Lemieux Rallies Penguins

NHL

Mario Lemieux scored his second goal of the game and 25th of the season at 12:35 of the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Montreal Canadiens 7-5 in Pittsburgh.

Lemieux had a three-point game as the Penguins stretched their winning streak to a season-best seven games. Lemieux extended his point-scoring streak to 10 games.

Penguins 7, Canadiens 5

Montreal 1 3 1 - 5

Pittsburgh 0 3 4 - 7

First period-1, Montreal, Damphousse 12 (Brisebois, Popovic), 15:21.

Second period-2, Montreal, Savage 19 (Brisebois, Recchi), :34 (pp). 3, Montreal, Koivu 8 (Petrov), 8:47. 4, Montreal, Stevenson 3 (Damphousse), 14:17. 5, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 24, 15:56. 6, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 19 (Lemieux, Maciver), 16:24. 7, Pittsburgh, Francis 13 (Jagr, Joseph), 17:43.

Third period-8, Pittsburgh, Smolinski 7 (Murray, Nedved), 6:17. 9, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 25 (Naslund, Jagr), 12:35. 10, Pittsburgh, Francis 14 (Jagr, Zubov), 16:30. 11, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 20 (Maciver, Wregget), 19:31 (en-sh). 12, Montreal, Bure 2 (Bureau, Quintal), 19:57 (pp).

Shots on goal-Montreal 9-15-6-30. Pittsburgh 16-10-17-43.Power-play opp.-Montreal 2 of 7; Pittsburgh 0 of 5.Goalies-Montreal, Jablonski 1-2-0 (42 shots-36 saves). Pittsburgh, Barrasso (7-7), Wregget 6-3-1 (9:11 first, 23-18).A-15,842 (17,181).

Mighty Ducks 3, Panthers 3

Miami

In Miami, Todd Krygier scored two goals as Anaheim tied Florida.

Anaheim 1 1 1 0 - 3

Florida 2 1 0 0 - 3

First Period-1, Florida, Carkner 1 (Skrudland, Hough), 5:17. 2, Florida, Hull 9 (Barnes, Lindsay), 12:13. 3, Anaheim, Kariya 19 (Krygier), 17:29.

Second Period-4, Anaheim, Krygier 6 (Carnback, Sillinger), 1:53. 5, Florida, Hough 4 (Murphy, Dvorak), 7:57.

Third Period-6, Anaheim, Krygier 6 (Sacco), 11:44 (pp).

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Anaheim 8-7-7-0-22. Florida 10-14-3-2-29.Power-play Opp.-Anaheim 1 of 4; Florida 0 of 7.Goalies-Anaheim, Hebert 9-11-1 (29 shots-26 saves). Florida, Fitzpatrick 7-1-1 (22-19).A-12,142 (14,503).

Maple Leafs 2, Devils 1

East Rutherford, N.J.

Benoit Hogue scored Toronto’s game-winning goal for the fifth straight time as the Maple Leafs beat New Jersey.

Toronto 0 2 0 - 2

New Jersey 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, New Jersey, Sykora 8, 2:45.

Second period-2, Toronto, Wood 4 (Murphy), 7:44. 3, Toronto, Hogue 10, 16:28.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Toronto 9-10-10-29. New Jersey 10-7-4-21.Power-play opp.-Toronto 0 of 5; New Jersey 0 of 3.Goalies-Toronto, Potvin 11-7-4 (21 shots-20 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 9-12-3 (29-27).A-12,374 (19,040).

Flyers 7, Sabres 3

Philadelphia

Eric Lindros, John LeClair and Pat Falloon each scored twice as Philadelphia beat Buffalo for its seventh straight home win.

Buffalo 0 3 0 - 3

Philadelphia 3 2 2 - 7

First period-1, Philadelphia, LeClair 17 (Desjardins, Svoboda), 8:45 (pp). 2, Philadelphia, Lindros 17 (Otto, LeClair), 16:11 (pp). 3, Philadelphia, LeClair 18 (Lindros, Renberg), 17:59.

Second period-4, Buffalo, Burridge 10 (Khmylev, Zhitnik), :48 (pp). 5, Buffalo, LaFontaine 9 (Khmylev, Burridge), 6:42 (pp). 6, Buffalo, Houda 1 (Holzinger, May), 13:07. 7, Philadelphia, Semenov 2 (MacTavish, Antoski), 15:38. 8, Philadelphia, Lindros 18 (Therien), 18:06.

Third period-9, Philadelphia, Falloon 5 (Fedyk, Brind’Amour), 7:11. 10, Philadelphia, Falloon 6 (Renberg, Brind’Amour), 15:37 (pp).

