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Devils Soaring, Rangers Slumping

Associated Press

Martin Brodeur made 32 saves in posting his second straight shutout and Bobby Holik scored early in the third period to lead New Jersey to a 2-0 victory over the struggling New York Rangers on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.

The win extended the Devils’ unbeaten streak to a season-high seven games (5-0-2) and handed the Rangers their second straight loss and 10th in 12 games, a slump that has put their chances of defending the Stanley Cup in jeopardy.

N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 - 0 New Jersey 0 0 2 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-None.

Third period-1, New Jersey, Holik 6 (Stevens, McKay), 3:11. 2, New Jersey, Rolston 7 (Niedermayer, Stevens), 15:06 (pp).

Shots on goal-New York 7-15-10-32. New Jersey 8-9-8-25.Power-play opp.-New York 0 of 2; New Jersey 1 of 3.Goalies-New York, Healy, 5-4-1 (25 shots-23 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur, 15-8-5 (32-32).A-19,040 (19,040).

Stars 3, Blues 2

St. Louis Kevin Hatcher scored his second goal of the game with 3:30 left to lift Dallas.

The loss snapped the Blues’ unbeaten streak of seven games. St. Louis had lost just once in its previous 10 home games.

Dallas 0 2 1 - 3 St. Louis 0 2 0 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-1, Dallas, Gilchrist 7 (Cavallini), 1:53. 2, Dallas, K.Hatcher 5 (Gagner, Kennedy), 11:36 (pp). 3, St. Louis, Creighton 12 (Karamnov), 13:53. 4, St. Louis, Creighton 13 (Hull, Duchesne), 14:05 (pp).

Third period-5, Dallas, Hatcher 6 (Kennedy, Gagner), 16:30.

Shots on goal-Dallas 6-8-13-27. St. Louis 11-10-6-27.Power-play opp.-Dallas 1 of 7; St. Louis 1 of 6.Goalies-Dallas, Moog 9-10-6 (27 shots-25 saves). St. Louis, Joseph (10-8), Casey 3-3-2 (11:36 second, 17-16).A-19,969 (19,260).

Bruins 6, Sabres 5

Buffalo, N.Y.

Bryan Smolinski ripped a slap shot between Dominik Hasek’s legs with 20.1 seconds remaining to lift Boston.

Buffalo had tied the game with 43 seconds remaining on Yuri Khmylev’s goal before Smolinski put the Sabres away with his second goal of the game.

Mats Naslund scored a pair of goals in the third period for the Bruins, who were without Cam Neely.

Boston 0 3 3 - 6 Buffalo 1 1 3 - 5

First period-1, Buffalo, B.Sweeney 4 (Mogilny, Pearson), 2:20.

Second period-2, Buffalo, LaFontaine 8 (Mogilny, Dawe), :58. 3, Boston, Smolinski 14 (Moger, Stumpel), 5:49. 4, Boston, Czerkawski 6 (Bourque), 13:35 (pp). 5, Boston, Murray 3 (Oates, Heinze), 15:22.

Third period-6, Boston, Naslund 5 (Czerkawski, Oates), 4:02. 7, Buffalo, Presley 12, 4:12. 8, Boston, Naslund 6 (Reid, Czerkawski), 10:53. 9, Buffalo, Khmylev 6 (Galley, Hawerchuk), 12:13. 10, Buffalo, Khmylev 7, 19:17. 11, Boston, Smolinski 15 (Moger, D.Sweeney), 19:39.

Shots on goal-Boston 9-18-7-34. Buffalo 9-8-10-27.Power-play opp.-Boston 1 of 3; Buffalo 0 of 5.Goalies-Boston, Billington 1-6-2 (27 shots-22 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 14-9-6 (34-28).A-16,230 (16,230).

Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1 Chicago Mike Vernon made 25 saves, running his unbeaten streak to 15 games and leading Detroit over slumping Chicago.

Ray Sheppard, Keith Primeau, Steve Yzerman and Dino Ciccarelli scored for the Red Wings (26-7-3), who have gone 7-0-1 the last two weeks and 13-1-2 the last month to move a point ahead of Quebec for the NHL’s best record.

Detroit 1 0 3 - 4 Chicago 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Detroit, Sheppard 20 (Lapointe), 3:57.

Second period-None.

