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Red Wings Shut Down Devils 3-1

Associated Press

NHL

Bob Errey scored two goals and the Detroit Red Wings held New Jersey to 19 shots to break a six-game losing streak against the Devils with a 3-1 victory Friday night in Detroit.

Mike Vernon stopped 18 shots as the Red Wings won their 10th straight at home and 16th in 18 games overall.

Steve Yzerman assisted on two first-period goals that gave the Red Wings a 2-1 lead. That stood until Errey scored an empty-netter with just 4 seconds remaining.

Red Wings 3, Devils 1

New Jersey 1 0 0 - 1

Detroit 2 0 1 - 3

First period-1, Detroit, Lidstrom 7 (Coffey, Yzerman), 6:50 (pp). 2, Detroit, Errey 5 (Yzerman, Ciccarelli), 9:12. 3, New Jersey MacLean 11 (Stevens, Broten), 11:46.

Second period-None.

Third period-4, Detroit, Errey 6 (Fedorov, Yzerman), 19:56 (en).

Shots on goal-New Jersey 5-11-3-19. Detroit 13-8-9-30.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 0 of 6; Detroit 1 of 5.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 10-13-3 (30 shots-28 saves). Detroit, Vernon 8-4-1 (19-18).A-19,983 (19,875).

Sabres 5, Rangers 4

Buffalo

The New York Rangers’ 10-game unbeaten streak came to an end as Alexei Zhitnik had a goal and two assists in Buffalo’s victory.

The Rangers, 7-0-3 in their previous 10 games, lost a chance to take over the overall points leadership in the NHL. The Rangers started the night with 45, one behind Atlantic Division-leading Florida.

NY Rangers 0 1 3 - 4

Buffalo 2 3 0 - 5

First period-1, Buffalo, Peca 3 (Plante, Zhitnik), 4:01. 2, Buffalo, Hannan 4 (Wilson, May), 13:42.

Second period-3, New York, Verbeek 20 (Messier), 2:24. 4, Buffalo, Khmylev 7 (Zhitnik, Hannan), 4:32 (sh). 5, Buffalo, Zhitnik 4 (Burridge, Galley), 5:45 (pp). 6, Buffalo, Jackson 2 (Hughes, Muni), 15:33.

Third period-7, New York, Matteau 4 (Samuelsson, Kovalev), 9:12 (pp). 8, New York, Verbeek 21 (Messier, Leetch), 13:38. 9, New York, Beukeboom 2 (Messier, Sundstrom), 19:18.

Shots on goal-New York 6-14-12-32. Buffalo 13-8-7-28.Power-play opp.-New York 1 of 7; Buffalo 1 of 10.Goalies-New York, Richter 14-8-3 (28 shots-23 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 12-11-3 (32-28).A-13,685 (16,230).

Whalers 4, Avalanche 2

Hartford

Brendan Shanahan had two goals and an assist to lead Hartford to a victory over Colorado.

Despite two goals by Colorado’s Mike Keane, the Whalers snapped a threegame losing streak and won for just the second time in nine games.

Shanahan’s goals were the 250th and 251st of his nine-year career.

Colorado 0 2 0 - 2

Hartford 1 1 2 - 4

First period-1, Hartford, Shanahan 6 (O’Neill, Diduck), 5:21.

Second period-2, Colorado, Keane 1 (Deadmarsh), 3:29. 3, Colorado, Keane 2 (Yelle, Leschyshyn), 18:45 (sh). 4, Hartford, Shanahan 7 (Glynn, Wesley), 19:23 (pp).

Third period-5, Hartford, Featherstone 1 (Diduck), :50. 6, Hartford, Emerson 12 (Shanahan), 4:04.

Shots on goal-Colorado 16-9-11-36. Hartford 6-9-8-23.Power-play opp.-Colorado 0 of 6; Hartford 1 of 3.Goalies-Colorado, Fiset 14-4-2 (22 shots-19 saves). Hartford, Burke 9-11-1 (36-34).A-9,826 (15,635).

Penguins 5, Stars 1

Dallas

Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr, No. 1 and 2 in NHL scoring, had a goal and an assist each as streaking Pittsburgh beat Dallas for its ninth win in 10 games.

Thomas Sandstrom had two goals and an assist for the Penguins.

Penguins goaltender Ken Wregget stopped 27 shots before Mike Modano got his 13th on the power play with 50 seconds remaining.

Pittsburgh 1 2 2 - 5

Dallas 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 21 (Miranov, Naslund), 1:37.

Second period-2, Pittsburgh, Jagr 26 (Lemieux, Francis), 10:07 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 22 (Jagr, Zubov), 12:43 (pp).

