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Yzerman Scores 500th Goal

Associated Press

NHL

Detroit’s Steve Yzerman became the 22nd player in NHL history to score 500 goals as the Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 Wednesday night in Detroit.

Red Wings 3, Avalanche 2

Colorado 0 1 1 - 2 Detroit 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, Detroit, Primeau 12 (Larionov), 5:19.

Second period-2, Detroit, Yzerman 19 (Johnson, Federov), 7:52 (pp). 3, Colorado, Young 14, 11:17.

Third period-4, Colorado, Deadmarsh 15 (Lefebvre, Sakic), 6:04. 5, Detroit, Fedorov 19 (Larionov), 11:28.

Shots on goal-Colorado 6-5-8-19. Detroit 7-13-8-28.Powerplay opp.-Colorado 0 of 2; Detroit 1 of 3.Goalies-Colorado, Roy 18-15-2 (28 shots-25 saves). Detroit, Osgood 20-5-2 (19-17).A-19,983 (19,875).

Oilers 4, Stars 3 Dallas

Curtis Joseph stopped 35 shots to remain unbeaten in three games since signing with Edmonton as the Oilers won for the fourth time in five games.

Edmonton 1 2 1 - 4 Dallas 1 0 2 - 3

First period-1, Edmonton, Ciger 21 (Hauer, Weight), 2:15 (pp). 2, Dallas, Modano 17, 15:47.

Second period-3, Edmonton, Czerkawski 7 (Arnott, Smyth), 12:03. 4, Edmonton, McAmmond 5 (Mironov), 19:13.

Third period-5, Edmonton, Marchant 8 (McAmmond, Mironov), 2:51. 6, Dallas, Fedyk 14, 4:55. 7, Dallas, Churla 3 (Matvichuk, Adams), 6:16.

Shots on goal-Edmonton 8-8-14-30. Dallas 12-9-17-38.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 1 of 4; Dallas 0 of 3.Goalies-Edmonton, Joseph 3-0-0 (38 shots-35 saves). Dallas, Fernandez (16-13), Willis 0-1-0 (0:00 third, 14-13).A-14,027 (16,924).

Whalers 6, Islanders 3 Uniondale, N.Y.

Robert Kron scored twice as Hartford ended New York’s six-game unbeaten streak.

Hartford 2 3 1 - 6 N.Y. Islanders 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, New York, Schneider 5 (Green, Palffy), :37 (pp). 2, Hartford, Brown 3 (Nikolishin), 6:16 (pp). 3, Hartford, Dineen 2 (Nikolishin), 15:29.

Second period-4, Hartford, Shanahan 21, 1:03. 5, New York, Palffy 16 (Green, Schneider), 8:11 (pp). 6, Hartford, Kron 12 (McCrimmon, Burke), 13:25. 7, Hartford, Kron 13 (Nikolishin), 15:34.

Third period-8, New York, Palffy 17 (Clark, Schneider), 10:36. 9, Hartford, Sanderson 18 (Emerson, Cassels), 19:30 (en).

Shots on goal-Hartford 7-8-5-20. New York 14-20-8-42.Power-play opp.-Hartford 1 of 3; New York 2 of 4.Goalies-Hartford, Burke 15-18-3 (42 shots-39 saves). New York, Soderstrom (8-5), Salo 1-4-1 (1:03 second, 11-9).A-8,544 (16,297).

Penguins 1, Sabres 0 Buffalo, N.Y.

Tom Barrasso stopped 31 shots, and Pittsburgh got an early goal from Jaromir Jagr en route to a win over Buffalo.

Pittsburgh 1 0 0 - 1 Buffalo 0 0 0 - 0

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Jagr 38 (Fitzgerald, Francis), :59.

Second period-None.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 11-9-9-29. Buffalo 8-10-13-31.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 0 of 7; Buffalo 0 of 5.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Barrasso 17-5-2 (31 shots-31 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 12-15-3 (29-28).A-14,965 (16,230).

Lightning 6, Sharks 4 St. Petersburg, Fla.

Mikael Andersson and rookie Aaron Gavey each scored twice as Tampa Bay equaled its best scoring output of the season in a win over San Jose.

San Jose 1 2 1 - 4 Tampa Bay 4 2 0 - 6

First period-1, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 22 (Bellows, Cullen), 7:35 (pp). 2, San Jose, Janney 8 (Sheppard, Ragnarsson), 12:09. 3, Tampa Bay, Gavey 5 (Selivanov), 12:28. 4, Tampa Bay, Andersson 1 (Bradley, Houlder), 19:10. 5, Tampa Bay, Andersson 2 (Bradley, Zamuner), 19:45.

