Skidding Kings Fall To Devils

NHL

John MacLean scored on the first shot of the game and set up a short-handed goal by Brian Rolston Tuesday night, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 3-1 victory over the faltering Los Angeles Kings in East Rutherford, N.J.

Martin Brodeur had a relatively easy game, stopping 22 shots to extend the Kings’ winless streak to seven games (0-5-2).

Devils 3, Kings 1

Los Angeles 0 0 1 - 1

New Jersey 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, NJ, MacLean 15 (Thomas), :57.

Second period-2, NJ, Rolston 2 (MacLean), 15:41 (sh).

Third period-3, LA, Lacroix 11, 2:29. 4, NJ, Richer 9 (Rolston, Daneyko), 18:52.

Shots on goal-LA 7-11-5-23. NJ 17-7-7-31.Power-play opp.-LA 0 of 3; NJ 0 of 2.Goalies-LA, Hrudey 3-7-5 (31 shots28 saves). NJ, Brodeur 17-19-4 (23-22). A-19,040 (19,040)

Panthers 5, Capitals 4

Landover, Md.

Johan Garpenlov capped his first career hat trick by scoring the go-ahead goal with 55.4 seconds left as Florida extended its unbeaten streak to six games by defeating Washington.

The Panthers twice blew two-goal leads, but prevailed on their first even-strength goal of the night.

Florida 1 2 2 - 5

Washington 0 2 2 - 4

First period-1, Flo, Garpenlov 11 (Murphy, Woolley), 19:38 (pp).

Second period-2, Flo, Mellanby 24 (Svehla), 1:03 (pp). 3, Was, Johansson 3 (Cote, Peake), 8:16 (pp). 4, Was, Peake 9, 8:40. 5, Flo, Garpenlov 12 (Murphy, Woolley), 19:12 (pp).

Third period-6, Flo, Murphy 7 (Harkins, Niedermayer), 4:48 (pp). 7, Was, Hunter 5 (Peake, Johansson), 10:13 (pp). 8, Was, Bondra 27 (Pivonka, Gonchar), 12:29. 9, Flo, Garpenlov 13 (Hull, Niedermayer), 19:04.

Shots on goal-Flo 10-10-7-27. Was 13-10-12-35.Power-play opp.-Flo 4 of 8; Was 2 of 8.Goalies-Flo, Fitzpatrick 11-4-1 (35 shots-31 saves). Was, Carey 18-14-4 (27-22).A-9,607 (18,130).