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Bruins 6, Flames 3

Boston

Dave Reid scored three goals and Jozef Stumpel added a goal and two assists as Boston defeated Calgary to end the Flames’ three-game unbeaten streak.

Calgary 2 0 1 - 3

Boston 3 2 1 - 6

First period-1, Calgary, Titov 12 (Nylander, Patrick), 6:06 (pp). 2, Boston, Stumpel, 8 (McEachern), 6:22. 3, Boston, Reid 7 (Sweeney, Bourque), 8:46. 4, Boston, Czerkawski 2 (Bourque, Stumpel), 12:48 (pp). 5, Calgary, Nylander 6 (Housley, Titov), 13:09.

Second period-6, Boston, Reid 8, 11:05. 7, Boston, Stevens 7 (Czerkawski, Stumpel), 16:49.

Third period-8, Calgary, Housley 11 (Torgajev, Fleury), 15:57. 9, Boston, Reed 9 (Oates, Rohloff), 19:50 (sh, en).

Shots on goal-Calgary 8-7-14-29. Boston 11-12-8-21.Power-play opp.-Calgary 1 of 6; Boston 1 of 3.Goalies-Calgary, Tabaracci (10 shots-7 saves), Kidd 2-12-5 (12:48 first period, 10-8). Boston, Billington 4-8-0 (29-26).A-17,392 (17,565).

Islanders 3, Whalers 3

Uniondale, N.Y.

Wendel Clark scored with 16.9 seconds left in regulation as New York tied Hartford.

With goaltender Tommy Soderstrom pulled for an extra attacker, Clark took an uncontested wrist shot from the top of the right circle and the puck floated over the glove of Hartford goalie Jason Muzzatti.

Hartford 2 0 1 0 - 3

N.Y. Islanders 1 1 1 0 - 3

First Period-1, New York, Flatley 2 (McInnis, King), 4:31. 2, Hartford, Shanahan 8 (Featherstone), 15:37. 3, New York, Sweeney 6 (Plante, Vukota), 17:30.

Second Period-4, Hartford, Cassels 9, 4:07.

Third Period-5, Hartford, Shanahan 9 (O’Neill, Emerson), 5:02. 6, New York, Clark 15 (Green, Tichy), 19:43.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Hartford 10-7-13-0-30. New York 11-13-4-1-29.Power-play opp.-Hartford 0 of 1; New York 0 of 2.Goalies-Hartford, Muzzatti 0-3-2 (29 shots-26 saves). New York, Soderstrom 3-9-2 (30-27).A-8,251 (16,297).

Blues 3, Sharks 2

St. Louis

Brett Hull, recently troubled by the flu, came back to score two goals and lead St. Louis to the victory.

The Blues led 3-2 after two periods on Hull’s goals and a score by Shayne Corson. Hull, who also had an assist, missed action in the last 1-1/2 games because of his illness.

San Jose 0 2 0 - 2

St. Louis 2 1 0 - 3

First period-1, St. Louis, Corson 8 (Hawerchuk, Hull), 2:17 (pp). 2, St. Louis, Hull 19 (Norton, Pronger), 17:45.

Second period-3, San Jose, Sheppard 17 (Janney, Ragnarsson), :26. 4, St. Louis, Hull 20 (Zezel, Courtnall), 4:42 (pp). 5, San Jose, Bodger 1 (Terreri), 13:40 (pp).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-San Jose 3-7-14-24. St. Louis 16-8-8-32.Power-play opp.-San Jose 1 of 6; St. Louis 2 of 7.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 5-9-0 (32 shots-29 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 14-13-5 (24-22). A-18,242 (19,260)

Flyers 4, Canadiens 2

Montreal

Rod Brind’Amour scored two goals to lift Philadelphia past Montreal.

Brind’Amour scored in the first and third periods for the Flyers, who are 10-2-0 in their last 12 games.

Shjon Podein and Eric Lindros also scored for Philadelphia, which trounced the Canadiens 7-1 in their season-opener last Oct. 7.

Martin Rucinsky and former Spokane Chief Valeri Bure scored for Montreal (15-13-2), which lost for the first time in four games.

Philadelphia 1 1 2 - 4

Montreal 0 1 1 - 2

First period-1, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 8 (Falloon, Dykhuis), 2:10 (pp).

Second period-2, Philadelphia, Podein 8, 1:17 (sh). 3, Montreal, Rucinsky 6, 7:56 (sh).

Third period-4, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 9 (Falloon), 3:27. 5, Montreal, Bure 6 (Fitzpatrick, Rucinsky), 8:30 (pp). 6, Philadelphia, Lindros 20, 18:17.

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 15-9-10-34. Montreal 8-7-10-25.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 1 of 5; Montreal 1 of 8.Goalies-Philadelphia, Hextall 12-2-1 (25 shots-23 saves). Montreal, Thibault 4-5-3 (34-30). A-17,458 (16,259)

Sabres 3, Devils 2

East Rutherford, N.J.

