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Yzerman Scores Two As Wings Tip Oilers

Associated Press

NHL

Steve Yzerman scored twice and Vyacheslav Kozlov had a goal and an assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday in Detroit.

Red Wings 4, Oilers 2

Edmonton 0 2 0 - 2

Detroit 3 0 1 - 4

First period-1, Detroit, Kozlov 4 (Larionov, Fedorov), 5:31. 2, Detroit, Johnson 2 (Konstantinov, Brown), 11:33 (pp). 3, Detroit, Yzerman 6 (Fedorov, Kozlov), 13:39.

Second period-4, Edmonton, Slegr 1 (Arnott, DeBrusk), 3:58. 5, Edmonton, Marchant 3 (Marchment), 14:45.

Third period-6, Detroit, Yzerman 7, 19:08 (sh-en).

Shots on goal-Edmonton 11-7-8-26. Detroit 13-11-12-36.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 0 of 3; Detroit 1 of 3.Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford 4-5-3 (35 shots-32 saves). Detroit, Osgood 7-2-1 (26-24).A-19,776 (19,875).

Bruins 4, Capitals 3 Landover, Md.

Jozef Stumpel and Kevin Stevens scored 57 seconds apart in the third period as Boston ended its three-game losing streak by rallying past Washington.

Boston 0 1 3 - 4

Washington 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, Washington, Bondra 8 (Cote, Konowalchuk), 17:24.

Second period-2, Boston, Neely 7 (Stumpel, Sweeney), 14:07 (pp). 3, Washington, Johansson 1 (Bondra), 19:00.

Third period-4, Boston, Stumpel 2 (Mullen), 6:14. 5, Boston, Stevens 4 (Donato, Czerkawski), 7:17. 6, Boston, Moger 2 (McEachern, Sweeney), 9:09. 7, Washington, Bondra 9 (Pivonka, Johansson), 18:39.

Shots on goal-Boston 4-9-13-26. Washington 10-8-8-26.Power-play opp.-Boston 1 of 4; Washington 0 of 5.Goalies-Boston, Lacher 2-4-2 (26 shots-23 saves). Washington, Carey 7-3-0 (26-22), Kolzig (18:39 third, 0-0).A-8,865 (18,130).

Whalers 7, Sharks 3 Hartford, Conn.

Slumping Hartford got off to a fresh start under new coach Paul Maurice with a win over troubled San Jose, which has won once in its first 13 games.

San Jose 0 2 1 - 3

Hartford 3 2 2 - 7

First period-1, Hartford, Cassels 5 (Rice, Featherstone), 6:00. 2, Hartford, Shanahan 3 (O’Neill, Emerson), 18:12. 3, Hartford, Nikolishin 2, 18:53.

Second period-4, San Jose, Sheppard 7 (Kroupa), 5:07. 5, Hartford, Emerson 6 (Shanahan, Diduck), 7:17. 6, San Jose, Janney 4 (Miller, Ragnarsson), 10:16 (pp). 7, Hartford, Ranheim 3 (Nikolishin, Kron), 14:24.

Third period-8, Hartford, Cassels 6 (Glynn, Emerson), 0:58 (pp). 9, San Jose, Sykora 2 (Janney, Nolan), 6:00. 10, Hartford, Rice 2 (Sanderson, Cassels), 18:49 (pp).

Shots on goal-San Jose 6-10-12-28. Hartford 16-16-9-41.Power-play opp.-San Jose 1 of 6; Hartford 2 of 5.Goalies-San Jose, Irbe 1-5-4 (23 shots-19 saves), Flaherty (7:17 second, 18-15). Hartford, Burke 5-4-1 (28-25).A-8,628 (15,635).

Maple Leafs 6, Mighty Ducks 3 Toronto

Veteran Larry Murphy had three assists to move into fourth place on the all-time scoring list for defenseman in Toronto’s win over Anaheim.

