Nhl

Robert Kron scored a short-handed goal and Jeff Reese stopped seven third-period shots in relief of injured Sean Burke as the Hartford Whalers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 Wednesday night in Hartford.

Whalers 4, Canadiens 2

Montreal 1 1 0 - 2

Hartford 2 1 1 - 4

First period-1, Montreal, Savage 17 (Turgeon, Racine), 1:36. 2, Hartford, Daniels 1 (Chase), 3:21. 3, Hartford, Sanderson 5 (Cassels, Rice), 11:26.

Second period-4, Hartford, O’Neill 2 (Diduck), 1:19. 5, Montreal, Turgeon 10 (Reekie, Savage), 14:21.

Third period-6, Hartford, Kron 3 (Kucera, Ranheim), 10:11 (sh).

Shots on goal-Montreal 14-10-7-31. Hartford 13-8-5-26.Power-play opp.-Montreal 0 of 4; Hartford 0 of 4.Goalies-Montreal, Roy 12-7-0 (26 shots-22 saves). Hartford, Burke 7-7-1 (24-22), Reese (0:00 third, 7-7).A-11,642 (15,635).

Lightning 3, Devils 1

St. Petersburg, Fla.

Petr Klima’s breakaway goal late in the second period and Daren Puppa’s 28 saves led Tampa Bay past New Jersey.

New Jersey 0 1 0 - 1

Tampa Bay 0 2 1 - 3

First period-None.

Second period-1, New Jersey, Persson 2 (Broten, Zelepukin), 6:52 (pp). 2, Tampa Bay, Bradley 5 (Zamuner, Hamrlik), 8:19. 3, Tampa Bay, Klima 10 (Andersson), 19:34.

Third period-4, Tampa Bay, Gratton 8 (Selivanov, Petit), 9:24 (pp).

Shots on goal-New Jersey 13-6-10-29. Tampa Bay 6-11-9-26.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 1 of 8; Tampa Bay 1 of 4.Goalies-New Jersey, Schwab 0-1-0 (26 shots-23 saves). Tampa Bay, Puppa 6-4-4 (29-28).A-16,243 (28,000).

Rangers 4, Penguins 3

Pittsburgh

Mike Richter made 40 saves as New York handed the Penguins their first consecutive losses this season.

N.Y. Rangers 1 3 0 - 4

Pittsburgh 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, New York, Nemchinov 4 (Sundstrom, Beukeboom), 8:39. 2, Pittsburgh, Smolinski 4 (Murray, Dziedzic), 13:06.

Second period-3, New York, Lidster 3 (Verbeek, Robitaille), 6:18. 4, New York, Messier 13 (Ferraro, Leetch), 11:56 (pp). 5, Pittsburgh, MacIver 2 (Lemieux, Francis), 14:31 (pp). 6, New York, Presley 1 (Lowe), 16:47 (sh).

Third period-7, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 18 (Francis, Jagr), 9:08 (pp).

Shots on goal-N.Y. Rangers 9-9-10-28. Pittsburgh 13-16-14-43.Power-play opp.-N.Y. Rangers 1 of 10; Pittsburgh 2 of 9.Goalies-N.Y. Rangers, Richter 8-6-1 (43 shots-40 saves). Pittsburgh, Wregget 2-3-1 (28-24).A-17,054 (17,181).

Islanders 5, Kings 2

Uniondale, N.Y.

Darius Kasparaitis and Zigmund Palffy scored early in the third period as New York broke away from a 1-1 tie to beat Los Angeles.

Los Angeles 1 0 1 - 2

N.Y. Islanders 1 0 4 - 5

First period-1, New York, Clark 8 (Green), 12:10. 2, Los Angeles, Granato 8 (Gretzky), 18:25.

Second period-None.

Third period-3, New York, Kasparaitis 1 (Green, Clark), :26. 4, New York, Palffy 6, 1:51. 5, New York, Semak 8 (McInnis, Schneider), 11:21 (pp). 6, Los Angeles, Granato 9 (Gretzky, Tocchet), 15:58 (pp). 7, New York, King 2 (Schneider, Aivazoff), 18:21 (pp).

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 5-4-9-18. New York 11-16-12-39.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 1 of 4; New York 2 of 6.Goalies-Los Angeles, Hrudey 0-1-0 (39 shots-34 saves). New York, McLennan 2-5-0 (18-16).A-11,532 (16,297).

Jets 3, Senators 1

Ottawa

Ed Olczyk and Shane Doan scored two first-period goals and Winnipeg held on to defeat Ottawa, spoiling the NHL coaching debut of Dave Allison.

Winnipeg 2 0 1 - 3

Ottawa 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Winnipeg, Olczyk 5 (Zhamnov, Tkachuk), 16:12 (pp). 2, Winnipeg, Doan 3 (Turcotte), 17:25.

