Flyers Work Well In Overtime

NHL

Chris Therien’s first goal of the season 32 seconds into overtime lifted the Philadelphia Flyers over the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 Sunday at Philadelphia.

Anatoli Semenov squirted a pass from behind the net to the left point to Therien, whose wrist shot just snuck inside the left post and past goaltender Kirk McLean to extend the Flyers’ unbeaten streak to four (3-0-1). The defenseman’s last goal came April 2 against the New York Rangers.

Flyers 3, Canucks 2, (OT)

Vancouver 1 0 1 0 - 2

Philadelphia 1 1 0 1 - 3

First period-1, Vancouver, Ronning 5 (Hedican, Oksiuta), 15:06 (pp). 2, Philadelphia, Falloon 4 (Otto), 19:12.

Second period-3, Philadelphia, Semenov 1 (Fedyk, Therien), 18:01.

Third period-4, Vancouver, Mogilny 16 (Ronning, Hedican), 3:13.

Overtime-5, Philadelphia, Therien 1 (Semenov, Podein), :32.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 9-11-16-0-36. Philadelphia 5-12-10-1-28.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 1 of 6; Philadelphia 0 of 4.Goalies-Vancouver, McLean 4-7-5 (28 shots-25 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 7-1-1 (36-34).A-17,380 (17,380).

Sabres 6, Senators 0

Buffalo, N.Y.

Dominik Hasek had 31 saves and recorded his first shutout of the season as Buffalo defeated Ottawa.

The Vezina Trophy winner continually frustrated the last-place Senators, who lost their eighth straight and dropped to 6-13-0 in the Northeast Division.

Ottawa 0 0 0 - 0

Buffalo 3 0 3 - 6

First period-1, Buffalo, May 4 (Dawe, Peca), 8:06. 2, Buffalo, Barnaby 3 (Burridge, Plante), 8:33. 3, Buffalo, Audette 7 (Burridge, LaFontaine), 13:16 (pp).

Second period-None.

Third period-4, Buffalo, LaFontaine 5 (Zhitnik, Audette), :39. 5, Buffalo, Audette 8 (LaFontaine, Astley), 6:27. 6, Buffalo, Plante 3, 19:13.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 11-11-9-31. Buffalo 17-11-13-41.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 0 of 7; Buffalo 3 of 5.Goalies-Ottawa, Beaupre 6-9-0 (41 shots-35 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 8-8-1 (31-31).A-10,697 (16,230).

Panthers 4, Mighty Ducks 3

Anaheim, Calif.

Brian Skrudland scored twice and Jody Hull once during a 3:07 span midway through the third period as Florida rallied to beat Anaheim.

The Panthers, who entered the NHL with the Ducks in the 1993-94 season, met their expansion cousins for the first time since New Year’s Day 1994 and improved their record against them to 3-0.

Florida 1 0 3 - 4

Anaheim 3 0 0 - 3

First period-1, Anaheim, Rucchin 8 (Karpa, Krygier), 3:22. 2, Anaheim, Sacco 3 (Krygier), 6:36. 3, Florida, Mellanby 12 (Svensson, Svhela), 7:41 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Douris 6 (Lambert, Tverdovsky), 11:23.

Second period-None.

Third period-5, Florida, Skrudland 4 (Hough, Dvorak), 8:07. 6, Florida, Hull 5 (Barnes, Lindsay), 10:03. 7, Florida, Skrudland 5 (Hough), 11:14.

Shots on goal-Florida 5-12-12-29. Anaheim 14-13-4-31.Power-play opp.-Florida 1 of 5; Anaheim 0 of 2.Goalies-Florida, Fitzpatrick 5-1-0 (31 shots-28 saves). Anaheim, Hebert, 8-9-0 (29-25).A-17,174 (17,174).

Sharks 3, Blackhawks 2

Chicago

Recently-acquired goaltender Chris Terreri stopped 28 shots to help San Jose defeat Chicago and snap a seven-game losing streak.

San Jose, which won for just the second time in 20 games this season (2-14-4), got goals from Ulf Dahlen, Craig Janney and Kevin Miller.

San Jose 1 2 0 - 3

Chicago 0 1 1 - 2

First period-1, San Jose, Dahlen 6 (Janney, Ragnarsson), 15:01 (pp).

Second period-2, Chicago, Savard 4 (Amonte, Suter), 5:09. 3, San Jose, Janney 6 (Shepard), 10:08 (pp). 4, San Jose, Ke.Miller 6 (Shephard, More), 15:22.

Third period-5, Chicago, Savard 5 (Chelios, Suter), 15:59 (pp).

Shots on goal-San Jose 10-11-4-25. Chicago 11-13-6-30.Power-play opp.-San Jose 2 of 6; Chicago 1 of 7.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 4-2-0 (30 shots-28 saves). Chicago, Belfour 8-5-1 (25-22).A-19,575 (20,500).