Nhl

Goalie Byron Dafoe stopped 32 shots Friday night to lead the visiting Los Angeles Kings over the struggling Chicago Blackhawks 4-2.

Kings 4, Blackhawks 2

Los Angeles 2 1 1 - 4

Chicago 0 0 2 - 2

First period-1, Los Angeles, Lang 4 (Shuchuk, Boucher), 3:14. 2, Los Angeles, Finn 3 (Khristich, Lang), 7:39.

Second period-3, Los Angeles, Boucher 5 (Perreault), 4:52.

Third period-4, Chicago, Murphy 17 (Savard, Craven), 1:44. 5, Chicago, Amonte 24 (Weinrich, Suter), 11:37. 6, Los Angeles, Perreault 21 (Khristich, Kurri), 19:57 (en).

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 7-4-8-19. Chicago 5-12-17-34.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 4; Chicago 0 of 3.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 13-19-6 (34 shots-32 saves). Chicago, Hackett 17-10-3 (18-15).A-22,005 (20,500).

Whalers 7, Maple Leafs 4

Hartford, Conn.

Geoff Sanderson and Andrei Nikolishin scored two goals apiece as Hartford beat Toronto.

Toronto 0 1 3 - 4

Hartford 4 2 1 - 7

First period-1, Hartford, Kron 19 (Nikolishin), 11:57. 2, Hartford, Brown 6 (Cassels, Sanderson), 13:50 (pp), 3, Hartford, Sanderson 29 (Emerson), 18:49. 4, Hartford, Cassels 16 (Rice, McCrimmon), 19:23.

Second period-5, Toronto, Craig 7 (Gagner, Gilmour), 10:06 (pp). 6, Hartford, Sanderson 30 (Wesley), 12:26. 7, Hartford, Nikolishin 10 (Wesley, Ranheim), 19:09 (pp).

Third period-8, Toronto, Sundin 28 (Muller, Jonsson), 2:36. 9, Toronto, Domi 5 (Sundin, Muller), 9:45. 10, Toronto, Sundin 29 (Ellett), 13:09. 11, Hartfiord, Nikolishin 11 (Kron), 14:01.

Shots on goal-Toronto 9-11-11-30. Hartford 9-12-9-30.Power-play opp.-Toronto 1 of 6; Hartford 2 of 4.Goalies-Toronto, Beaupre 6-24-0 (30 shots-23 saves). Hartford, Burke 22-23-5 (30-26).A-10,979 (15,635).

Oilers 4, Sharks 2

Edmonton, Alberta

Zdeno Ciger and Scott Arnott scored in the second period to lead Edmonton past San Jose.

San Jose 0 0 2 - 2

Edmonton 1 3 0 - 4

First period-1, Edmonton, McAmmond 10 (Czerkawaki), 11:58.

Second period-2, Edmonton, Ciger 27 (Dufresne, Satan), 6:33. 3, Edmonton, Arnott 20 (McAmmond, Czerkawski), 7:45. 4, Edmonton, Smith 2 (Mironov, Marchant), 12:17.

Third period-5, San Jose, Nolan 26 (Baker), 5:22 (sh). 6, San Jose, Janney 13 (Nolan, Bodger), 19:29 (pp).

Shots on goal-San Jose 7-10-5-22. Edmonton 15-13-11-39.Power-play opp.-San Jose 1 of 3; Edmonton 0 of 5.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 12-28-1 (39 shots-35 saves). Edmonton, Joseph 9-12-1 (22-20).A-11,995 (16,230).

Red Wings 4, Avalanche 2

Denver

Paul Coffey and Darren McCarty scored early goals and Detroit hung on to defeat Colorado.

Detroit 1 2 1 - 4

Colorado 0 1 1 - 2

First period-1, Detroit, Coffey 8 (Kozlov, Fedorov), 6:08.

Second period-2, Detroit, McCarty 8 (Fetisov, Yzerman), 12:12. 3, Detroit, Primeau 20, 16:40 (pp). 4, Colorado, Forsberg 26 (Kamensky, Lemieux), 17:16.

Third period-5, Colorado, Sakic 42 (Gusarov, Ozolinsh), 13:01. 6, Detroit, Ciccarelli 15, 19:42 (en).

Shots on goal-Detroit 6-17-4-27. Colorado 8-6-7-21.Power-play opp.-Detroit 1 of 5; Colorado 0 of 5.Goalies-Detroit, Vernon 15-7-1 (21 shots-19 saves). Colorado, Roy 27-20-2 (26-23).A-16,061 (16,061).

Mighty Ducks 3, Sabres 2

Inglewood, Calif.

Paul Kariya scored his 38th goal to give Anaheim a win over Buffalo.

Buffalo 1 1 0 0 - 2

Anaheim 0 0 2 1 - 3

First Period-1, Buffalo, Barnaby 9 (Dawe, Galley), 15:27.

Second Period-2, Buffalo, Barnaby 10 (Dawe), 14:23.

Third Period-3, Anaheim, Rucchin 15 (Sillinger, Kariya), 4:18 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Dollas 6 (Campbell, Sillinger), 8:18.

Overtime-5, Anaheim, Kariya 38 (Selanne, Sillinger), 2:03 (pp).

Shots on goal-Buffalo 12-11-14-0-37. Anaheim 8-19-17-4-48.Power-play Opp.-Buffalo 0 of 5; Anaheim 1 of 4.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 19-24-6 (48 shots-45 saves). Anaheim, Hebert 17-20-3 (37-35).A-17,174 (17,174).

Former Chief traded to Boston

St. Louis acquired right winger Steve Leach from Boston, sending forward Kevin Sawyer, who played three years for the Spokane Chiefs, and defenseman Steve Staios in exchange. Sawyer had three goals and four assists in 41 games for Worcester.