Nhl

Devils 4, Flyers 2 East Rutherford

Bobby Holik apparently means a great deal more to the Devils than most people realize. The robust center returned from an injury that had sidelined him since the season opened and sparked New Jersey to a victory over Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon by scoring the game’s first goal at Byrne Meadowlands Arena.

Neal Broten, Steve Thomas, and Bill Guerin had the other goals for the struggling Devils, who played with some real intensity and desire for the first time in quite a while.

Philadelphia 0 0 2 - 2

New Jersey 1 2 1 - 4

First period-1, New Jersey, Holik 2 (Sykora, Persson), 12:56 (pp).

Second period-2, New Jersey, Broten 5, :41 (sh). 3, New Jersey, Thomas 5 (Niedermayer), 13:09.

Third period-4, Philadelphia, LeClair 11 (Renberg), 3:52. 5, New Jersey, Guerin 3 (Thomas, Sykora), 8:14. 6, Philadelphia, Crowe 1, 15:57.

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 9-8-12-29. New Jersey 11-12-4-27.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 0 of 4; New Jersey 1 of 7.Goalies-Philadelphia, Roussel 2-3-2 (27 shots23 saves). New Jersey, Terreri 3-0-0 (29-27).A-19,040 (19,040).

Mighty Ducks 3, Senators 2 Ottawa

Dave Karpa’s first goal of the season, coming with a minute remaining in the third period, boosted Anaheim to a victory.

Anaheim 0 1 2 - 3

Ottawa 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Ottawa, Alfredsson 7 (Huffman, Straka), 4:45 (pp).

Second period-2, Anaheim, Sillinger 7 (Kariya, Tverdovsky), 9:57 (pp).

Third period-3, Ottawa, Gaudreau 2 (Alfredsson), 8:55. 4, Anaheim, Tverdovsky 3 (Dollas, Sillinger), 14:35. 5, Anaheim, Karpa 1 (Carnback), 19:00.

Shots on goal-Anaheim 6-10-6-22. Ottawa 9-8-10-27.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 1 of 4; Ottawa 1 of 3.Goalies-Anaheim, Hebert 7-7-0 (27 shots-25 saves). Ottawa, Beaupre 6-6-0 (22-19).A-8,988 (10,575).

Rangers 4, Whalers 1 Hartford, Conn.

Ray Ferraro scored two goals and Alexei Kovalev added a goal and an assist as New York won its fourth consecutive game.

N.Y. Rangers 1 2 1 - 4

Hartford 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, New York, Ferraro 7 (Verbeek, Robitaille), 10:05 (pp).

Second period-2, New York, Kovalev 7 (Messier, Driver), 7:05 (pp). 3, New York, Ferraro 8 (Robitaille, Verbeek), 16:58. 4, Hartford, Rice 3 (Cassels), 18:29.

Third period-5, New York, Messier 14 (Kovalev, Graves), 1:54.

Shots on goal-New York 14-6-6-26. Hartford 6-11-10-27.Power-play opp.-New York 2 of 4; Hartford 0 of 3.Goalies-New York, Richter 6-5-0 (27 shots-26 saves). Hartford, Burke 5-5-1 (26-22).A-15,635 (15,635).

Blues 4, Islanders 1 Uniondale, N.Y.

Geoff Courtnall figured in all the scoring with his sixth career hat trick and an assist and Grant Fuhr stopped 22 shots.

St. Louis 1 1 2 - 4

N.Y. Islanders 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, St. Louis, Courtnall 2 (Roberts, Norton), 6:30 (pp).

Second period-2, St. Louis, Chasse 3 (Courtnall), 7:00. 3, New York, Clark 4 (Schneider, Vaske), 11:01 (pp).

Third period-4, St. Louis, Courtnall 3 (Noonan, Roberts), 18:24. 5, St. Louis, Courtnall 4 (Noonan, MacInnis), 19:47 (en).