Third period-2, Detroit, Primeau 11 (Errey, Fetisov), 1:21. 3, Detroit, Yzerman 9 (Errey, Fedorov), 8:17 (pp). 4, Chicago, Savard 7 (Amonte), 12:08. 5, Detroit, Ciccarelli 12 (Sheppard, Coffey), 19:10 (pp).

Shots on goal-Detroit 10-8-10-28. Chicago 10-8-8-26.Power-play opp.-Detroit 2 of 5; Chicago 0 of 4.Goalies-Detroit, Vernon 16-3-3 (26 shots-25 saves). Chicago, Belfour 17-10-1 (28-24).A-22,227 (20,500).

Mighty Ducks 5, Kings 1

Anaheim, Calif.

Todd Krygier had two goals and an assist and Milos Holan scored the quickest goal in club history as Anaheim extended its unbeaten streak against Los Angeles to five games.

The only thing separating the Ducks from a five-game winning streak against their freeway foes is Dan Quinn’s penalty shot for the Kings with 67 seconds left in the third period of their 3-3 tie on March 21 at Anaheim Arena.

Los Angeles 0 1 0 - 1 Anaheim 1 3 1 - 5

First period-1, Anaheim, Holan 1 (Corkum, Sacco), :22.

Second period-2, Los Angeles, Kurri 7 (Lacroix, Gretzky), :50. 3, Anaheim, Kariya 14 (Krygier, Karpa), 1:36. 4, Anaheim, Sacco 9 (Kariya, York), 5:07 (pp). 5, Anaheim, Krygier 6 (Sillinger, Carpa), 13:06.

Third period-6, Anaheim, Krygier 7 (York), :53.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 7-14-15-36. Anaheim 11-12-10-33.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 3; Anaheim 1 of 4.Goalies-Los Angeles, Hrudey, 12-9-5 (33 shots-28 saves). Anaheim, Hebert, 9-15-3 (36-35).A-17,174 (17,174).

Lightning 3, Whalers 0

Hartford, Conn.

Backup J.C. Bergeron stopped 23 shots for his first NHL shutout and struggling Tampa Bay ended a fourgame winless streak.

Alexander Semak and Paul Ysebaert scored goals within a span of 53 seconds of the second period to break a scoreless tie. Ysebaert assisted on Chris Gratton’s empty-net goal with 1:52 left.

Tampa Bay 0 2 1 - 3 Hartford 0 0 0 - 0

First period-None.

Second period-1, Tampa Bay, Semak 6 (Bergevin, Hankison), 5:42. 2, Tampa Bay, Ysebaert 7 (Gratton), 6:35.

Third period-3, Tampa Bay, Gratton 5 (Ysebaert, Tucker), 18:08 (en).

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 11-9-4-24. Hartford 6-12-5-23.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 0 of 2; Hartford 0 of 4.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Bergeron 2-4-1 (23 shots-23 saves). Hartford, Burke 13-12-4 (23-21).A-10,725 (15,635).

Sharks 5, Oilers 2

Edmonton, Alberta

Ulf Dahlen scored the tie-breaking goal in a two-goal second period as San Jose beat Edmonton to hand the Oilers their ninth straight loss.

Mike Rathje, Craig Janney, Dahlen, Sergei Makarov and Andrei Nazarov had the San Jose goals as the Sharks beat Edmonton for the second time in three nights.

San Jose 2 2 1 - 5 Edmonton 2 0 0 - 2

First period-1, San Jose, Rathje 2 (Larionov, Makarov), 2:10. 2, San Jose, Janney 5 (Kyte), 6:10 (pp). 3, Edmonton, Richardson 3 (Weight), 12:31. 4, Edmonton, Arnott 12 (Corson, Mironov), 15:14.

Second period-5, San Jose, Dahlen 10 (Nazarov), 2:04 (pp). 6, San Jose, Makarov 5 (Larionov, Ozolinsh), 17:42.

Third period-7, San Jose, Nazarov 2 (Larionov), 15:58.

Shots on goal-San Jose 10-9-4-23. Edmonton 13-12-10-35.Power-play opp.-San Jose 2 of 4; Edmonton 0 of 6.Goalies-San Jose, Flaherty 5-4-1 (35 shots-33 saves). Edmonton, Ranford, 11-18-2 (23-18).A-12,185 (17,503).