flames 2, Panthers 0

Calgary, Alberta

Rick Tabaracci stopped 20 shots to lead Calgary to its third shutout in six games.

Dean Evason’s sixth goal of the season midway through the second period stood up as the winner. Phil Housley added an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Florida has lost three of the first four games of its seven-game road trip.

Florida 0 0 0 - 0

Calgary 0 1 1 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-1, Calgary Evason 6 (Ward), 12:49.

Third period-2, Calgary, Housley (Kennedy, Stillman), 19:31 (en).

Shots on goal-Florida 5-10-5-20. Calgary 7-7-9-23.Power-play opp.-Florida 0 of 3; Calgary 0 of 3.Goalies-Florida, Fitzpatrick 16-9-1 (22 shots-21 saves). Calgary, Tabaracci 7-7-2 (20-20).A-16,792 (20,230).

Blues 3, Penguins 2

St. Louis

Dale Hawerchuk scored the game-winner on a breakaway 1:40 into the third period, and goalie Grant Fuhr made 36 saves to lift St. Louis to a win over Pittsburgh.

Brett Hull had a goal and an assist for the Blues, who played before a season-high 20,193 fans at the Kiel Center. St. Louis, meeting the Penguins for the first time since Nov. 9, 1993, is 9-0-2 in its last 11 home games against Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh 0 2 0 - 2

St. Louis 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, St. Louis Creighton 6 (Corson, Hull), :36.

Second period-2, Pittsburgh, Nedved 16 (Mironov, Sandstrom), 4:41. 3, Pittsburgh, Smolinski 13 (Sandstrom, Nedved), 14:19 (pp). 4, St. Louis, Hull 26 (MacInnis, Kravchuk), 17:28.

Third period-5, St. Louis, Hawerchuk 6, 1:40.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 10-17-11-38. St. Louis 13-7-13-33.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 1 of 9; St. Louis 0 of 6.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Wregget 11-8-1 (33 shots-30 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 18-16-5 (38-36.A-20,193 (19,260).

Around the league

Doug Lidster of the New York Rangers will be sidelined indefinitely due to fractured facial bones near his right cheekbone, an injury caused by a slap shot that hit him in the face.

Lidster, a defenseman, was injured in the second period of New York’s 4-4 tie with the Washington Capitals on Friday night. He was examined by doctors Saturday and will be re-examined early next week.

Mark Messier, who was hit just above the right ankle by a slap shot, also is listed as day-to-day.

The New York Islanders will not trade disgruntled forward Kirk Muller unless he agrees to report to whatever team he is dealt to and to honor his contract, general manager Mike Milbury.

Muller hasn’t played since Nov. 11. Former general manager Don Maloney banished Muller the next day in the hopes of trading him, but when he didn’t get a deal done, Maloney was fired.

Milbury said interest in Muller is high.

“We’ve had a list of 15 teams who we’ve spoken to in the last two weeks,” Milbury said. “We’ve tried to look under every rock for a solution.”