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Lemieux’s Fifth Career Hat Trick Paces Avalanche

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Claude Lemieux’s fifth career hat trick led a four-goal first period outburst, and Joe Sakic added two goals and an assist as the Colorado Avalanche extended their current unbeaten streak to six games with a 7-3 rout of the New York Islanders on Tuesday night at Uniondale, N.Y.

Peter Forsberg had a goal and four assists and Andre Kovalenko also scored for the Avalanche (4-0-2). They have only lost once in their last 17 games (13-1-3).

Jocelyn Thibeault made 25 saves for his third victory, allowing only goals by Alexander Semak, Marty McInnis and Todd Bertuzzi.

Avalanche 7, Islanders 3

Colorado 4 2 1 - 7

N.Y. Islanders 1 0 2 - 3

First period-1, Colorado, Lemieux 11 (Forsberg, Kamensky), :43. 2, Colorado, Lemieux 12 (Forsberg, Kamensky), 3:26. 3, New York, Semak 9 (McCabe, Palffy), 14:02 (pp). 4, Colorado, Sakic 14 (Forsberg, Ozolinsh), 16:22 (pp). 5, Colorado, Lemieux 13 (Ricci, Young), 16:43 (pp).

Second period-6, Colorado, Sakic 15 (Forsberg, Kamensky), 4:16 (pp). 7, Colorado, Forsberg 9 (Lemieux), 19:26 (sh).

Third period-8, New York, McInnis 1 (King, Chynoweth), 1:51. 9, New York, Bertuzzi 4 (Palffy, Green), 3:24. 10, Colorado, Kovalenko 7 (Sakic, Wolanin), 8:47.

Shots on goal-Colorado 15-13-12-40. New York 9-7-12-28.Power-play opp.-Colorado 3 of 7; New York 1 of 4.Goalies-Colorado, Thibault 3-2-2 (28 shots-25 saves). New York, McLennan 2-7-1 (13-9), Soderstrom, (16:43 first, 27-24).A-9,185 (16,297).

Red Wings 3, Canadiens 2

Detroit

Vyacheslav Kozlov had a goal and an assist, leading Detroit to a victory over Montreal.

The win was the ninth in 10 games for Detroit, while Montreal is winless in three (0-2-1).

Montreal 0 1 1 - 2

Detroit 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, Detroit, Dandenault 3 (Kozlov, Fetisov), 7:33.

Second period-2, Montreal, Petrov 3 (Turgeon, Odelein), 1:05. 3, Detroit, Kozlov 7 (Primeau, Lidstrom), 5:08 (pp).

Third period-4, Detroit, Fedorov 11 (Brown), 7:32 (sh). 4, Montreal, Recchi 6 (Brisebois, Turgeon), 9:42.

Shots on goal-Montreal 9-11-5-25. Detroit 13-12-11-36.Power-play opp.-Montreal 0 of 3; Detroit 1 of 5.Goalies-Montreal, Roy 12-8-1 (36 shots-33 saves). Detroit, Osgood 11-2-1 (25-23).A-19,945 (19,875).

Penguins 7, Senators 2

Pittsburgh

Markus Naslund scored three times, his first multiple-goal game in the NHL, as Pittsburgh beat Ottawa and stretched the Senators’ winless streak to 11 games.

Ottawa is 0-10-1 since beating Hartford 5-0 on Nov. 2.

Ottawa 0 0 2 - 2

Pittsburgh 3 2 2 - 7

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Naslund 8 (Lemieux, Jagr), 3:04. 2, Pittsburgh, Jagr 18 (Smolinski, Francis), 9:57. 3, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 15 (Lemieux, Francis), 12:40 (pp).

Second period-4, Pittsburgh, Jagr 19 (Nedved, Murray), 6:58. 5, Pittsburgh, Naslund 9 (Sandstrom, Lemieux), 10:15.

Third period-6, Pittsburgh, Leroux 2 (Nedved, Joseph), :23. 7, Ottawa, Bonk 5 (Chorske, Daigle), 4:00. 8, Pittsburgh, Naslund 10, 16:51. 9, Ottawa, Archibald 1 (Quinn, Gaudreau), 17:11.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 18-10-7-35. Pittsburgh 11-17-14-42.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 0 of 4; Pittsburgh 1 of 5.Goalies-Ottawa, Bales 0-5-1 (42 shots-35 saves). Pittsburgh, Barasso 11-2-2 (35-33).A-16,162 (17,181).

Jets 4, Maple Leafs 3

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Alexei Zhamnov scored two goals, including the game-winner late in the third period, as Winnipeg defeated Toronto.

Zhamnov gave the Jets a 3-0 lead early in the second period with a power-play goal when he rattled a slap shot from the point off the inside of the post.

Toronto 0 2 1 - 3

Winnipeg 2 1 1 - 4

First period-1, Winnipeg, Selanne 13 (Numminen, Korolev), 6:46 (pp). 2, Winnipeg, Numminen 4 (Selanne), 18:17.

Second period-3, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 7 (Numminen, Selanne), 4:41 (pp). 4, Toronto, Gartner 13 (Murphy, Gilmour), 7:05 (pp). 5, Toronto, Craig 3 (Ellett, Hendrickson), 8:42.

Third period-6, Toronto, Sundin 8 (Hogue, Jonsson), 4:31. 7, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 8 (Korolev, Finley), 16:25.

Shots on goal-Toronto 17-9-12-38. Winnipeg 9-14-10-33.Power-play opp.-Toronto 1 of 4; Winnipeg 2 of 4.Goalies-Toronto, Potvin 10-7-3 (33 shots-29 saves). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 11-5-0 (38-35).A-9,694 (15,393).

Blackhawks 5, Oilers 3

Edmonton, Alberta

Murray Craven’s second goal of the game led Chicago to a win over Edmonton.

Craven, who now has six goals this season, scored from the corner at 15:32 of the second period, to give Chicago a 4-2 lead over the Oilers.

Chicago 2 2 1 - 5

Edmonton 1 2 0 - 3

First period-1, Chicago, Craven 4 (Suter, Weinrich), 2:48 (pp). 2, Chicago, Chelios 6 (Savard), 12:23. 3, Edmonton, Oliver 8 (Arnott, Weight), 19:29 (pp).

Second period-4, Chicago, Savard 6 (Chelios, Daze), 4:18. 5, Edmonton, Arnott 8 (Mironov, Weight), 11:12. 6, Chicago, Craven 6, 15:32. 7, Edmonton, Arnott 9 (Sutton), 17:37.

Third period-8, Chicago, Probert 5 (Craven, Roenick), 19:17.

Shots on goal-Chicago 13-13-4-30. Edmonton 9-9-7-25.Power-play opp.-Chicago 1 of 5. Edmonton 1 of 5.Goalies-Chicago, Hackett 2-3-3 (25 shots-22 saves). Edmonton, Ranford 7-10-4 (30-25).A-9,312 (16,230).