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Panthers Drop Los Angeles To Continue Home Win Streak

Associated Press

NHL

The Florida Panthers scored in the final second of both the first and second periods Sunday night and continued their mastery at home with a 5-1 victory over the road-weary Los Angeles Kings.

The Panthers, winners of three straight, are 10-1-1 in their last 12 home games and 7-0-1 in their last eight at home. Florida goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck had 28 saves and is 10-1-1 at the Miami Arena, which was sold out for the first time this season.

The Kings, who got off to a 4-0-3 start, have dropped four straight games on this five-game road trip. It concludes tonight against Tampa Bay. The Panthers are the only team in the NHL that Wayne Gretzky hasn’t scored against.

Panthers 5, Kings 1

Los Angeles 0 1 0 - 1

Florida 2 3 0 - 5

First period-1, Florida, Mellanby 14 (Svensson), 15:56. 2, Florida, Barnes 9 (Svehla), 19:59.

Second period-3, Los Angeles, Finn 1 (Khristich, Yachmenev), 4:14. 4, Florida, Skrudland 6 (Hough), 7:56. 5, Florida, Niedermayer 11 (Mellanby, Svensson), 9:14 (pp). 6, Florida, Hull 7, 19:59.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 4-11-14-29. Florida 12-14-10-36.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 5; Florida 1 of 4.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 7-7-5 (19 shots-15 saves), Hrudey (9:14 second, 17-16). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 12-4-1 (29-28).A-14,703 (14,503).

Blackhawks 2, Flames 2

Calgary, Alberta Kip Miller scored with less than three minutes to play in the third period to lift Chicago into the tie with Calgary.

The Flames had held a 2-1 lead since the first period before Miller scored his first goal of the NHL season.

Chicago 1 0 1 0 - 2

Calgary 2 0 0 0 - 2

First Period-1, Calgary, Stillman 6 (Stern), 4:06. 2, Chicago, Roenick 12 (Amonte, Chelios), 13:28. 3, Calgary, Sarault 1 (Fleury, Chiasson), 15:44.

Second Period-None.

Third Period-4, Chicago, Miller 1 (Chelios, Probert), 17:08.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Chicago 9-6-5-4-24. Calgary 12-9-5-1-27.Power-play opp.-Chicago 0 of 4; Calgary 0 of 6.Goalies-Chicago,Hackett 1-3-3 (27 shots-25 saves). Calgary, Tabaracci 1-5-1 (24-22).A-17,364 (20,230).

Jets 4, Oilers 0

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Nikolai Khabibulin earned his first NHL shutout, making 34 saves in Winnipeg’s victory over Edmonton.

Teemu Selanne and Ed Olczyk each had a goal and an assist for the Jets, while Dave Manson and Alexei Zhamnov also scored goals.

Edmonton 0 0 0 - 0

Winnipeg 1 1 2 - 4

First period-1, Winnipeg, Selanne 12 (Drake, Olczyk), 15:56.

Second period-2, Winnipeg, Olczyk 6 (Numminen, Selanne), 6:08 (pp).

Third period-3, Winnipeg, Manson 1 (Drake, Doan), 6:21 (pp). 4, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 6 (Korolev, Darrin Shannon) 17:45.

Shots on goal-Edmonton 10-10-14-34. Winnipeg 6-10-11-27.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 0 of 5; Winnipeg 2 of 5.Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford 7-9-4 (4 shots-3 saves), Gage (15:56 first, 23-20). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 10-5-0 (34-34).