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Late Heroics Spark Flyers By Penguins

Associated Press

NHL

Eric Desjardins scored the tying goal and set up the game-winner late in the third period as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 Sunday at Philadelphia.

Keeping the puck in from the right point, Desjardins skated around Petr Nedved in the slot and sent a backhand pass to Rod Brind’Amour, who scored his 10th goal with 2:12 remaining.

Flyers 6, Penguins 5

Pittsburgh 2 1 2 - 5

Philadelphia 3 1 2 - 6

First period-1, Philadelphia, Therien 3 (Falloon, Brind’Amour), 3:23 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Francis 16 (Nedved, Jagr), 6:25. 3, Philadelphia, Lindros 21 (Desjardins, Svoboda), 10:36. 4, Pittsburgh, Jagr 27 (Francis, Lemieux), 14:09 (pp). 5, Philadelphia, Therien 4 (Brind’Amour), 17:32 (pp).

Second period-4, Philadelphia, Otto 6 (Samuelsson), 7:12. 5, Pittsburgh, Smolinski 10 (Sandstrom, Tamer), 19:02 (pp).

Third period-8, Pittsburgh, Francis 17 (Tamer), 8:59. 9, Pittsburgh, Nedved 11 (Jagr, Zubov), 9:40. 10, Philadelphia, Desjardins 1 (Svoboda, Otto), 12:50 (pp). 11 Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 10 (Desjardins, Otto) 17:48.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 14-14-10-38. Philadelphia 16-15-18-49.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 2 of 6. Philadelphia 3 of 6.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Wregget 8-5-1 (49 shots, 43 saves). Philadelphia, Snow 7-3-1 (38-33).

Canucks 4, Senators 1

Vancouver, British Columbia

Josef Beranek and Larry Courville scored second-period goals as Vancouver sent Ottawa to its fifth consecutive loss.

Jyrki Lumme and Trevor Linden scored in the third period for the Canucks, who have lost just once in seven games.

Ottawa 0 0 1 - 1

Vancouver 0 2 2 - 4

First period-None.

Second period-1, Vancouver, Beranek 4 (Loney, Lumme), 15:30. 2, Vancouver, Courville 1 (McClean, Walker), 17:04.

Third period-3, Ottawa, Modry 2, 4:15. 4, Vancouver, Lumme 4 (Linden, Courtnall), 8:23. 5, Vancouver, Linden 15 (Courtnall), 11:07.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 5-7-9-21. Vancouver 10-8-10-28.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 0 of 2; Vancouver 0 of 4.Goalies-Ottawa, Bales, 1-8-1 (21 shots-18 saves), (Beaupre 8:23 third, 0-0, Bales 8:46 third, 7-6). Vancouver, McLean 8-9-6 (21-20).A-16,006 (18,422).

Blackhawks 3, Jets 1

Chicago

Bob Probert broke a third-period tie with his sixth goal of the season, leading Chicago over Winnipeg.

Winnipeg 1 0 0 - 1

Chicago 1 0 2 - 3

First period-1. Chicago, Roenick 16 (Daze), 1:47 (pp). 2, Winnipeg, Selanne 18 (Numminen), 10:14.

Second period-None.

Third period-3, Chicago, Probert 6 (Sutter, Cummins), 2:29. 4, Chicago, Poulin 7 (Sutter), 18:30.

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 5-14-8-27. Chicago 5-7-7-19.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 0 of 7; Chicago 1 of 4.Goalies-Winnipeg, Cheveldae 3-10-3 (19 shots-16 saves). Chicago, Hackett 4-3-3 (27-26).A-18,385 (20,500).

Stars 4, Sharks 2

Dallas

Greg Adams scored a short-handed goal at 1:27 of the first period and Dave Gagner scored on a power play in the second as Dallas stopped a six-game losing streak by beating San Jose.

San Jose 0 1 1 - 2

Dallas 1 3 0 - 4

First period-1, Dallas, Adams 11 (Modano), 1:27 (sh).

Second period-2, Dallas, Marshall 2 (Harvey), 2:42. 3, Dallas, Gagner 10 (D.Hatcher, Modano), 5:57 (pp). 4, San Jose, Miller 11 (Janney, Friesen), 14:42. 5, Dallas, Carbonneau 5 (Lehtinen, Gilchrist), 15:04.

Third period-6, San Jose, Brown 3, 18:07.

Shots on goal-San Jose 8-12-12-32. Dallas 13-12-6-31.Power-play opp.-San Jose 0 of 5; Dallas 1 of 5.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 8-10-0 (31 shots-27 saves). Dallas, Wakaluk 5-7-3 (32-30).

Maple Leafs 3, Mighty Ducks 2, OT

Anaheim, Calif.

Dave Andreychuk scored at 2:05 of overtime and Paul DiPietro and rookie Darby Hendrickson each scored for the second straight game as Toronto beat Anaheim.

Toronto 1 0 1 1 - 3 Anaheim 0 0 2 0 - 2

First period-1, Toronto, Dipietro 2 (Craig, Wood), 14:07.

Second period-None.

Third period-2, Anaheim, Tverdovsky 6 (Krygier, D.Sacco), :56. 3, Anaheim, Hicks 3 (D.Sacco, Kariya), 9:07. 4, Toronto, Hendrickson 4, 11:45.

Overtime-5, Toronto, Andreychuk 9 (Gilmour, Ellett), 2:05.

Shots on goal-Toronto 19-7-13-5-44. Anaheim 7-9-15-1-32.Power-play opp.-Toronto 0 of 2; Anaheim 0 of 5.Goalies-Toronto, Rhodes 3-2-1 (32 shots-30 saves). Anaheim, Shtalenkov 4-7-2 (44-41).A-17,174 (17,174).