Mellanby, Barnes Power Panthers Past Calgary

NHL

Scott Mellanby scored two goals as the Florida Panthers uncharacteristically capitalized on the power play in beating Calgary 4-3 Sunday night to give new coach Doug MacLean his first NHL victory.

Stu Barnes also had two assists and scored the winning goal for the Panthers.

Calgary’s Theoren Fleury had a goal and two assists for the Flames, who made a run at the Panthers in the final minutes.

Panthers 4, Flames 3

Miami

Calgary 2 0 1 - 3 Florida 3 0 1 - 4

First Period-1, Calgary, Nylander 1 (Fleury, Housley), :58. 2, Florida, Mellanby 1 (Barnes, Svensson), 5:54 (pp). 3, Calgary, Fleury 1 (Nylander), 6:09. 4, Florida, Mellanby 2 (Woolley, Barnes), 16:38 (pp). 5, Florida, Belanger 1 (Nemirovsky), 17:00.

Second Period-None.

Third Period-6, Florida, Hull 1, :30. 7, Calgary, Zalapski 1 (Fleury), 12:45.

Shots on goal-Calgary 7-7-8-22. Florida 10-10-5-25. Powerplay opp.-Calgary 0 of 4; Florida 2 of 10. Goalies-Calgary, Tabaracci 0-1-0 (25 shots-21 saves). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 1-1-0 (22-19). A-12,087 (14,503).

Red Wings 3, Oilers 1

Edmonton

Detroit captain Steve Yzerman scored once and assisted on the game-winning goal as the Red Wings spoiled Edmontons’ home opener with the victory.

The Red Wings broke the game open with two goals 13 seconds apart in the third period.

Detroit 0 1 2 - 3 Edmonton 0 1 0 - 1

First Period-None.

Second Period-1, Detroit, Yzerman 1 (Lidstrom, Coffey), 7:58 (pp). 2, Edmonton, Ciger 1 (Oliver, Olausson), 10:35.

Third Period-3, Detroit, Brown 1 (Yzerman, Coffey), 6:01. 4, Detroit, Lidstrom 2 (Brown, Errey), 6:14.

Shots on goal-Detroit 16-6-8-30. Edmonton 11-7-9-27. Power-play opp.-Detroit 1 of 8; Edmonton 0 of 8. Goalies- Detroit, Osgood, 1-0-0 (27 shots-26 saves). Edmonton, Ranford, 0-1-0 (30-27). A-13,302 (16,230).