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Panthers Drop Los Angeles To Continue Home Win Streak

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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).