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Wings Celebrate ‘94, Then Rout Oilers, 9-0

Associated Press

Vladimir Konstantinov and Doug Brown each had two goals and an assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 9-0 rout of the Edmonton Oilers in their NHL home opener Friday night.

The Red Wings’ victory followed a 25-minute pregame ceremony that saw them raise banners for their 1994-95 Central Division, Western Conference, President’s Trophy and Campbell Bowl titles.

Red Wings 9, Oliers 0

Edmonton 0 0 0 - 0 Detroit 4 2 3 - 9

First Period-1, Detroit, Sheppard 1 (Fedorov), 6:09. 2, Detroit, Fedorov 1 (Fetisov), 11:11. 3, Detroit, Primeau 2 (Kozlov, Fetisov), 14:21. 4, Detroit, Konstantinov 2 (Errey, Brown), 19:16.

Second Period-5, Detroit, Brown 1 (Draper, Lidstrom), :53. 6, Detroit, Konstantinov 3 (Kozlov), 8:09.

Third Period-7, Detroit, Brown 2 (Draper), 1:18(sh). 8, Detroit, Ciccarelli 3 (Yzerman, Bergevin), 4:16. 9, Detroit, Yzerman 3 (Konstantinov, Fedorov), 12:09(pp).

Shots on goal-Edmonton 8-4-5-17. Detroit 13-22-15-50. Power-play Opportunities-Edmonton 0 of 5; Detroit 1 of 6. Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford 0-3-0 (35 shots-29 saves), Gage (0:00 3rd period, 15-12). Detroit, Osgood 2-0-0 (17-17). A-19,875 (19,875).

Capitals 3, Avalanche 1

Landover, Md.

Keith Jones had a goal and an assist and Washington used a strong performance by its special teams to beat Colorado.

Jim Carey stopped 25 shots for Washington, including all 11 he faced in the final period.

Colorado 0 1 0 - 1 Washington 1 1 1 - 3

First Period-1, Washington, Jones 1 (Juneau, Johnasson), 5:54 (pp).

Second Period-2, Washington, Peake 2 (Gendron, Jones), 3:23 (pp). 3, Colorado, Sakic 5 (Ricci, Forsberg), 18:02 (pp).

Third Period-4, Washington, Hunter 1 (Miller), 19:33 (en).

Shots on goal-Colorado 10-5-11-26. Washington 3-10-5-18. Power-play Opportunities-Colorado 1 of 8; Washington 2 of 5. Goalies-Colorado, Fiset 2-2-1 (17 shots-15 saves). Washington, Carey 2-0-0 (26-25). A-9,742 (18,130).

Panthers 6, Senators 2

Miami

Tom Fitzgerald and Stu Barnes scored two goals each to lead Florida over a penalty-prone Ottawa team as the Panthers won their third straight.

Scott Mellanby and Bill Lindsay each had a goal and an assist as Florida tied a club record with three power-play goals in a game.

Ottawa 0 0 2 - 2 Florida 2 2 2 - 6

First Period-1, Florida, Fitzgerald 1, 13:56 (sh). 2, Florida, Barnes 2 (Svehla, Mellanby), 19:13 (pp).

Second Period-3, Florida, Barnes 3 (Garpenlov, Murphy), 8:48 (pp). 4, Florida, Mellanby 5 (Woolley, Barnes), 10:10 (pp).

Third Period-5, Florida, Lindsay 1 (Svehla, Hull), 3:02. 6, Ottawa, Alfredsson 1 (Huffman, Straka), 6:02 (pp). 7, Ottawa, Mallette 1 (McCleary), 14:39. 8, Florida, Fitzgerald 2 (Svehla, Lindsay), 16:18 (sh).

Shots on goal-Ottawa 10-8-10-28. Florida 15-11-10-36. Power-play Opportunities-Ottawa 1 of 9; Florida 3 of 8. Goalies-Ottawa, Beaupre, 0-2-0 (26 shots-22 saves), Bales (0:00 third, 10-8). Florida, Fitzpatrick, 2-0-0 (28-26). A-10,895 (14,503).

Mighty Ducks 4, Sabres 1

Buffalo, N.Y.

Steve Rucchin scored twice, and Mikhail Shtalenkov stopped 19 of 20 shots the final two periods as Anaheim beat Buffalo.

Anaheim 3 0 1 - 4 Buffalo 0 1 0 - 1

First Period-1, Anaheim, Kariya 4 (Krygier, Karpa), 8:52 (pp). 2, Anaheim, Douris 1 (Van Allen, Dirk), 15:01. 3, Anaheim, Rucchin 2 (Lambert, Karpov), 17:31.

Second Period-4, Buffalo, Huddy 1, 9:47.

Third Period-5, Anaheim, Rucchin 3 (Sillinger, Van Allen), 18:55 (en).

Shots on goal-Anaheim 15-10-8-33. Buffalo 5-14-6-25. Power-play Opportunities-Anaheim 1 of 7; Buffalo 0 of 7. Goalies-Anaheim, Shtalenkov 1-0-0 (25 shots-24 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 1-2-0 (32-29). A-16,087 (16,230).