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Zelepukin Keeps Devils Perfect

Valeri Zelepukin scored a powerplay goal with 1.8 seconds left in the second period as the New Jersey Devils blew a two-goal lead but rallied to beat the host Buffalo Sabres 4-3 Sunday night.

Zelepukin’s wrist shot from the slot beat Buffalo goalie Dominik Hasek to the stick side and kept New Jersey undefeated.

Devils 4, Sabres 3

New Jersey 2 2 0 - 4

Buffalo 1 2 0 - 3

First Period-1, New Jersey, Brylin 1 (Guerin), 2:42. 2, New Jersey, Richer 2 (Dowd), 9:06 (sh). 3, Buffalo, Khmylev 1 (LaFontaine, Galley), 19:16 (pp).

Second Period-4, Buffalo, Conn 1 (Peca, Khmylev), 7:25. 5, Buffalo, Burridge 1 (Holzinger, Dawe), 13:55. 6, New Jersey, Dowd 1 (Richer, Niedermayer), 16:15. 7, New Jersey, Zelepukin 1 (Broten, Stevens), 19:58 (pp).

Third Period-None.

Shots on goal-New Jersey 11-7-8-26. Buffalo 7-8-4-19. Power-play Opportunities-New Jersey 1 of 4; Buffalo 1 of 4. Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 4-0-0 (19 shots-16 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 1-3-0 (26-22). A-11,612 (16,230).

Red Wings 5, Jets 5

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg blew a two-goal lead and had to come from behind in the third to tie Detroit on a goal by Igor Korolev.

Detroit 1 1 3 0 - 5

Winnipeg 2 2 1 0 - 5

First Period-1, Winnipeg, Turcotte 2 (Selanne, Korolev), 7:21. 2, Detroit, McCarty 1 (Fetisov, Kozlov), 11:45 (pp). 3, Winnipeg, Numminen 1 (Eastwood) 14:09 (pp).

Second Period-4, Winnipeg, Drake 2 (Darryl Shannon), 9:39 (sh). 5, Detroit, Ciccarelli 4 (Sheppard, Yzerman), 14:00 (pp). 6, Winnipeg, Turcotte 3 (Selanne, Manson), 19:44 (pp).

Third Period-7, Detroit, Sheppard 2 (Coffey, Ciccarelli), 3:08. 8, Detroit, Primeau 3 (McCarty, Kozlov), 4:47. 9, Detroit, Fedorov 2, 8:48. 10, Winnipeg, Korolev 5 (Manson), 10:24.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Detroit 9-6-9-2-26. Winnipeg 6-11-9-1-27. Power-play Opportunities-Detroit 2 of 5; Winnipeg 2 of 5. Goalies-Detroit, Vernon 1-1-1 (27 shots-22 saves). Winnipeg, Cheveldae 0-2-1 (26-21). A-9,399 (15,393).

Panthers 5, Islanders 3

Miami

Rob Niedermayer scored two goals, including the game-winner, to give Florida the victory over New York.

N.Y. Islanders 1 2 0 - 3

Florida 1 3 1 - 5

First Period-1, Florida, Niedermayer 1 (Mellanby), 7:12. 2, New York, Muller 3 (King), 8:44.

Second Period-3, Florida, Hull 2 (Carkner), 2:33. 4, Florida, Barnes 4 (Lowry, Fitzgerald), 4:40. 5, New York, Bertuzzi 2 (Palffy, Sweeney), 6:48. 6, New York, Schneider 2 (Green, Flatley), 8:42 (pp). 7, Florida, Niedermayer 2 (Laus, Mellanby), 18:49.

Third Period-8, Florida, Lowry 1 (Barnes, Smith), 16:24.

Shots on goal-New York 10-6-7-23. Florida 8-6-5-19. Power-play Opportunities-New York 1 of 3; Florida 0 of 6. Goalies-New York, Sodertrom 0-2-1 (19 shots-14 saves). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 2-1-0 (23-20). A-11,210 (14,503).

Senators 7, Lightning 4

St. Petersburg, Fla.

Defenseman Sean Hill scored from 90 feet to break a third-period tie and spark Ottawa to the victory over Tampa Bay.

Left wing Dan Quinn had the first sixpoint night in Ottawa’s history, scoring three times and assisting on three goals as the Senators won for the first time this season.

