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Islanders 4, Devils 1 Uniondale, N.Y.

Patrick Flatley’s first goal of the season triggered a three-goal first period in New York’s win.

New Jersey 0 1 0 - 1

N.Y. Islanders 3 1 0 - 4

First period-1, New York, Flatley 1 (King, McInnis), 2:49. 2, New York, Palffy 7 (Vasiliev, Semak), 5:30. 3, New York, Sweeney 4 (Severyn, Bertuzzi), 8:31.

Second period-4, New Jersey, McKay 5 (MacLean, Broten), 4:50 (pp). 5, New York, Bertuzzi 4 (Beers, Schneider), 10:13 (pp).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-New Jersey 6-9-6-21. New York 11-13-8-32.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 1 of 4; New York 1 of 6.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 9-10-3 (11 shots-8 saves), Schwab (0:00 second, 21-20). New York, Soderstrom 2-5-1 (21-20).A-15,170 (16,297).

Panthers 5, Whalers 3 Hartford, Conn.

Ed Jovanovski, the No. 1 pick in the 1994 NHL draft, scored his first career goal midway through the third period to help Florida beat Hartford.

Florida 2 1 2 - 5

Hartford 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, Hartford, O’Neill 3 (Featherstone, Shanahan), :38. 2, Florida, Dvorak 7 (Skrudland, Murphy), 9:22. 3, Florida, Hough 3 (Skrudland), 11:18 (sh).

Second period-4, Florida, Mellanby 15 (Svensson, Svehla), 11:07 (pp). 5, Hartford, Kron 5 (Emerson, Cassels), 18:26 (pp).

Third period-6, Florida, Jovanovski 1 (Mellanby), 5:36. 7, Florida, Neidermayer 12 (Garpenlov), 13:53. 8, Hartford, Shanahan 5 (O’Neill), 15:57.

Shots on goal-Florida 12-9-7-28. Hartford 12-15-7-34.Power-play opp.-Florida 1 of 3; Hartford 1 of 6.Goalies-Florida, Fitzpatrick 6-1-0 (34 shots-31 saves). Hartford, Burke 7-9-1 (28-23).A-10,092 (15,635).

Red Wings 11, Canadiens 1 Montreal

Vyacheslav Kozlov had his first career four-goal game as Detroit hammered Montreal.

Detroit 5 5 1 - 11

Montreal 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Detroit, Larionov 7 (Fedorov, Coffey), 3:10 (pp). 2, Detroit, Kozlov 8 (Larionov, Konstantinov), 8:21. 3, Montreal, Recchi 7 (Turgeon, Malakhov), 9:12 (pp). 4, Detroit, Kozlov 9 (Fedorov, Bergevin), 10:13. 5, Detroit, Lidstrom 5 (Johnson, Coffey), 18:04 (pp). 6, Detroit, Johnson 8 (Yzerman, Coffey), 19:01 (pp).

Second period-7, Detroit, Kozlov 10 (Fedorov, Fetisov), 2:52 (pp). 8, Detroit, Dandenault 4 (Yzerman), 4:33. 9, Detroit, Johnson 9 (Primeau, Rouse), 10:06. 10, Detroit, Fedorov 12 (Larionov), 11:57. 11, Detroit, Kozlov 11 (Fedorov, Larionov), 15:13.

Third period-12, Detroit, Dandenault 5 (Errey), 13:04.

Shots on goal-Detroit 17-13-11-41. Montreal 7-8-8-23.Power-play opp.-Detroit 4 of 6; Montreal 1 of 4.Goalies-Detroit, Vernon 5-4-1 (23 shots-22 saves). Montreal, Roy 12-9-1 (26-17), Jablonski (11:57 second; 15-13).A-17,803 (16,259).

Blues 7, Oilers 3 Edmonton, Alberta

Shayne Corson and Brett Hull each had two goals as St. Louis beat Edmonton.

St. Louis 3 2 2 - 7

Edmonton 2 1 0 - 3

First period-1, St. Louis, Norton 3 (Creighton, Courtnall), 1:03. 2, St. Louis, Laperriere 3 (MacInnis), Johnson), 7:52. 3, St. Louis, Corson 4 (Hull, Norton), 9:24 (pp). 4, Edmonton, Ciger 12 (Weight, Mironov), 14:25. 5, Edmonton, Slegr 2 (Ciger, Weight), 19:25.

Second period-6, St. Louis, Hull 13 (Corson, Hawerchuk), 10:11 (pp). 7, St. Louis, Corson 5 (MacInnis, Hawerchuk), 11:23 (pp). 8, Edmonton, Ciger 13 (Arnott, Weight), 13:37 (pp).

Third period-9, St. Louis, Hull 14, (Hawerchuk), :25. 10, St. Louis, Johnson 1 (Baron), 2:14.

Shots on goal-St. Louis 13-7-3-23. Edmonton 11-12-11-34.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 3 of 4; Edmonton 1 of 6.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 11-12-3 (34 shots-31 saves). Edmonton, Ranford 7-12-4 (22-15), Gage (2:14 third, 1-1).A-10,506 (16,230).

Boston 6, Buffalo 4 Boston

Jozef Stumpel scored one goal and assisted on two others as Boston won.

Buffalo 0 2 2 - 4

Boston 0 4 2 - 6

First period-None.