Third period-4, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 28 (Sandstrom, Naslund), 1:38. 5, Pittsburgh, Nedved 10 (Francis, Zubov), 5:08. 6, Dallas, Modano 13 (K. Hatcher, Harvey), 19:10 (pp).

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 7-23-13-43. Dallas 6-11-11-28.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 2 of 8; Dallas 1 of 6.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Wreggett 8-4-1 (28 shots-27 saves). Dallas, Wakaluk 4-7-3 (43-38).A-16,428 (16,924).

Canadiens 4, Blackhawks 1

Chicago

Pat Jablonski did a near-flawless Patrick Roy impersonation, making 33 saves and carrying Montreal to victory over Chicago.

Valeri Bure, a former Spokane Chief; Vincent Damphousse; Pierre Turgeon; and Saku Koivu scored for Montreal, 3-1-1 since the blockbuster trade that sent Roy, the three-time Vezina Trophy winner, to the Colorado Avalanche on Dec. 6.

Montreal 1 2 1 - 4

Chicago 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Chicago, Daze 15 (Carney, Craven), 11:26. 2, Montreal, Bure 5 (Kiprusoff), 18:54.

Second period-3, Montreal, Damphousse 14 (Rucinsky), 6:59. 4, Montreal, Turgeon 14, 13:21.

Third period-5, Montreal, Koivu 9 (Jablonski), 18:44 (sh, en).

Shots on goal-Montreal 5-5-4-14. Chicago 12-11-11-34.Power-play opp.-Montreal 0 of 6; Chicago 0 of 4.Goalies-Montreal, Jablonski 2-2-0 (34 shots-33 saves). Chicago, Belfour 9-9-4 (13-10). A-21,572 (20,500).

Jets 9, Oilers 4

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg’s Deron Quint scored two goals in 4 seconds and Teemu Selanne had four goals to lead the Jets to a victory over Edmonton.

Quint’s goals at 7:51 and 7:55 of the second period tied a 64-year-old NHL record set by Nels Stewart of the Montreal Maroons in 1931. They were the second and third goals of the season for the 19-year-old defenseman.

Edmonton 1 2 1 - 4

Winnipeg 2 4 3 - 9

First period-1, Winnipeg, Turcotte 7 (King), :11. 2, Winnipeg, Selanne 14 (Zhamnov, Gilhen), 5:40. 3, Edmonton, Satan 3, 13:43.

Second period-4, Winnipeg, Quint 2 (Drake, Turcotte), 7:51 (pp). 5, Winnipeg, Quint 3 (Zhamnov), 7:55. 6, Winnipeg, Selanne 15 (Zhamnov, Gilhen), 8:53. 7, Edmonton, Weight 11 (Sutton, Slegr), 10:56 (pp). 8, Winnipeg, Selanne 16 (Manson), 13:13. 9, Edmonton, Oliver 12 (Kravchuk), 16:21 (pp).

Third period-10, Edmonton, Wright 1, 4:24. 11, Winnipeg, Selanne 17 (Zhamnov), 5:28. 12, Winnipeg, Turcotte 8, 15:14. 13, Winnipeg, McKenzie 2 (Stapleton, Wilkinson), 16:14.

Shots on goal-Edmonton 13-12-11-36. Winnipeg 10-18-16-44.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 2 of 7; Winnipeg 1 of 3.Goalies-Edmonton, Gage 0-3-1 (44 shots-35 saves). Winnipeg, Cheveldae 3-9-3 (36-32).A-8,504 (15,393).

Mighty Ducks 4, Senators 2

Anaheim, Calif.

Paul Kariya, Oleg Tverdovsky and Bobby Dollas scored during a 2:27 span of the second period to break open a scoreless tie and lead Anaheim to victory over Ottawa.

Dollas ended a 23-game goal-scoring drought at 9:19 of the second and Todd Krygier added a short-handed goal against Don Beaupre with 4:50 to play.

Ottawa 0 0 2 - 2

Anaheim 0 3 1 - 4

First period-None.

Second period-1, Anaheim, Kariya 22 (D.Sacco, York), 6:52. 2, Anaheim, Tverdovsky 5 (Kariya, Krygier), 7:54. 3, Anaheim, Dollas 2 (Lambert), 9:19.

Third period-4, Ottawa, Bourque 1 (Quinn, Alfredsson), 6:09. 5, Ottawa, Huffman 3 (Drury, Alfredsson), 8:59 (pp). 6, Anaheim, Krygier 8 (Kariya, Dollas), 15:10 (sh).

Shots on goal-Ottawa 10-9-8-27. Anaheim 8-10-9-27.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 1 of 6; Anaheim 0 of 7.Goalies-Ottawa, Beaupre 6-15-0 (27 shots-23 saves). Anaheim, Shtalenkov 4-6-2 (27-25).