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Jagr Paces Streaking Pittsburgh

Associated Press

NHL

Jaromir Jagr scored two goals in the third period to raise his total to 22 and lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night at Pittsburgh.

The Penguins have won four consecutive games since their only two-game losing streak. The Panthers have lost consecutive games for the first time this season.

Penguins 2, Panthers 1

Florida 0 0 1 - 1

Pittsburgh 0 0 2 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-None.

Third period-1, Pittsburgh, Jagr 21 (Sandstrom, Lemieux), 2:57 (pp). 2 Pittsburgh, Jagr 22 (Nedved, Murray), 6:29. 3, Florida, Belanger 5 (Svehla, Fitzgerald), 8:29.

Shots on goal-Florida 8-11-16-35. Pittsburgh 10-13-16-39.Power-play opp.-Florida 0 of 2; Pittsburgh 1 of 3.Goalies-Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 12-6-1 (39 shots-37 saves). Pittsburgh, Barrasso 12-2-2 (35-34).A-15,754 (17,181).

Red Wings 5, Ducks 2

Detroit

Nicklas Lidstrom had a goal and an assist to lead Detroit to victory over Anaheim.

The win was Detroit’s 10th in 11 games, and improved the Red Wings to 7-0-2 lifetime against the Ducks. Meanwhile, December got off to a bad start for the Mighty Ducks, who had their first-ever winning month in November.

The teams traded first-period goals. Viacheslav Butsayev got his first at 4:56 when he skated past Paul Coffey, waited for Marc Bergevin to slide by, then beat Mike Vernon with his second try.

Anaheim 1 1 0 - 2

Detroit 1 3 1 - 5

First period-1, Anaheim, Butsayev 1 (Lambert, Norris), 4:56. 2, Detroit, Lidstrom 4 (Johnson, Coffey), 10:00 (pp).

Second period-3, Detroit, Johnson 7 (Bergevin, Taylor), 8:59. 4, Anaheim, Kilger 4 (Krygier, Dirk), 11:53. 5, Detroit, Yzerman 11 (Lidstrom, Coffey), 12:50 (pp). 6, Detroit, McCarty 6 (Konstantinov, Larionov), 17:33 (pp).

Third period-7, Detroit, Ciccarelli 5 (Fetisov, Yzerman), 16:18.

Shots on goal-Anaheim 11-6-9-26. Detroit 11-17-12-40.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 0 of 3; Detroit 3 of 4.Goalies-Anaheim, Shtalenkov 2-4-1 (40 shots-35 saves). Detroit, Vernon 4-4-1 (26-24).A-19,881 (19,875).

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Rangers 5, Avalanche 3

New York

Mark Messier scored two goals and added an assist as New York extended its home unbeaten streak to nine games with a win over Colorado.

In the first meeting since the Rangers defeated the then-Quebec Nordiques in the first round of last season’s playoffs, New York scored the first four goals and put the game away when Messier scored on the power play 19 seconds into the third period.

Pat Verbeek had a goal and two assists for the Rangers, now 8-0-1 at home since Oct. 22. Ray Ferraro and Sergei Nemchinov also scored for New York.

Colorado 0 1 2 - 3

N.Y. Rangers 3 1 1 - 5

First period-1, New York, Verbeek 13 (Messier, Graves), 2:23. 2, New York, Ferraro 12 (Robitaille, Leetch), 8:14. 3, New York, Messier 14 (Graves, Verbeek), 13:53.

Second period-4, New York, Nemchinov 5 (Matteau), 5:39. 5, Colorado, Rychel 1 (Wolanin, Rucinsky), 6:40.

Third period-6, New York, Messier 15 (Verbeek), :19 (pp). 7, Colorado, Kovalenko 8 (Forsberg, Ozolinsh), 16:44 (pp). 8, Colorado, Ozolinsh 6, (Kamensky, Lemieux), 17:13 (pp).

Shots on goal-Colorado 12-10-18-41. New York 13-6-5-24Power-play opp.-Colorado 2 of 7; New York 1 of 4.Goalies-Colorado, Fiset (11 shots-8 saves), Thibualt 3-4-2 (13:53 first, 13-11). New York, Richter 10-7-2 (41-38).A-18,200 (18,200).

Sabres 2, Whalers 1

Buffalo, N.Y.

Matthew Barnaby scored a goal and assisted on the game winner and Dominik Hasek had 41 saves as Buffalo defeated Hartford.

Barnaby put the Sabres ahead 1-0 with 1:32 left in the first period. Skating in on a 3-on-2, Derrick Plante left the puck for Barnaby, who put a hard slap shot from about 30 feet past Whalers goaltender Sean Burke high on his glove side.