Second period-1, Boston, Stumpel 7 (Rohloff, Bourque), 1:56 (pp). 2, Buffalo, Burridge 9 (Plante, Astley), 4:13. 3, Boston, McEachern 8 (Neely, Stumpel), 6:49. 4, Boston, Donato 7 (Czerkawski, Oates), 8:09. 5, Buffalo, Plante 7 (Barnaby, Muni), 9:02. 6, Boston, Reid 5 (Beddoes, Heinze), 14:57.

Third period-7, Buffalo, Conn 2 (LaFontaine), 10:45. 8, Boston, Neely 13 (Stumpel, Bourque), 15:40. 9, Buffalo, LaFontaine 8 (May, Galley), 15:59. 10, Boston, Beddoes 1, 18:00.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 4-12-9-25. Boston 8-13-11-32.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 0 of 3; Boston 1 of 6.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 10-10-2 (32 shots-26 saves). Boston, Bailey 4-0-2 (25-21).A-17,425 (17,565).

Sharks 5, Capitals 3 San Jose, Calif

Jeff Friesen had two goals, including a dramatic penalty shot, to lead San Jose past Washington.

Washington 2 1 0 - 3

San Jose 2 1 2 - 5

First period-1, San Jose, Friesen 4 (

Second period-5, San Jose, Sheppard 13 (Ragnarsson, Janney), 1:31. 6, Washington, Kelly Miller 2 (Hunter, Klee), 13:55.

Third period-7, San Jose, Whitney 4 (Ragnarsson, Nolan), 3:36 (pp). 8, San Jose, Friesen 5 (Bodger, Nolan), 9:26 (pp).

Shots on goal-Washington 13-4-15-32. San Jose 9-9-6-24.Power-play opp.-Washington 1 of 8; San Jose 2 of 6.Goalies-Washington, Carey 9-9-2 (24 shots-19 saves). San Jose, Terreri 3-5-0 (32-29).A-17,190 (17,190).

Rangers 4, Senators 2 Ottawa

Pat Verbeek scored three goals and assisted on a fourth as New York beat struggling Ottawa.

N.Y. Rangers 0 3 1 - 4

Ottawa 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Ottawa, Cunneyworth 7 (Modry, Quinn), 19:17 (pp).

Second period-2, New York, Verbeek 14 (Leetch, Graves), 1:36 (pp). 3, New York, Robitaille 10 (Verbeek, Driver), 1:58 (pp). 4, New York, Verbeek 15 (Ferraro, Norstrom), 11:36.

Third period-5, New York, Verbeek 16 (Robitaille, Ferraro), 12:12. 6, Ottaw, Roy 1 (Straka, Bonk), 18:54.

Shots on goal-New York 5-15-12-32. Ottawa 8-6-4-18.Power-play opp.-New York 2 of 6; Ottawa 1 of 5.Goalies-New York, Healy 6-1-1 (18 shots-16 saves). Ottawa, Beaupre 6-12-0 (32-28).A-8,194 (10,575).

Stars 2, Kings 2 Inglewood, Calif

Dallas 1 0 1 0 - 2

Los Angeles 0 1 1 0 - 2

First Period-1, Dallas, Millen 3 (K.Hatcher), 12:57.

Second Period-2, Los Angeles, Granato 10 (Lang, Tocchet), 6:35.

Third Period-3, Dallas, Churla 1 (Carbonneau, Huard), 2:06. 4, Los Angeles, Cowie 3 (Kurri, McSorley), 8:46.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Dallas 15-15-13-1-44. Los Angeles 9-14-6-5-34.Power-play opp.-Dallas 0 of 2; Los Angeles 0 of 2.Goalies-Dallas, Moog 5-4-3 (34 shots-32 saves). Los Angeles, Hrudey 0-2-1 (44-42).A-13,864 (16,005).

Blackhawks 2, Jets 2 Winnipeg, Alberta

Chicago 0 1 1 0 - 2

Winnipeg 0 1 1 0 - 2

First Period-None.

Second Period-1, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 13 (Selanne, Olczyk), 0:26. 2, Chicago, Poulin 6 (Krivokrasov, Chelios), 1:58.

Third Period-3, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 9 (Tkachuk), 19:06. 4, Chicago, Roenick 14 (Chelios, Murphy), 19:24.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Chicago 10-8-1-3-22. Winnipeg 7-9-10-2-28.Power-play opp.-Chicago 0 of 3; Winnipeg 0 of 3.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 9-6-3 (28 shots-26 saves). Winnipeg, Cheveldae 1-5-3 (22-20).A-10,770 (15,393).

Mighty Ducks 4, Maple Leafs 4 Toronto

Anaheim 1 3 0 0 - 4

Toronto 1 0 3 0 - 4

First Period-1, Toronto, Gilmour 9 (Gartner, Jonsson), 11:33. 2, Anaheim, Holan 1 (Sacco, Hicks), 15:11.

Second Period-3, Anaheim, Kariya 17 (Sillinger), 3:18 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Kilger 5 (Kariya, Holan), 5:40. 5, Anaheim, Kariya 18 (Krygier), 14:52.

Third Period-6, Toronto, Gartner 14 (Gilmore, Andreychuk), 3:32 (pp). 7, Toronto, Hogue 8 (Sundin, Macoun), 9:13. 8, Toronto, Sundin 9 (Ellett, Hogue), 15:23.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Anaheim 10-12-2-4-28. Toronto 10-14-7-1-32.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 1 of 5; Toronto 1 of 6.Goalies-Anaheim, Shtalenkov 2-4-2 (32 shots-28 saves). Toronto, Potvin 10-7-4 (28-24).A-15,746 (15,746).