Shots on goal-Buffalo 5-10-6-21. Philadelphia 9-19-11-39.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 2 of 5; Philadelphia 3 of 6.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 10-11-2 (9 shots-6 saves), Trefilov (0:00 second, 30-26). Philadelphia, Hextall 10-1-1 (21-18).A-17,335 (17,380).

Red Wings 3, Stars 1

Detroit

Mike Vernon had 27 saves and Detroit made two first-period goals stand up in a victory over Dallas.

Dallas 1 0 0 - 1

Detroit 2 0 1 - 3

First period-1, Detroit, Lidstrom 6 (Dandenault, Yzerman), :40. 2, Detroit, Johnson 11 (Coffey, Lidstrom), 7:07. 3, Dallas, D.Hatcher 2 (Carbonneau), 17:35.

Second period-None.

Third period-4, Detroit, Fedorov 14, 18:48 (en).

Shots on goal-Dallas 5-15-8-28. Detroit 13-8-13-34.Power-play opp.-Dallas 0 of 3; Detroit 0 of 6.Goalies-Dallas, Wakaluk 4-4-3 (33 shots-31 saves). Detroit, Vernon 6-4-1 (28-27).A-19,640 (19,875).

Senators 5, Blackhawks 2

Chicago

Ottawa snapped a 14-game winless streak as both goaltender Mike Bales and coach Dave Allison recorded their first NHL victories with a decision over Chicago.

Ottawa 3 1 1 - 5

Chicago 0 1 1 - 2

First period-1, Ottawa, Drury 3, :19. 2, Ottawa, Alfredsson 10 (Cunneyworth, Pitlick), 11:32. 3, Ottawa, Straka 6 (Daigle, Modry), 15:15.

Second period-4, Chicago, Murphy 8 (Miller), 14:46 (pp). 5, Ottawa, Vial 1 (Quinn), 18:08.

Third period-6, Ottawa, Daigle 2 (Straka), 6:23. 7, Chicago, Amonte 4 (Chelios, Roenick), 17:46.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 10-2-3-15. Chicago 11-13-16-40.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 0 of 5; Chicago 1 of 5.Goalies-Ottawa, Dales 1-5-1 (40 shots-38 saves). Chicago, Belfour 9-7-4 (15-10).A-17,552 (20,500).

Oilers 5, Avalanche 3

Denver

Edmonton scored three goals in the third and the Oilers spoiled the Colorado debut of star goaltender Patrick Roy.

Edmonton 2 0 3 - 5

Colorado 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, Colorado, Kamensky 15 (Forsberg, Young) 3:35 (pp). 2, Edmonton, Maltby 2 (Bonsignore, Satan), 8:26. 3, Edmonton, Oliver 9 (Ciger, Marchment), 12:17.

Second period-4, Colorado, Young 6 (Kamensky, Forsberg), 7:43.

Third period-5, Colorado, Forsberg 12 (Kamensky, Leschychyn), 5:15. 6, Edmonton, Arnott 10 (Weight), 8:42 (pp). 7, Edmonton, Thornton 4, 14:04. 8, Edmonton, Ciger 14 (Arnott, Weight), 19:15 (en).

Shots on goal-Edmonton 8-14-9-31. Colorado 12-8-7-27.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 2 of 7; Colorado 1 of 3.Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford 8-13-4 (27 shots-24 saves). Colorado, Roy 12-10-1 (30-26).A-16,061 (16,061).

Sharks 5, Jets 3

San Jose

Ulf Dahlen scored twice as San Jose defeated Winnipeg.

Winnipeg 0 3 0 - 3

San Jose 1 3 1 - 5

First period-1, San Jose, Dahlen 8 (Bodger), 15:58 (pp).

Second period-2, San Jose, Sheppard 15 (Dahlen, Janney), 2:33 (pp). 3, San Jose, Dahlen 9 (Janney, Terreri), 7:33. 4, Winnipeg, Manson 2 (Selanne, Olczyk), 13:08 (pp). 5, San Jose, Whitney 5 (Friesen, Nolan), 13:50. 6, Winnipeg, Olczyk 11 (Quint), 15:28. 7, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 10 (Tkachuk, Quint), 19:26.

Third period-8, San Jose, Nolan 12 (Whitney, Friesen), 15:54.

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 12-13-10-35. San Jose 12-14-7-33.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 1 of 5; San Jose 2 of 6.Goalies-Winnipeg, Cheveldae (24 shots-20 saves), Langkow (13:17 period, 2-2), Cheveldae 2-7-3 (0:00 third, 7-6). San Jose, Terreri 4-6-0 (35-32).A-17,190 (17,190).