Second period-6, San Jose, Nolan 21, 4:50. 7, Tampa Bay, Bradley 10 (Andersson, Zamuner), 8:39. 8, Tampa Bay, Gavey 6 (Selivanov, Wiemer), 13:18. 9, San Jose, Friesen 8 (Sheppard, Kroupa), 15:28.

Third period-10, San Jose, Whitney 12 (Nolan, Miller), 17:21 (pp).

Shots on goal-San Jose 14-7-13-34. Tampa Bay 14-13-4-31.Power-play opp.-San Jose 1 of 5; Tampa Bay 1 of 3.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 11-17-0 (31 shots-25 saves). Tampa Bay, Puppa 13-7-4 (34-30).A-18,546 (28,000).

Canadiens 3, Senators 0 Kanata, Ontario

Ottawa opened its glittering new Palladium arena the same way it closed the Ottawa Civic Centre, losing to Montreal.

Montreal 0 2 1 - 3 Ottawa 0 0 0 - 0

First period-None.

Second period-1, Montreal, Kovalenko 17 (Recchi, Turgeon), 11:12. 2, Montreal, Rucinsky 11 (Quintal), 19:58.

Third period-3, Montreal, Damphousse 19 (Bureau), 18:56 (en).

Shots on goal-Montreal 8-10-5-23. Ottawa 11-5-10-26.Power-play opp.-Montreal 0 of 5; Ottawa 0 of 2.Goalies-Montreal, Thibault 7-4-1 (26 shots-26 saves). Ottawa, Beaupre 6-23-0 (22-20).A-18,500 (18,500).

Capitals 3, Blackhawks 2 Chicago

Sergei Gonchar scored a goal with 1:06 to play as Washington rallied past Chicago.

Washington 1 0 2 - 3 Chicago 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Washington, Bondra 26 (Gonchar, Juneau), 2:07 (pp). 2, Chicago, Nicholls 8 (Craven, Daze), 2:34.

Second period-None.

Third period-3, Chicago, Murphy 13 (Probert, Sutter), 2:33. 4, Washington, Klee 8, 9:25. 5, Washington, Gonchar 8 (Juneau, Peake), 18:54.

Shots on goal-Washington 10-14-6-30. Chicago 4-3-5-12.Power-play opp.-Washington 1 of 6; Chicago 0 of 5.Goalies-Washington, Kolzig 3-5-1 (12 shots-10 saves). Chicago, Hackett 11-5-3 (30-27).

Jets 4, Maple Leafs 2 Toronto

Keith Tkachuk scored his 26th and 27th goals to lift Winnipeg.

Winnipeg 0 1 3 - 4 Toronto 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Toronto, Sundin 21 (Macoun), 10:35 (sh).

Second period-2, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 26 (Maciver, Zhamnov), 2:58.

Third period-3, Winnipeg, Selanne 23 (Olczyk, Drake), 10:02. 4, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 27 (Zhamnov, Shannon), 15:13. 5, Toronto, Gartner 23 (Gilmour, Sundin), 17:15 (pp). 6, Winnipeg, Korolev 15, 18:16.

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 14-7-12-32. Toronto 12-16-12-40.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 0 of 5; Toronto 1 of 5.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 12-5-1 (40 shots-38 saves). Toronto, Potvin 18-12-6 (32-28).A-15,746 (15,746).

Flames 4, Ducks 1 Anaheim, Calif.

Sandy McCarthy scored just 2:08 into the game to ignite a three-goal Calgary outburst in the first period.

Calgary 3 0 1 - 4 Anaheim 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Calgary, McCarthy 6 (Kennedy), 2:08. 2, Calgary, Dahl 1 (Patrick, Lapointe), 11:23. 3, Anaheim, D.Sacco 3 (Olausson, Kariya), 14:31 (pp). 4, Calgary, Stillman 10 (Millen, Huscroft), 19:12.

Second period-None.

Third period-5, Calgary, Fleury 23, 19:16 (en).

Shots on goal-Calgary 19-10-4-33. Anaheim 11-11-8-30.Power-play opp.-Calgary 0 of 4; Anaheim 1 of 7.Goalies-Calgary, Kidd 7-15-6 (30 shots-29 saves). Anaheim, Hebert 12-16-3 (19-16), Shtalenkov (0:00 second, 14-13).A-17,174 (17,174).