Nhl

Claude Lemieux scored twice to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night.

Martin Rucinsky, Valeri Kamensky and Peter Forsberg also scored for the Avalanche. Scoring for the Jets were Alexei Zhamnov and Kris King.

Colorado 1 3 1 - 5

Winnipeg 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Col, Lemieux 6 (Rucinsky, Forsberg), 3:22. 2, Win, Zhamnov 4 (Doan, Korolev), 18:55.

Second period-3, Col, Rucinsky 2 (Lemieux, Wolanin), :14. 4, Col, Kamensky 6 (Forsberg, Sakic), 10:31 (pp). 5, Col, Lemieux 7 (Forsberg), 16:09.

Third period-6, Win, King 5 (Selanne, Turcotte), 5:26. 7, Col, Forsberg 4 (Wolanin), 19:29 (en).

Shots on goal-Col 13-26-9-48. Win 7-9-10-26.Power-play opp.-Col 1 of 6; Win 0 of 4.Goalies-Col, Fiset 7-2-1 (26 shots-24 saves). Win, Khabibulin 5-2-0 (47-43).A-13,111 (15,393).

Panthers 3, Capitals 2

Landover, Md.

Florida scored three goals on five first-period shots against goalie Jim Carey and beat Washington, ending the Capitals’ four-game winning streak.

Florida’s defense killed all six Washington power plays.

Florida 3 0 0 - 3

Washington 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Flo, Dvorak 2 (Hough, Skrudland), 1:23. 2, Was, Bondra 5 (Pivonka, Gonchar), 1:53. 3, Flo, Svehla 2 (Niedermayer), 12:41. 4, Flo, Niedermayer 7 (Fitzgerald, Svehla), 18:35.

Second period-None.

Third period-5, Was, Gonchar 4 (Berube, Pivonka), 17:27.

Shots on goal-Flo 5-3-3-11. Was 7-7-11-25.Power-play opp.-Flo 0 of 4; Was 0 of 6.Goalies-Flo, Fitzpatrick 4-1-0 (25 shots-23 saves). Was, Carey 7-2-0 (11-8).A-15,713 (18,130).

Penguins 3, Sabres 3

Buffalo, N.Y.

Dmitri Mironov’s goal with 1:37 remaining in the third period lifted Pittsburgh to a tie with Buffalo.

Pittsburgh 1 1 1 0 - 3

Buffalo 1 2 0 0 - 3

First Period-1, Buf, Burridge 4 (Plante, Conn), 4:05. 2, Pit, Jagr 10 (Nedved, Maciver), 9:20 (pp).

Second Period-3, Buf, Dawe 6 (Galley, Bodger), :38 (pp). 4, Buf, LaFontaine 2 (May), 8:57. 5, Pit, Naslund 2 (Nedved, Mironov), 10:46.

Third Period-6, Pit, Mironov 1 (Sandstrom, Nedved), 18:23.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Pit 7-17-9-0-33. Buf 22-15-4-0-41. Powerplay Opportunities-Pit 1 of 3; Buf 1 of 7. Goalies-Pit, Barrasso 4-1-2 (41 shots-38 saves). Buf, Hasek 4-6-1 (33-30). A-14,272 (16,230).

Lightning 5, Islanders 3

St. Petersburg, Fla.

Petr Klima scored two third-period goals as Tampa Bay beat New York. The victory was the Lightning’s fifth consecutive against the Islanders.

NY Islanders 0 2 1 - 3

Tampa Bay 1 1 3 - 5

First period-1, TB, Burr 3 (Cullen, Selivanov), 18:52.

Second period-2, NY, Green 6 (Bertuzzi, Luongo), :11. 3, TB, Ysebaert 4 (Bellows, Bradley), 6:14 (pp). 4, NY, Green 7 (Schneider, Beers), 12:57 (pp).

Third period-5, TB, Klima 6 (Hamrlik, Ysebaert), 2:30 (pp). 6, NY, Clark 3 (Schneider, Green), 5:25 (pp). 7, TB, Bellows 3 (Bradley, Cross), 11:22. 8, TB, Klima 7, 19:33 (en).

Shots on goal-NY 10-19-6-35. TB 9-5-9-23.Power-play opp.-NY 2 of 6; TB 2 of 2.Goalies-NY, Salo 1-3-1 (23 shots19 saves). TB, Puppa 3-2-4 (35-32). A-19,073 (28,000).

Mighty Ducks 7, Rangers 4

Anaheim, Calif.

Steve Rucchin scored twice and Paul Kariya had a career-high three assists as Anaheim beat New York for the third time in three tries.

NY Rangers 1 1 2 - 4

Anaheim 2 4 1 - 7

First period-1, NY, Kovalev 5 (Robitaille, Ferraro), 8:45 (pp). 2, Ana, Corkum 2 (Kariya, Valk), 11:14. 3, Ana, Rucchin 5 (Krygier, Tverdovsky), 18:44.

Second period-4, Ana, Sacco 1 (Krygier, Ladouceur), 1:02. 5, Ana, Carnback 3 (Van Allen, Kariya), 4:47. 6, Ana, Rucchin 6 (Sillinger, Carnback), 7:12 (pp). 7, Ana, Sillinger 3 (York, Kariya), 18:43 (pp). 8, NY, Verbeek 5 (Matteau, Karpovtsev), 19:15.

Third period-9, Ana, Van Allen 3, 6:12. 10, NY, Verbeek 6 (Ferraro, Robitaille), 13:39 (pp). 11, NY, Leetch 4 (Messier, Graves), 14:37 (pp).

Shots on goal-NY 11-10-12-33. Ana 10-8-4-22.Powerplay opp.-NY 3 of 7; Ana 2 of 10.Goalies-NY, Healy (13 shots9 saves), Richter 3-5-0 (9-6, 4:47 second). Ana, Hebert 4-6-0 (33-29).A-17,174 (17,174).

Maple Leafs 4, Canucks 4

Vancouver

Sergio Momesso, a former Vancouver forward, completed a Toronto comeback by scoring at 6:27 of the third period to give the Maple Leafs a tie with the Canucks who at one time had 3-0 lead.

Toronto 0 3 1 0 - 4

Vancouver 3 1 0 0 - 4

First Period-1, Van, Ridley 4 (Babych, Linden), 7:05. 2, Van, Mogilny 10 (Bure, Rohlin), 12:05. 3, Van, Babych 3 (Bure, Mogilny), 16:12 (pp).

Second Period-4, Tor, Gilmour 4 (Gartner, Andreychuk), 5:11 (pp). 5, Tor, Gill 2 (Hogue, Sundin), 5:57. 6, Tor, Sundin 5 (Hogue), 6:37. 7, Van, Rohlin 1 (Linden, Ridley), 10:32.

Third Period-8, Tor, Momesso 4 (Hogue, Domi), 6:27.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Tor 8-12-12-0-32. Van 11-11-8-2-32.Power-play opp.-Tor 1 of 7; Van 1 of 5.Goalies-Tor, Rhodes 1-1-1 (32 shots-28 saves). Van, McLean 3-3-3 (32-28).A-18,422 (19,056).