Devils, Isles Get Messy As N.J. Wins
NHL
Corey Schwab punched out Tommy Soderstrom and John MacLean beat him twice for goals as the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Islanders 4-2 Saturday in game that included a fight between goalies.
Schwab, making only his second NHL start, skated the length of the ice and bloodied Soderstrom’s left cheek with a barrage of punches in 12-player, second-period melee that resulted in the ejection of Schwab, Devils teammate Bill Guerin and Darius Kasparaitis of the Islanders.
Kasparaitis sustained a lacerated right hand in the incident that started after Bill Guerin was checked into the boards by Islanders defenseman Rich Pilon.
“That kind of stuff happens in this game every now and then,” Islanders coach Mike Milbury said after the Devils snapped a three-game losing streak and extended the Islanders’ skid to three games.
Said Soderstom: “It was wild. I had my left glove on and he had two free hands. It was a pretty cheap trick from him. I never saw him coming. I was just trying to hold one guy on New Jersey. I was holding him with one hand and then he (Schwab) comes down. That’s hockey. I’ll get him back some day.”
Devils 4, Islanders 2
N.Y. Islanders 0 1 1 - 2
New Jersey 2 0 2 - 4
First period-1, New Jersey, MacLean 8 (Broten, Rolston), 3:19 (pp). 2, New Jersey, Niedermayer 4 (MacLean, Rolston), 18:01 (pp).
Second period- 3, New York, McInnis 2 (Schneider, King), 7:16.
Third period-4, New Jersey, Sykora 9 (Dean, Rolston), 7:23 (pp). 5, New Jersey (MacLean 9 (Broten), 10:55 (sh). 6, New York, Flatley 2 (McInnis, King), 15:18.
Shots on goal-New York 7-10-7-24. New Jersey 14-4-12-30.Power-play opp.-New York 0 of 5; New Jersey 3 of 6.Goalies-New York, Soderstrom 2-7-1 (30 shots-26 saves). New Jersey, Schwab (11-11), Brodeur, 10-12-3 (6:40 second, 13-11).A-18,412 (19,040).
Maple Leafs 3, Stars 1 Toronto
Mats Sundin scored two goals as Toronto beat Dallas.
The Leafs are 8-0-1 versus Dallas at Maple Leaf Gardens since the Stars - then the Minnesota North Stars - won 2-1 on Jan. 26, 1993.
Dallas 1 0 0 - 1
Toronto 0 2 1 - 3
First period-1, Dallas, Adams 10 (Klatt, Kennedy), :13 (pp).
Second period-2, Toronto, Sundin 10 (Ellett), 12:19 (pp). 3, Toronto, Baumgartner 2 (Yushkevich, Macoun), 18:42.
Third period-4, Toronto, Sundin 11, 10:37.
Shots on goal-Dallas 12-12-10-34. Toronto 10-11-8-29.Power-play opp.-Dallas 1 of 5; Toronto 1 of 6.Goalies-Dallas, Wakaluk 4-5-3 (29 shots-26 saves). Toronto, Potvin 12-7-4 (34-33).A-15,746 (15,746).
Panthers 3, Bruins 1 Miami
Jody Hull scored the game-winner and John Vanbiesbrouck made several sterling saves after a three-game absence to lead Florida past struggling Boston.
The Bruins lost their third consecutive game on the road and are now 2-8-2 away from FleetCenter.
Boston 1 0 0 - 1
Florida 1 1 1 - 3
First period-1, Florida, Murphy 4 (Jovanovski, Garpenlov), 13:35 (pp). 2, Boston, McEachern 10 (Stumpel, Chynoweth), 15:17.
Second period-3, Florida, Hull 10 (Lindsey, Carkner), 8:10.
Third period-4, Florida, Mellanby 17 (Niedermayer), 19:06.
Shots on goal-Boston 9-3-11-23. Florida 7-7-5-19.Power-play opp.-Boston 0 of 3; Florida 1 of 5.Goalies-Boston, Billington 3-7-0 (19 shots-16 saves). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 13-6-1 (23-22).A-14,703 (14,503).
Penguins 6, Whalers 0 Pittsburgh
Jaromir Jagr had a goal and three assists and Ken Wregget recorded his third shutout in 12 games as Pittsburgh beat Hartford to extend its winning streak to eight games.
Hartford 0 0 0 - 0
Pittsburgh 2 4 0 - 6
First period-1, Pittsburgh, Nedved 8 (Francis, Jagr), 9:34. 2, Pittsburgh, Smolinski 8 (Jagr, Lemieux), 12:27 (pp).
Second period-3, Pittsburgh, Nedved 9 (Jagr, Francis), 3:54. 4, Pittsburgh, Jagr 25 (Francis, Nedved), 4:15. 5, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 26 (Francis), 12:00 (pp). 6, Pittsburgh, Tamer 1 (Sandstrom, Naslund), 15:40.
Third period-None.
Shots on goal-Hartford 11-14-10-35. Pittsburgh 16-10-12-38.Power-play opp.-Hartford 0 of 6; Pittsburgh 2 of 7.Goalies-Hartford, Burke 8-10-1 (21 shots-16 saves), Muzzatti (12:00 second, 17-16). Pittsburgh, Wregget 7-3-1 (35-35).A-16,114 (17,181).
Rangers 2, Canadiens 2 Montreal
Valeri Bure scored two goals in the third period to give Montreal a tie with New York.