Anaheim 1 1 1 - 3

Toronto 2 1 3 - 6

First period-1, Toronto, Gartner 8 (Murphy), 3:25. 2, Toronto, Gill 3 (Domi, Hogue), 9:53. 3, Anaheim, Sillinger 5 (Dollas, Tverdovsky), 19:23.

Second period-4, Anaheim, Corkum 2 (Kariya, Valk), 12:37. 5, Toronto, Gilmour 5 (Murphy, Jonsson), 15:06 (pp).

Third period-6, Anaheim, Sacco 2 (Kilger, Douris), 6:32. 7, Toronto, Sundin 6 (Andreychuk, Jonsson), 12:44. 8, Toronto, Kolesar 2 (Wood, Murphy), 19:04. 9, Toronto, Gilmour 6 (Gartner, Andreychuk), 19:42 (en).

Shots on goal-Anaheim 10-11-15-36. Toronto 9-16-13-38.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 0 of 6; Toronto 1 of 7.Goalies-Anaheim, Hebert 5-7-0 (37 shots-32 saves). Toronto, Potvin 5-4-2 (36-33).A-15,673 (15,642).

Panthers 4, Flyers 2 Miami

Rookie Radek Dvorak scored two goals as Florida rallied past Philadelphia.

Philadelphia 1 1 0 - 2

Florida 1 0 3 - 4

First period-1, Philadelphia, DiMaio 4 (Podein), 8:34 (sh). 2, Florida, Dvorak 5 (Skrudland, Murphy), 13:10.

Second period-3, Philadelphia, Podein 3 (Samuelsson, DiMaio), 3:29.

Third period-4, Florida, Niedermayer 8 (Barnes, Woolley), 12:15. 5, Florida, Dvorak 6 (Hough), 16:44. 6, Florida, Fitzgerald 4 (Skrudland), 18:55 (en).

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 7-5-4-16. Florida 8-9-10-27.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 0 of 3; Florida 0 of 6.Goalies-Philadelphia, Snow 2-2-1 (26 shots-23 saves). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 7-3-0 (16-14).A-12,469 (14,503).

Canucks 5, Islanders 2 Uniondale, N.Y.

Trevor Linden scored twice, and Alexander Mogilny had a goal and two assists as Vancouver extended its unbeaten streak to five games with a victory over New York.

Vancouver 2 3 0 - 5

N.Y. Islanders 0 1 1 - 2

First period-1, Vancouver, Linden 8 (Bure, Mogilny), :41 (pp). 2, Vancouver, Bure 6 (Ridley, Brown), 9:21 (pp).

Second period-3, Vancouver, Mogilny 11 (Bure, Beranek), 7:38. 4, New York, Lindros 1 (McInnis, King), 9:36. 5, Vancouver, Mogilny 12 (Brown), 15:01. 6, Vancouver, Linden 9 (Brown, Ridley), 15:55.

Third period-7, NY, Green 8 (Palffy, Schneider), 13:08 (pp).

Shots on goal-Vancouver 13-13-10-36. New York 9-11-7-27.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 2 of 7; New York 1 of 5.Goalies-Vancouver, McLean 4-3-4 (27 shots-25 saves). New York, McLennan 0-1-0 (36-31).A-11,434 (16,297).

Kings 1, Blues 0 St. Louis

Eric Lacroix scored the game’s only goal early in the third period and rookie goaltender Byron Dafoe recorded his first NHL shutout as Los Angeles defeated St. Louis.

Dafoe stopped 33 shots, including 15 in the third period.

Los Angeles 0 0 1 - 1

St. Louis 0 0 0 - 0

First period-None.

Second period-None.

Third period-1, Los Angeles, Lacroix 3 (Gretzky, McSorley), :49 (pp).

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 8-9-10-27. St. Louis 9-9-15-33.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 1 of 8; St. Louis 0 of 7.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 5-3-4 (33 shots-33 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 5-8-1 (27-26).A-16,640 (19,260).