Shots on goal-St. Louis 8-13-6-27. New York 7-6-10-23.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 1 of 5; New York 1 of 4.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 7-8-1 (23 shots-22 saves). New York, McLennan 0-3-0 (26-23).A-11,128 (16,297).

Blackhawks 4, Capitals 1 Landover, Md.

Tony Amonte had a goal and an assist and Ed Belfour stopped 22 shots as Chicago extended Washington’s losing streak to a season-high three games.

Chicago 1 1 2 - 4

Washington 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Chicago, Suter 9 (Amonte, Chelios), 1:42 (pp).

Second period-2, Chicago, Amonte 2 (Craven, Chelios), 15:36.

Third period-3, Washington, Tinordi 2 (Hunter, Pivonka), 5:32 (pp). 4, Chicago, Daze 7 (Grieve), 11:04. 5, Chicago, Murphy 4 (Sutter, Roenick), 19:43 (en).

Shots on goal-Chicago 10-6-12-28. Washington 7-9-7-23.Power-play opp.-Chicago 1 of 3; Washington 1 of 4.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 7-3-0 (23 shots-22 saves). Washington, Carey 7-4-0 (27-24).A-18,130 (18,130).

Canadiens 4, Flames 0 Calgary, Alberta

Patrice Brisebois and Brian Savage scored 50 seconds apart to open the third period and left Calgary as the only NHL team without a victory on home ice.

Montreal 0 1 3 - 4

Calgary 0 0 0 - 0

First period-None.

Second period-1, Montreal, Koivu 5 (Savage, Recchi), 10:12.

Third period-2, Montreal, Brisebois 3 (Damphousse, Keane), :39. 3, Montreal, Savage 13, 1:29. 4, Montreal, Brisebois 4 (Keane, Koivu), 8:18 (pp).

Shots on goal-Montreal 9-7-11-27. Calgary 5-6-4-15.Power-play opp.-Montreal 1 of 4; Calgary 0 of 3.Goalies-Montreal, Roy 8-6-0 (15 shots-15 saves). Calgary, Kidd 1-7-4 (22-19), Tabaracci (1:29 third, 5-4).A-19,646 (20,230).

Panthers 4, Sabres 1 Miami

Bill Lindsay scored two goals and assisted on another to lift Florida’s franchise-best winning streak to six with a win over Buffalo.

Buffalo 0 0 1 - 1

Florida 0 2 2 - 4

First period-None.

Second period-1, Florida, Niedermayer 9 (Svehla, Mellanby), 3:31 (pp). 2, Florida, Lindsay 2 (Hull, Barnes), 17:51.

Third period-3, Florida, Barnes 7 (Lindsay), 6:12. 4, Florida, Lindsay 3 (Murphy, Barnes), 6:22. 5, Buffalo, Burridge 6, 13:20.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 4-11-8-23. Florida 11-11-6-28.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 0 of 4; Florida 1 of 8.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 5-8-1 (24 shots-20 saves), Trefilov (6:22 third, 4-4). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 9-3-0 (23-22).A-14,042 (14,503).

Maple Leafs 3, Bruins 1 Boston

Mike Gartner scored twice and Felix Potvin made 36 saves to lead Toronto over Boston.

Only a late-game breakaway goal by Steve Heinze spoiled Potvin’s bid for the fifth shutout of his career.

Toronto 1 1 1 - 3

Boston 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Toronto, Gartner 11 (Andreychuk), 12:15.

Second period-2, Toronto, Domi 2 (Sundin), 11:31.

Third period-3, Boston, Heinze 6 (Reid, Donato), 16:01. 4, Toronto, Gartner 12 (Murphy), 19:41 (en).

Shots on goal-Toronto 6-7-6-19. Boston 18-9-10-37.Power-play opp.-Toronto 0 of 1; Boston 0 of 4.Goalies-Toronto, Potvin 7-4-2 (37 shots-36 saves). Boston, Billington 3-4-0 (18-16).A-17,565 (17,565).