Bure, whose older brother, injured Vancouver Canucks star Pavel Bure, was among the announced crowd of 17,171, picked up his third and fourth goals of the season and helped save Jocelyn Thibault’s strong debut in the Montreal net.
N.Y. Rangers 0 1 1 0 - 2
Montreal 0 0 2 0 - 2
First Period-None.
Second Period-1, New York, Robitaille 13 (Leetch, Beukeboom), 4:22.
Third Period-2, Montreal, Bure 3 (Damphousse, Popovic), 3:48. 3, New York, Messier 17 (Norstrom, Samuelsson), 4:36. 4, Montreal, Bure 4 (Stevenson, Damphousse), 13:34.
Overtime-None.
Shots on goal-New York 10-14-9-4-37. Montreal 10-11-13-3-37.Power-play opp.-New York 0 of 2; Montreal 0 of 4.Goalies-New York, Healy 6-1-2 (37 shots-35 saves). Montreal, Thibault 3-4-3 (37-35).A-17,171 (16,259).
Avalanche 7, Senators 3 Ottawa
Peter Forsberg had two goals and three assists as Colorado defeated Ottawa.
Stephane Fiset required just 19 saves to notch his 14th win of the season as the Avalanche improved to 17-8-4, tied with Detroit at the top of the Western Conference.
Colorado 2 3 2 - 7
Ottawa 1 1 1 - 3
First period-1, Ottawa, Cunneyworth 8 (Quinn, Alfredsson), 1:19. 2, Colorado, Forsberg 13 (Klemm, Kamensky), 7:04. 3, Colorado, Lemieux 15 (Forsberg), 10:41.
Second period-4, Colorado, Laukkanen 1 (Lemieux, Forsberg), 11:18 (pp). 5, Colorado, Young 7 (Sakic, Corbet), 12:38. 6, Ottawa, Bonk 6 (Daigle, Huffman), 14:15 (pp). 7, Colorado, Forsberg 14 (Kamensky, Leschyshyn), 15:19.
Third period-8, Colorado, Sakic 19 (Young, Gusarov), 5:25. 9, Ottawa, Huffman 2 (Cunneyworth, Quinn), 9:32. 10, Colorado, Deadmarsh 9 (Klemm, Forsberg), 12:02.
Shots on goal-Colorado 10-14-9-33. Ottawa 6-10-7-23.Power-play opp.-Colorado 1 of 6; Ottawa 1 of 9.Goalies-Colorado, Fiset 14-3-2 (23 shots-20 saves). Ottawa, Beaupre 6-14-0 (33-26).A-9,169 (10,575).
Blues 2, Kings 1 Inglewood, Calif.
Grant Fuhr made 40 saves in a St. Louis victory that extended the Blues’ unbeaten streak to six games.
St. Louis 1 1 0 - 2
Los Angeles 0 0 1 - 1
First period-1, St. Louis, Hull 17 (Corson), 11:18 (sh).
Second period-2, St. Louis, Hull 18 (MacInnis, Courson), 19:28.
Third period-3, Los Angeles, Khristich 9 (Tocchet, Todd), 5:31.
Shots on goal-St. Louis 19-15-7-41. Los Angeles 9-13-19-41.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 0 of 4; Los Angeles 0 of 4.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 13-12-4 (41 shots-40 saves). Los Angeles, Hrudey 0-3-1 (41-39).A-14,202 (16,005).
Oilers 4, Sharks 2 San Jose, Calif.
Doug Weight broke a tie with his ninth goal of the season and added an emptynet goal as Edmonton defeated San Jose.
Edmonton 0 2 2 - 4
San Jose 1 1 0 - 2
First period-1, San Jose, Miller 10 (Janney, Sheppard), 15:41.
Second period-2, Edmonton, Oliver 10 (Ciger, Weight), 3:22 (pp). 3, San Jose, Kozlov 1 (Donovan, Nazarov), 4:00. 4, Edmonton, Ciger 15 (Slegr, Weight), 15:14.
Third period-5, Edmonton, Weight 9 (Mironov, Kravchuk), 2:50 (pp). 6, Edmonton, Weight 10 (Slegr), 19:11 (en).
Shots on goal-Edmonton 5-12-12-29. San Jose 6-8-2-16.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 2 of 6; San Jose 0 of 5.Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford, 9-13-4 (16 shots-14 saves). San Jose, Terreri, 4-6-0 (29-25).A-17,190 (17,190).
Canucks 4, Flames 3 Calgary, Alberta Trevor Linden’s goal ignited a three-goal first period and led the Vancouver over Calgary.
Vancouver 3 0 1 - 4
Calgary 0 2 1 - 3
First period-1, Vancouver, Linden 14 (Loney), 3:31. 2, Vancouver, Walker 3 (Murzyn), 11:17 (sh). 3, Vancouver, Oksiuta 13 (Brown, Lumme), 14:47 (pp).
Second period-4, Calgary, Titov 7 (Evason, Patrick), 5:52 (sh). 5, Calgary, Stern 5 (Sullivan, Huscroft), 17:51.
Third period-6, Vancouver, Ridley 6 (Linden, Murzyn), 3:31. 7, Calgary, Housley 9 (Stillman, Fleury), 6:30 (pp).
Shots on goal-Vancouver 8-8-6-22. Calgary 3-15-10-28.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 1 of 7; Calgary 1 of 9.Goalies-Vancouver, Hirsch 2-3-1 (28 shots-25 saves). Calgary, Kidd 2-11-5 (22-18).A-17,147 (20,230).