Hartford 0 0 1 - 1

Buffalo 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Buffalo, Barnaby 4 (Plante), 18:28.

Second period-None.

Third period-2, Buffalo, Plante 6 (Barnaby, Burridge), 9:24. 3, Hartford, Emerson 9 (O’Neill, Kron), 19:20.

Shots on goal-Hartford 8-17-17-42. Buffalo 16-3-12-31.Power-play opp.-Hartford 0 of 5; Buffalo 0 of 7.Goalies-Hartford, Burke 7-8-1 (31 shots-29 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 10-9-2 (42-41).A-12,036 (16,230).

Devils 5, Lightning 1

East Rutherford, N.J.

Rookie center Petr Sykora scored twice, including the go-ahead goal late in the second period, to lead New Jersey to a win over Tampa Bay.

Scott Niedermayer, Scott Pellerin and Randy McKay also scored for the Devils, who extended their unbeaten streak to three games (2-0-1).

Alexander Selivanov had the only Lightning goal as Tampa Bay saw its six-game unbeaten streak (5-0-1) come to an end.

Tampa Bay 1 0 0 - 1

New Jersey 1 1 3 - 5

First period-1, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 14 (Cullen, Holder), 6:45. 2, New Jersey, Niedermayer 3 (Albelin, MacLean), 11:45 (pp).

Second period-3, New Jersey, Sykora 4 (Thomas, Guerin), 18:40.

Third period-4, New Jersey, Pellerin 2 (MacLean, Holik), 2:51. 5, New Jersey, McKay 4 (Holik, Albelin), 16:02. 6, New Jersey, Sykora 5 (Pellerin), 19:01.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 5-11-9-25. New Jersey 9-7-11-27.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 0 of 4; New Jersey 1 of 5.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Bergeron 0-4-1 (27 shots-22 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 9-9-3 (25-24).A-14,289 (19,040).

Flames 8, Oilers 2

Edmonton, Alberta

Rookie Yves Sarault scored a key first-period goal and Calgary went on to beat Edmonton.

Sarault, appearing in just his third game for the Flames, scored on a breakaway at 13:49 of the first period on a setup from Sandy McCarthy, spotting Calgary a 3-1 lead from which the Oilers didn’t recover.

Calgary 3 1 4 - 8

Edmonton 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Calgary, Fleury 8 (Chiasson, Stillman), 3:32 (pp). 2, Calgary, Housley 7 (McCarthy, Sarault), 6:44. 3, Calgary, Sarault 2 (McCarthy), 13:49. 4, Edmonton, Thornton 3 (Bonsignore), 14:39.

Second period-5, Calgary, Stern 4 (Sullivan), 6:35.

Third period-6, Calgary, Ward 1 (Kruse), 3:43. 7, Calgary, Titov 5, (Fleury, Nylander), 5:12 (pp). 8, Calgary, Evason 3 (Kruse, Ward), 5:47; 9, Edmonton, Kravchuk 3 (Marchant, Buchberger), 8:19. 10, Calgary, Housley 8 (Nylander, Titov), 14:23 (pp).

Shots on goal-Calgary 14-12-7-33. Edmonton 9-10-10-29.Power-play opp.-Calgary 3 of 5; Edmonton 0 of 3.Goalies-Calgary, Tabaracci 3-5-1 (29 shots-27 saves). Edmonton, Ranford 7-11-4 (33-25). A-14,189 (16,230)

Canucks 7, Sharks 2

Vancouver, British Columbia

Cliff Ronning scored three goals and Alexander Mogilny had two goals and three assists as Vancouver beat San Jose.

Calgary 3 1 4 - 8

Edmonton 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Calgary, Fleury 8 (Chiasson, Stillman), 3:32 (pp). 2, Calgary, Housley 7 (McCarthy, Sarault), 6:44. 3, Calgary, Sarault 2 (McCarthy), 13:49. 4, Edmonton, Thornton 3 (Bonsignore), 14:39.

Second period-5, Calgary, Stern 4 (Sullivan), 6:35.

Third period-6, Calgary, Ward 1 (Kruse), 3:43. 7, Calgary, Titov 5, (Fleury, Nylander), 5:12 (pp). 8, Calgary, Evason 3 (Kruse, Ward), 5:47; 9, Edmonton, Kravchuk 3 (Marchant, Buchberger), 8:19. 10, Calgary, Housley 8 (Nylander, Titov), 14:23 (pp).

Shots on goal-Calgary 14-12-7-33. Edmonton 9-10-10-29.Power-play opp.-Calgary 3 of 5; Edmonton 0 of 3.Goalies-Calgary, Tabaracci 3-5-1 (29 shots-27 saves). Edmonton, Ranford 7-11-4 (33-25). A-14,189 (16,230)