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Lemieux, Jagr Lift Penguins

Associated Press

NHL

Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr became the second teammates to both score 60 goals in a season when each connected Thursday night in Pittsburgh’s 3-2 victory over Florida at Miami. Jagr also set a record for most points by a European player during one NHL season with 140. The old mark was set by Peter Stastny, who scored 139 points for Quebec in 1981-82.

Lemieux and Jagr rank 1-2 in league scoring this season and showed why against Florida. Lemieux scored his 64th goal, Jagr his 60th.

Wayne Gretzky (73) and Jari Kurri (71), with Edmonton in 1984-85, were the first teammates with at least 60 goals each.

Penguins 3, Panthers 2

Pittsburgh 2 1 0 - 3 Florida 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Florida, Hough 7 (Hull), :15. 2, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 64 (Zubov, Daigneault), 18:53 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh, Francis 25 (Lemieux, Daigneault), 19:17 (pp).

Second period-4, Pittsburgh, Jagr 60 (Nedved, Tamer), 13:42.

Third period-5, Florida, Niedermayer 25 (Carkner), 16:56.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 7-9-7-23. Florida 14-14-14-42.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 2 of 4; Florida 0 of 9.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Barrasso 27-13-2 (42 shots-40 saves). Florida, Fitzpatrick 15-11-2 (23-20).A-14,703 (14,503).

Canadiens 4, Bruins 3 (OT) Boston

Marc Bureau’s second goal of the season at 2:07 of overtime lifted Montreal to a key win over Boston.

Montreal 1 0 2 1 - 4 Boston 0 1 2 0 - 3

First Period-1, Montreal, Koivu 18 (Odelein), 14:21.

Second Period-2, Boston, Heinze 15 (D.Sweeney, Zombo), 17:56.

Third Period-3, Boston, Moger 13 (Reid, Sutter), 4:10. 4, Boston, Sutter 2 (Moger, Bourque), 6:41. 5, Montreal, Bure 18 (Koivu, Rucinsky), 7:43 (pp). 6, Montreal, Kovalenko 27 (Turgeon, Recchi), 15:42.

Overtime-7, Montreal, Bureau 2 (Stevenson, Odelein), 2:07.

Shots on goal-Montreal 9-9-8-4-30. Boston 14-20-9-1-44.Power-play opp.-Montreal 1 of 3; Boston 0 of 2.Goalies-Montreal, Thibault 24-15-4 (44 shots-41 saves). Boston, Ranford 29-29-8 (30-26).A-17,565 (17,565).

Devils 4, Blues 4 St. Louis

Geoff Courtnall scored with 2:06 remaining in the third period to lift St. Louis to a tie with New Jersey.

New Jersey 2 2 0 0 - 4 St. Louis 2 1 1 0 - 4

First Period-1, St. Louis, Gretzky 22, 6:39 (sh). 2, New Jersey, Andreychuk 22 (Dean), 12:31. 3, St. Louis, Noonan 13, 13:14. 4, New Jersey, Andreychuk 23 (McKay, MacLean), 17:51.

Second Period-5, New Jersey, Holik 11 (Simpson, Housley), 6:13. 6, New Jersey, Richer 20, 6:50. 7, St. Louis, Courtnall 22 (MacInnis, Gretzky), 11:03 (pp).

Third Period-8, St. Louis, Courtnall 23 (Gretzky, MacInnis), 17:54 (pp). Overtime-None. Shots on goal-New Jersey 8-8-5-1-22. St. Louis 13-18-4-1-36.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 0 of 2; St. Louis 2 of 3.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 31-25-12 (36 shots-32 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 30-26-14 (22-18).A-20,724 (19,260).

Stars 3, Mighty Ducks 1 Dallas

Dallas revived its punchless power play on goals by Brent Fedyk and Todd Harvey, keeping its slim playoff hopes alive with a win over Anaheim.

Anaheim 0 1 0 - 1 Dallas 0 2 1 - 3

First period-None.

Second period-1, Dallas, Fedyk 19 (Modano, Ledyard), 8:24 (pp). 2, Anaheim, Oksiuta 18 (Kariya, Rucchin), 14:10 (pp). 3, Dallas, Harvey 9 (Sydor, Donnelly), 16:39 (pp).

Third period-4, Dallas, Gilchrist 19 (Matvichuk, Modano), 19:57 (en).

Shots on goal-Anaheim 10-9-9-28. Dallas 10-9-7-26.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 1 of 8; Dallas 2 of 6.Goalies-Anaheim, Hebert 22-22-4 (25 shots-23 saves). Dallas, Wakaluk 8-14-5 (28-27).A-15,989 (16,924).

Avalanche 8, Sharks 3 San Jose, Calif.

Peter Forsberg and Joe Sakic each scored two goals as Colorado defeated San Jose.

Colorado 2 3 3 - 8 San Jose 1 2 0 - 3

First period-1, San Jose, Turcotte 18 (Peltonen, Caloun), 1:51. 2, Colorado, Forsberg 29 (Ozolinsh, Lefebvre), 14:01. 3, Colorado, Lemieux 38 (Kamensky, Sakic), 19:05 (pp).

Second period-4, Colorado, Forsberg 30 (Lemieux, Ozolinsh), :37. 5, Colorado, Yelle 9, :51. 6, San Jose, Turcotte 19 (Kyte, Caloun), 1:45. 7, Colorado, Ricci 6 (Young, Leschyshyn), 6:33. 8, San Jose, Peltonen 2 (Odgers, Baker), 16:38.

Third period-9, Colorado, Sakic 47 (Simon, Young), 5:00. 10, Colorado, Kamensky 35 (Lemieux, Ozolinsh), 12:10 (pp). 11, Colorado, Sakic 48 (Deadmarsh, Ozolinsh), 17:11. Shots on goal-Colorado 20-5-12-37. San Jose 12-12-9-33.Power-play opp.-Colorado 2 of 3; San Jose 0 of 3.Goalies-Colorado, Roy 31-22-2 (33 shots-30 saves). San Jose, Flaherty 3-12-1 (23-18), Irbe (12:07 second, 14-11).A-17,190 (17,190).