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Flyers 5, Kings 2 Philadelphia John LeClair, Rod Brind’Amour and Mikael Renberg scored goals in a 2-minute span of the third period to spark Philadelphia past Los Angeles.

Philadelphia won its fourth straight and is unbeaten in its last five. Los Angeles saw its four-game road unbeaten streak end.

Los Angeles 2 0 0 - 0

Philadelphia 1 1 3 - 0

First period-1, Los Angeles, Tocchet 10, 10:06. 2, Los Angeles, Perreault 9, 16:33. 3, Philadelphia, DiMaio 5 (MacTavish), 17:06.

Second period-4, Philadelphia, Otto 4 (Falloon, Podein), 10:35 (pp).

Third period-5, Philadelphia, LeClair 13 (Lindros, Desjardins), 3:58 (pp). 6, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 6 (Falloon), 5:04. 7, Philadelphia, Renberg 14 (Lindros), 5:58.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 9-7-11-27. Philadelphia 9-19-12-40.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 4; Philadelphia 2 of 4.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 7-5-5 (40 shots-35 saves). Philadelphia, Snow 4-2-1 (27-25). A-17,380 (17,380).

Bruins 5, Jets 4

Boston

Jozef Stumpel scored two of his three goals in the third period as he led Boston to a win over Winnipeg.

Keith Tkachuk scored two goals and assisted on another for the Jets, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Bruins, who put 41 shots on net.

Winnipeg 1 2 1 - 4

Boston 0 3 2 - 5

First period-1, Winnipeg, Selanne 11 (Olczyk), 14:00.

Second period-2, Boston, Leach 4 (Donato, Reid), 3:42. 3, Boston, Stumpel 4 (McEachern, Neely), 6:06. 4, Boston, Bourque 9 (Stumpel, Neely), 12:04 (pp). 5, Winnipeg, Olczyk 4 (Selanne, Tkachuk), 13:03. 6, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 10 (Korolev, Zhamnov), 17:45 (pp).

Third period-7, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 11 (Selanne, Olczyk), 7:26. 8, Boston, Stumpel 5 (Stevens, Zombo), 15:17. 9, Boston, Stumpel 6 (Neely, Bourque), 16:10 (pp).

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 11-9-20-40. Boston 11-20-10-41.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 1 of 2. Boston 2 of 5.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 8-5-0 (41 shots-36 saves). Boston, Bailey 2-0-0 (40-36). A-17,167 (17,565).

Capitals 3, Sharks 2

Landover, Md.

Stefan Ustorf and Steve Konowalchuk scored in a 28-second span of the third period as Washington rallied to beat San Jose, ending a six-game winless streak.

Washington finished with a 31-18 advantage in shots on goal, but the Capitals trailed 2-1 until Ustorf scored on a wrist shot from the left circle to tie it with 7:35 left.

San Jose 0 1 1 - 2

Washington 0 1 2 - 3

First period-None.

Second period-1, Washington Jones 6 (Ustorf, Cote), 2:00. 2, San Jose, Nolan 7 (Janney, Ragnarsson), 18:54 (pp).

Third period-3, San Jose, Sheppard 8 (Bodger), 7:56 (pp). 4, Washington, Ustorf 3 (Juneau), 12:25. 5, Washington, Konowalchuk 4 (Pivonka, Johnasson), 12:52.

Shots on goal-San Jose 4-7-7-18. Washington 13-10-8-31.Power-play opp.-San Jose 2 of 4; Washington 0 of 5.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 1-3-0 (31 shots-28 saves). Washington, Carey 8-6-1 (18-16). A-8,912 (18,130).

Maple Leafs 5, Blues 2

Toronto

Toronto, with Felix Potvin outplaying former goaltending mentor Grant Fuhr, beat St. Louis to move into first place in the Central Division for the first time this season.

Benoit Hogue had two goals for the Maple Leafs, who improved to 11-6-3, including 7-0-3 within their own conference. They have won three in a row and six of their last seven to rise to seventh place in the 26-team league’s overall standings.

St. Louis 0 2 0 - 2

Toronto 2 1 2 - 5

First period-1, Toronto, Gilmour 8 (Ellett), 1:26. 2, Toronto, Andreychuk 6 (Ellett, Murphy), 13:52 (pp).

Second period-3, Toronto, Hogue 6 (Sundin, Momesso), 8:33 (pp). 4, St. Louis, Baron 1 (Laperriere), 10:11. 5, St. Louis, Zezel 3 (Noonan, Corson), 12:55.

Third period-6, Toronto, Baumgartner 1 (Gill, Hogue), 3:18. 6, Toronto, Hogue 7 (Sundin, Momesso), 16:51.

