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Islanders Show Flyers Are Mortal With Road Victory

Associated Press

NHL

Alexander Semak had two goals and two assists as the New York Islanders snapped the Philadelphia Flyers’ seven-game home winning streak with a 6-2 victory Sunday night in Philadelphia.

Andrey Vasilyev added his first two career goals and an assist for the Islanders, who had dropped three straight.

Islanders 6, Flyers 2

N.Y. Islanders 2 3 1 - 6

Philadelphia 0 1 1 - 2

First period-1, New York, Vasilyev 1, 2:43. 2, New York, Semak 10 (Vasilyev, Bertuzzi), 3:09.

Second period-3, New York, Vasilyev 2 (Semak), 1:47. 4, New York, King 5 (Flatley, McInnis), 4:18. 5, New York, McCabe 2 (Semak, Bertuzzi), 9:40. 6, Philadelphia, Otto 5 (Svoboda, Renberg), 14:34 (pp).

Third period-7, New York, Semak 11 (Mcinnis, McCabe), 10:45 (pp). 8, Philadelphia, Renberg 18 (Svobova, LeClair), 13:58 (pp).

Shots on goal-New York 18-10-11-39. Philadelphia 6-18-10-34.Power-play opp.-New York 1 of 8; Philadelphia 2 of 5.Goalies-New York, Soderstrom 3-7-1 (34 shots-32 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 10-2-1 (18-16), Snow (18:13, 2nd period, 21-17).A-17,380 (17,380).

Capitals 6, Jets 1

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Steve Konowalchuk scored three times and had an assist as Washington beat Winnipeg, handing the Jets their third straight loss.

Washington 2 2 2 - 6

Winnipeg 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, Washington, Konowalchuk 6 (Pivonka, Bondra), 1:25. 2, Washington, Jones 10 (Pivonka, Miller), 3:50.

Second period-3, Washington, Konowalchuk 7 (Juneau), 6:03. 4, Winnipeg, Olczyk 12 (Selanne, King), 8:54. 5, Washington, Bondra 15 (Pivonka, Jones), 11:45.

Third period-6, Washington, Juneau 2 (Jones, Konowalchuk), 14:45 (pp). 7, Washington, Konowalchuk 8 (Hunter), 15:57.

Shots on goal-Washington 19-10-11-40. Winnipeg 5-10-11-26.Power-play opp.-Washington 1 of 5; Winnipeg 0 of 4.Goalies-Washington, Carey 10-9-3 (26 shots-25 saves). Winnipeg, Cheveldae 2-8-3 (40-34).A-8,317 (15,393).

Blackhawks 4, Whalers 1

Chicago

Jeff Hackett made 27 saves as Chicago snapped a four-game winless streak with the victory over Hartford.

Hartford 1 0 0 - 1

Chicago 3 0 1 - 4

First period-1, Chicago, Craven 6 (Probert, Daze), 1:24. 2, Chicago, Carney 2, 1:51. 3, Chicago, Murphy 9 (Amonte, Roenick), 10:16 (pp). 4, Hartford, Sanderson 8 (Martins, Kron), 15:57.

Second period-None.

Third period-5, Chicago, Suter 12, 19:23 (sh, en).

Shots on goal-Hartford 11-5-12-28. Chicago 15-10-10-35.Power-play opp.-Hartford 0 of 6; Chicago 1 of 5.Goalies-Hartford, Muzzatti 0-2-1 (34 shots-31 saves). Chicago, Hackett 3-3-3 (28-27).A-17,955 (20,500).

Oilers 3, Mighty Ducks 1

Anaheim, Calif.

Kent Manderville scored his first NHL goal in more than 20 months and set up a shorthanded goal by Scott Thornton as Edmonton beat Anaheim for its third straight victory.

Edmonton 1 1 1 - 3

Anaheim 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, Edmonton, Manderville 1 (Richardson), 1:03.

Second period-2, Edmonton, Thornton 5 (Manderville), 1:29 (sh). 3, Anaheim, Sillinger 11 (D.Sacco, Carnback), 11:01.

Third period-4, Edmonton, Arnott 11 (Maltby, Weight), 19:28 (en).

Shots on goal-Edmonton 11-15-9-35. Anaheim 10-13-10-33.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 0 of 5; Anaheim 0 of 4.Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford 10-13-4 (33 shots-32 saves). Anaheim, Shtalenkov 2-6-2 (34-32).A-17,174 (17,174).

Lightning at Sabres, ppd.

Buffalo, N.Y.

The Tampa Bay at Buffalo game scheduled for Sunday night has been postponed until tonight because of bad weather.