Dixon Ward scored the game-winner at 12:23 of the third period to lead Buffalo past New Jersey.

Buffalo 1 0 2 - 3

New Jersey 0 2 0 - 2

First period-1, Buffalo, Peca 4 (LaFontaine), 19:41.

Second period-2, New Jersey, MacLean 12 (Niedermayer), 16:16 (sh). 3, New Jersey, Sykora 10 (Thomas, Guerin), 17:42.

Third period-4, Buffalo, May 6 (Galley, Hannan), 4:52. 5, Buffalo, Ward 2 (Galley), 12:23.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 5-12-6-23. New Jersey 17-15-9-41.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 0 of 8; New Jersey 0 of 3.Goalies-Buffalo, Trefilov 2-3-0 (41 shots-39 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 10-14-3 (23-20).A-16,114 (19,040).

Capitals 3, Rangers 2

Landover, Md.

New York lost its second game in two nights following a 10-game unbeaten streak, dropping a decision to Washington.

It was the second straight one-goal loss for the Rangers, who were defeated 5-4 Friday night in Buffalo. The Rangers, who entered Saturday night’s game with the second-highest point total in the NHL at 45, had been 7-0-3 in the 10 games prior to Friday night.

N.Y. Rangers 1 0 1 - 2

Washington 0 3 0 - 3

First period-1, New York, Norstrom 1 (Sundstrom), 3:59.

Second period-2, Washington, Bondra 16 (Pivonka, Juneau), 2:27 (pp). 3, Washington, Jones 11 (Pivonka), 5:50. 4, Washington, Cote 3 (Juneau, Bondra), 15:37 (pp).

Third period-5, New York, Graves 12 (Verbeek, Driver), 9:37 (pp).

Shots on goal-New York 15-7-9-31. Washington 10-7-3-20.Power-play opp.-New York 1 of 6; Washington 2 of 4.Goalies-New York, Healy 6-2-2 (20 shots-17 saves). Washington, Carey 12-9-3 (31-29).A-18,130 (18,130).

Panthers 7, Lightning 2

St. Petersburg, Fla.

Rob Niedermayer, Jody Hull and Jesse Belanger scored power-play goals as league-leading Florida beat Tampa Bay.

Florida 2 1 4 - 7

Tampa Bay 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Florida, Niedermayer 14 (Jovanovski, Murphy), 8:19 (pp). 2, Tampa Bay, Ysebaert 12, 10:52. 3, Florida, Hull 13 (Barnes, Svhela), 18:05 (pp).

Second period-4, Florida, Garpenlov 6 (Niedermayer, Laus), 5:44. 5, Tampa Bay, Ysebaert 13 (Zamuner, Bradley), 6:26.

Third period-6, Florida, Carkner 2 (Lindsay, Hull), :29. 7, Florida, Belanger 9 (Garpenlov, Murphy), 8:49 (pp). 8, Florida, Belanger 10 (Fitzgerald), 12:30. 9, Florida, Mellanby 18 (Niedermayer, Garpenlov), 13:44.

Shots on goal-Florida 19-10-8-37. Tampa Bay 8-9-10-27.Power-play opp.-Florida 3 of 8; Tampa Bay 0 of 3.Goalies-Florida, Fitzpatrick 9-1-1 (27 shots-25 saves). Tampa Bay, Reese 5-5-0 (37-30).A-16,241 (28,000).

Maple Leafs 6, Kings 3

Inglewood, Calif.

Sergio Momesso ended a six-week scoring drought with two goals and Felix Potvin made a season-high 44 saves as Toronto beat Los Angeles.

Toronto 3 1 2 - 6

Los Angeles 1 2 0 - 3

First period-1, Toronto, Gartner 16 (Murphy, Sundin), 2:23 (pp). 2, Toronto, Momesso 5 (Hogue, Sundin), 3:18 (pp). 3, Toronto, DiPietro 1 (Andreychuk, Murphy), 18:38 (pp). 4, Los Angeles, Lacroix 5 (Gretzky), 19:29.

Second period-5, Toronto, Momesso 6 (Gartner, Hendrickson), 12:17. 6, Los Angeles, Khristich 11 (Gretzky, Granato), 13:37. 7, Los Angeles, McSorley 6 (Gretzky, Granato), 14:31.

Third period-8, Toronto, Hendrickson 3 (Gill), 7:43. 9, Toronto, Wood 5 (Macoun), 19:11 (en).

Shots on goal-Toronto 12-9-14-35. Los Angeles 11-22-14-47.Power-play opp.-Toronto 3 of 6; Los Angeles 0 of 8.Goalies-Toronto, Potvin 14-8-4 (47 shots-44 saves). Los Angeles, Dafoe 9-9-5 (34-29).A-14,363 (16,005).