Ottawa 1 3 3 - 7

Tampa Bay 2 2 0 - 4

First Period-1, Ottawa, Quinn 1, 9:03. 2, Tampa Bay, Burr 1 (Selivanov, Cullen), 13:38. 3, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 2 (Burr, Shaw), 14:07.

Second Period-4, Ottawa, Quinn 2 (Duchsene, Alfredsson), 1:43 (pp). 5, Ottawa, Bonk 1 (Daigle, Duchesne), 5:15 (pp). 6, Tampa Bay, Klima 4 (Hamrlik, Bradley), 13:20 (pp). 7, Ottawa, Cunneyworth 1 (Tormanen, Quinn), 15:24. 8, Tampa Bay, Cullen 2 (Gratton, Houlder), 18:46 (pp).

Third Period-9, Ottawa, Hill 1 (Cunneyworth, Quinn), 7:44. 10, Ottawa, Cunneyworth 2 (Tormanen), 10:23. 11, Ottawa, Quinn 3, 13:06 (pp).

Shots on goal-Ottawa 6-10-16-32. Tampa Bay 13-14-7-34. Power-play Opportunities-Ottawa 3 of 8; Tampa Bay 2 of 7. Goalies-Ottawa, Beaupre 1-2-0 (34 shots-30 saves). Tampa Bay, Puppa 1-1-1 (32-25). A-13,488 (28,000).

Flyers 7, Oilers 1

Philadelphia

Mikael Renberg scored twice and linemates Eric Lindros and John LeClair each added a goal to lead Philadelphia past Edmonton.

The Oilers got a first-period goal from Igor Kravchuk but were unable to get a second shot past Flyers goalie Ron Hextall.

Edmonton 1 0 0 - 1

Philadelphia 1 1 5 - 7

First Period-1, Edmonton, Kravchuk 2 (White, Satan), 4:50 (pp). 2, Philadelphia, Lindros 3 (Leclair, Desjardins), 13:42 (pp).

Second Period-3, Philadelphia, LeClair 3 (Desjardins, Renberg), 5:12 (pp).

Third Period-4, Philadelphia, Fedyk 2 (Brind’Amour, DiMaio), 8:31. 5, Philadelphia, Renberg 3 (Desjardins, LeClair), 15:41 (pp). 6, Philadelphia, Podein 1 (Therien, DiMaio), 16:31. 7, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 5 (Lindros), 17:01 (sh). 8, Philadelphia, Renberg 4, (Svoboda, LeClair), 19:38.

Shots on goal-Edmonton 7-4-7-18. Philadelphia 8-6-15-29. Power-play Opportunities-Edmonton 1 of 4; Philadelphia 4 of 7. Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford 0-4-0 (29 shots-22 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 3-0-0 (18-17). A-17,380 (17,380).

Blackhawks 1, Flames 1

Chicago

Chicago’s Jeff Hackett and Calgary’s Trevor Kidd made 24 saves apiece as the Blackhawks and Flames played to a tie.

Calgary 1 0 0 0 - 1

Chicago 0 1 0 0 - 1

First Period-1, Calgary, Stillman 2 (Kruse, Fleury), 10:49.

Second Period-2, Chicago, Poulin 3 (Nicholls, Suter), 13:05.

Third Period-None.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Calgary 9-7-6-3-25. Chicago 5-10-7-3-25. Power-play Opportunities-Calgary 0 of 5; Chicago 0 of 6. Goalies-Calgary, Kidd 0-1-2 (25 shots-24 saves). Chicago, Hackett 0-1-1 (25-24). A-17,309 (20,500).

Kings 3, Canucks 3

Vancouver, British Columbia

Tony Granato scored late in the second period as Los Angeles tied Vancouver for the second time this season.

Los Angeles 2 1 0 0 - 3

Vancouver 1 2 0 0 - 3

First Period-1, Los Angeles, Perreault 3 (Tocchet, Kurri), 8:44. 2, Los Angeles, Tocchet 4 (Tsygurov), 12:33. 3, Vancouver, Mogilny 5 (Babych), 14:30.

Second Period-4, Vancouver, Oksiuta 2 (Mogilny, Babych), 3:09. 5, Vancouver, Gelinas 2 (Lumme, Linden), 4:49. 6, Los Angeles, Granato 1, 8:32.

Third Period-None.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 6-6-10-0-22. Vancouver 14-10-9-3-36. Power-play Opportunities-Los Angeles 0 of 2; Vancouver 0 of 3. Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 2-0-2 (36 shots33 saves). Vancouver, McLean 0-1-2 (22-19). A-19,024.