Avalanche 8, Canucks 4 Vancouver, British Columbia

Colorado’s top line of Peter Forsberg, Claude Lemieux and Martin Rucinsky combined for nine points.

Colorado 2 3 3 - 8

Vancouver 0 1 3 - 4

First period-1, Colorado, Forsberg 6 (Sakic, Ozolinsh), 6:01 (pp). 2, Colorado, Murray 3 (Yelle, Kovalenko), 13:44.

Second period-3, Colorado, Lemieux 9 (Forsberg, Rucinsky), 4:46. 4, Colorado, Ozolinsh 3 (Ricci, Kamensky), 8:40. 5, Vancouver, Oksiuta 3 (Brown, McLean), 12:21. 6, Colorado, Deadmarsh 6 (Leschyshyn, Lemieux), 17:20 (pp).

Third period-7, Colorado, Forsberg 7 (Lemieux, Rucinsky), 1:57. 8, Colorado, Wolanin 3 (Forsberg, Young), 6:47 (sh). 9, Vancouver, Courtnall 3 (Hedican, Lumme), 7:17 (sh). 10, Colorado, Deadmarsh 7 (Kamensky), 9:47. 11, Vancouver, Beranek 3 (Malkoc), 14:36. 12, Vancouver, Oksiuta 4 (Mogilny, Ronning), 16:27.

Shots on goal-Colorado 22-13-8-43. Vancouver 4-11-6-21.Power-play opp.-Colorado 2 of 7; Vancouver 1 of 3.Goalies-Colorado, Fiset 9-2-1 (21 shots-17 saves). Vancouver, McLean 4-5-4 (43-35).A-NA (19,056).

Kings 3, Penguins 2 Inglewood, Calif.

Vladimir Tsyplakov scored his first NHL goal with 8:18 to play and Byron Dafoe made 41 saves as Los Angeles ended the Pittsburgh’s seven-game unbeaten streak.

Pittsburgh 1 0 1 - 2

Los Angeles 1 0 2 - 3

First period-1, Los Angeles, Yachmenev 8 (Gretzky), 4:50. 2, Pittsburgh, Naslund 5 (Smolinski, Maciver), 13:00.

Second period-None.

Third period-3, Los Angeles, Tsyplakov 1 (Lacroix, Sydor), 11:42. 4, Los Angeles, Gretzky 4 (Yachmenev, Sydor), 18:55 (en). 5, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 13 (Smolinski, Jagr), 19:29.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 11-12-20-43. Los Angeles 10-6-15-31.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 0 of 4; Los Angeles 0 of 7.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Wregget 1-2-1 (30 shots-28 saves). Los Angeles, Dafoe 6-3-5 (43-41).A-16,005 (16,005).

Red Wings 5, Sharks 2 San Jose, Calif.

Steve Yzerman and Sergei Fedorov each had goals as Detroit extended its winning streak to four.

Detroit 0 3 2 - 5

San Jose 0 1 1 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-1, San Jose, Donovan 4 (Whitney), 4:35. 2, Detroit, Yzerman 8 (Johnson, Lidstrom), 11:40 (pp). 3, Detroit, Fedorov 7 (Brown, Lidstrom), 14:09 (sh). 4, Detroit, Johnson 3 (Taylor, Rouse), 18:36.

Third period-5, San Jose, Donovan 5 (Baker, Whitney), 1:42. 6, Detroit, Kozlov 5 (Fedorov, Fetisov), 6:13 (pp). 7, Detroit, Brown 4 (Fedorov, Taylor), 12:10.

Shots on goal-Detroit 9-18-8-35. San Jose 4-4-7-15.Power-play opp.-Detroit 2 of 4; San Jose 0 of 4.Goalies-Detroit, Vernon, 2-3-1 (15 shots-13 saves). San Jose, Flaherty, 0-5-0 (35-30).A-17,190 (17,190).