Second period-None.

Third period-3, Ottawa, Gaudreau 3 (Bonk, Bourque), 6:43. 4, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 12 (Eastwood), 19:57 (en). 4,

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 11-11-6-28. Ottawa 9-13-9-31.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 1 of 4; Ottawa 0 of 5.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 9-5-0 (31 shots 30 saves). Ottawa, Beaupre 6-10-0 (27-25).A-8,426 (10,575).

Red Wings 5, Sharks 2

Detroit

Sergei Fedorov scored two goals as Detroit extended its winning streak to seven games.

San Jose 1 1 0 - 2

Detroit 1 2 2 - 5

First period-1, Detroit, Johnson 5 (Lidstrom, Coffey), 18:47 (pp). 2, San Jose, Miller 7 (Sheppard), 19:45.

Second period-3, San Jose, Sheppard 9 (Bodger, Janney), 2:45. 4, Detroit, Errey 2 (Yzerman, Ciccarelli), 14:02. 5, Detroit, Fedorov 9 (Coffey, Lidstrom), 17:43 (pp).

Third period-6, Detroit, Fedorov 10 (Kozlov), 6:01. 7, Detroit, Larionov 4 (penalty shot), 13:30.

Shots on goal-San Jose 3-7-6-16. Detroit 6-13-17-36.Power-play opp.-San Jose 0 of 3; Detroit 2 of 5.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri (9 shots-8 saves), Irbe 1-7-4 (2:45 second, 27-23). Detroit, Osgood 9-2-1 (16-14).A-19,983 (19,875).

Avalanche 6, Blackhawks 2

Denver

Valeri Kamensky scored two goals and had an assist as Colorado remained the only unbeaten NHL team at home with a win over Chicago.

Chicago 0 0 2 - 2

Colorado 2 2 2 - 6

First period-1, Colorado, Simon 2 (Ricci, Ozolinsh), 5:29 (pp). 2, Colorado, Lemieux 10 (Forsberg, Kamensky), 10:26.

Second period-3, Colorado, Kovalenko 5 (Deadmarsh, Ricci), 10:41. 4, Colorado, Kamensky 10 (Kovalenko, Sakic), 17:55 (pp).

Third period-5, Colorado, Yelle 3 (Murray), 1:30. 6, Chicago, Probert 3 (Krivokrasov, Chelios), 7:39. 7, Colorado, Kamensky 11 (Sakic, Ozolinsh), 12:07 (pp). 8, Chicago, Daze 11 (Sutter), 19:18.

Shots on goal-Chicago 7-7-12-26. Colorado 11-10-4-25.Power-play opp.-Chicago 0 of 5; Colorado 3 of 8.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 8-6-1 (25 shots-19 saves). Colorado, Fiset 12-2-2 (26-24).A-16,061 (16,061).

Stars 4, Canucks 3

Dallas

Mike Modano scored two third-period goals, including the go-ahead tally with 6:20 to play, as Dallas rallied back from a two-goal deficit.

Vancouver 2 0 1 - 3

Dallas 1 0 3 - 4

First period-1, Dallas, Adams 7 (Klatt, Gagner), 6:30 (pp). 2, Vancouver, Gelinas 7 (Linden, Brown), 13:16 (pp). 3, Vancouver, Gelinas 8 (Mogilny, Brown), 16:13 (pp).

Second period-None.

Third period-4, Vancouver, Oksiuta 7 (Mogilny, Ronning), 1:04. 5, Dallas, Modano 7 (Harvey, Kennedy), 2:27. 6, Dallas, Ledyard 1 (Modano, Harvey), 2:53. 7, Dallas, Modano 8 (Gagner, Harvey), 13:40.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 19-6-9-34. Dallas 12-15-16-43.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 2 of 4; Dallas 1 of 7.Goalies-Vancouver, Hirsch 1-3-1 (43 shots-39 saves). Dallas, Moog 4-4-2 (34-31).A-15,918 (16,924).

Oilers 2, Mighty Ducks 0

Edmonton, Alberta

Kirk Maltby and David Oliver each scored a goal and Bill Ranford turned aside 31 shots to lead Edmonton over Anaheim.

Anaheim 0 0 0 - 0

Edmonton 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Edmonton, Maltby 1 (DeBrusk, Richardson), 3:09.

Second period-None.

Third period-2, Edmonton, Oliver 6 (Slegr, Weight), 7:14 (pp).

Shots on goal-Anaheim 10-7-14-31. Edmonton 10-8-9-27.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 0 of 4; Edmonton 1 of 3.Goalies-Anaheim, Shtalenkov 2-3-0 (27 shots-25 saves). Edmonton, Ranford 6-8-4 (31-31).A-9,052 (16,230).