Shots on goal-St. Louis 8-9-13-30. Toronto 15-7-11-33.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 0 of 6; Toronto 2 of 4.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 8-10-2 (19 shots-16 saves), Racine (8:33 second, 6-5), Fuhr (7:20 third, 8-7). Toronto, Potvin 10-5-2 (30-28). A-15,746 (15,746).

Rangers 9, Penguins 4

New York

Pat Verbeek scored three goals and Luc Robitaille added a goal and four assists as New York defeated Pittsburgh.

The Rangers, playing perhaps their best game of the season, scored three goals in each period against the Northeast Division-leading Penguins. They also drew a standing ovation after killing off a 5-minute major penalty late in the second period against the league’s leading club on the power play.

Pittsburgh 1 0 3 - 4

N.Y. Rangers 3 3 3 - 9

First period-1, New York, Graves 9 (Messier, Kovalev), 1:34. 2, Pittsburgh, Jagr 17, 3:23. 3, New York, Robitaille 8 (Ferraro, Verbeek), 8:39. 4, New York, Messier 12 (Graves, Kovalev), 18:15.

Second period-5, New York, Matteau 1 (Driver, Nemchinov), 1:49. 6, New York, Verbeek 9 (Robitaille, Samuelsson), 9:54. 7, New York, Verbeek 10 (Robitaille, Sundstrom), 13:02.

Third period-8, Pittsburgh, Smolinski 3 (Lemieux, Nasland), 9:52. 9, Pittsburgh, Fitzgerald 1 (Jagr, Francis), 11:32. 10, New York, Verbeek 11 (Leetch, Robitaille), 16:00. 11, New York, Leetch 4 (Messier, Graves), 16:50 (pp). 12, New York, Ferraro 10 (Lidster, Verbeek), 17:10 (pp). 13, Pittsburgh, Maciver 1 (Jagr), 18:15.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 16-15-10-41. New York 14-11-12-37.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 0 of 7; New York 2 of 5.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Barrasso 9-2-2 (37 shots-28 saves). New York, Richter 7-6-1 (41-37). A-18,200 (18,200).

Panthers 4, Devils 3

Miami

Jody Hull scored two goals and Florida pulled off another comeback with a win over New Jersey.

The Panthers trailed 2-0 in the first 8 minutes, then rallied behind Hull’s two goals. Scott Mellanby and Mike Hough each added a goal for the Panthers. Stephane Richer scored two goals for the Devils.

The Panthers are 9-1-1 in their last 11 games, and have come from behind to win four of them. Florida’s victory avenged a 4-0 defeat at New Jersey to open the season.

New Jersey 2 0 1 - 3

Florida 2 1 1 - 4

First period-1, New Jersey, Holik 4 (Peluso), 3:04. 2, New Jersey, Richer 4 (Dowd, Rolston), 7:21. 3, Florida, Hull 6 (Barnes, Lindsay), 9:28. 4, Florida, Mellanby 13 (Belanger, R.Niedermayer), 18:04.

Second period-5, Florida, Hull 7 (Carkner, Barnes), 10:37 (pp).

Third period-6, Florida, Hough 2 (Belanger, R.Niedermayer), 7:14. 7, New Jersey, Richer 5 (Rolston, Stevens), 7:38.

Shots on goal-New Jersey 9-12-23-44. Florida 11-16-7-34.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 0 of 2; Florida 1 of 3.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 7-8-2 (34 shots-30 saves). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 11-4-0 (44-41). A-13,249 (14,503).

Mighty Ducks 3, Flames 2

Calgary, Alberta

Anaheim’s Steve Rucchin scored the game winner with 3:23 left as Anaheim rebounded for a win over Calgary.

Anaheim’s David Karpa slid a pass from the right-wing boards to Rucchin in front of the net. Rucchin evaded Flames defenseman Kevin Dahl to slam the puck home inside the far post.

Anaheim 1 0 2 - 3

Calgary 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Anaheim, Tverdovsky 4 (Kariya, Sillinger), 14:42 (pp). 2, Calgary, Chiasson 2 (Titov, Nylander), 19:32.

Second period-3, Calgary, Stillman 5 (Housley, Fleury), 18:33 (pp).

Third period-4, Anaheim, Sillinger 8 (Kariya, Rucchin), 12:05. 5, Anaheim, Rucchin 9 (Karpa, Krygier), 16:37.

Shots on goal-Anaheim 8-11-7-26. Calgary 15-8-11-34.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 2 of 7; Calgary 1 of 5.Goalies-Anaheim, Hebert 9-9-0 (34 shots-32 saves). Calgary, Kidd, 2-9-4 (26-23). A-17,584 (20,230).