NHL

Bill Ranford made 38 saves and Zdeno Ciger had a goal and an assist as the winless Edmonton Oilers handed the Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils their first lost in months, 3-1 Tuesday night in East Rutherford, N.J.

The loss prevented the Devils from tying an NHL record for most wins (five) at the start of a season by the defending Cup champion.

Oilers 3, Devils 1

Edmonton 1 2 0 - 3

New Jersey 0 1 0 - 1

First Period-1, Edmonton, Marchant 1 (Thornton), 12:08.

Second Period-2, Edmonton, Ciger 2, 3:40. 3, Edmonton, Oliver 1 (Olausson, Ciger), 7:02 (pp). 4, New Jersey, Brylin 2 (Rolston, Daneko), 14:45.

Third Period-None.

Shots on goal-Edmonton 6-11-2-19. New Jersey 15-10-14-39. Power-play Opportunities-Edmonton 1 of 3; New Jersey 0 of 7. Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford 1-4-0 (39 shots-38 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 4-1-0 (19-16). A-10,698 (19,040).

Maple Leafs 7, Sharks 2

Toronto

Mike Gartner and Sergio Momesso each had two goals as Toronto finally got its power play untracked with four scores and beat San Jose.

San Jose 0 0 2 - 2

Toronto 5 1 1 - 7

First Period-1, Toronto, Gartner 3 (Murphy), 2:11 (pp). 2, Toronto, Hendrickson 2 (Zettler), 2:50. 3, Toronto, Gartner 4 (Sundin, Hogue), 9:48. 4, Toronto, Gilmour 1 (Momesso, Gill), 17:00. 5, Toronto, Andreychuk 2 (Momesso, Gilmour), 19:22 (pp).

Second Period-6, Toronto, Momesso 1 (Sundin, Jonsson), 13:11 (pp).

Third Period-7, San Jose, Falloon 2 (Dahlen, Sykora), 1:14. 8, San Jose, Ragnarsson 3 (Nazarov, Janney), 3:27 (pp). 9, Toronto, Momesso 2 (Sundin, Murphy), 6:14 (pp).

Shots on goal-San Jose 9-7-9-25. Toronto 20-12-12-44. Power-play Opportunities-San Jose 1 of 5; Toronto 4 of 5. Goalies-San Jose, Irbe 0-2-1 (11 shots-8 saves), Flaherty (9:48 period, 33-29). Toronto, Rhodes 1-0-0 (25-23). A-15,428 (15,642).

Red Wings 3, Flames 3

Detroit

Darren McCarty scored twice to help Detroit extend its unbeaten streak to five games with the tie against Calgary.

Calgary 2 1 0 0 - 3

Detroit 1 2 0 0 - 3

First Period-1, Detroit, McCarty 2 (Primeau, Fetisov), 8:13. 2, Calgary, Housley 1 (Fleury, Sullivan), 11:56. 3, Calgary, Fleury 2 (Patrick, Sullivan), 15:03.

Second Period-4, Calgary, Stillman 3 (Titov), 8:58 (sh). 5, Detroit, Fedorov 3, 14:14 (pp). 6, Detroit, McCarty 3, 18:32.

Third Period-None.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Calgary 12-5-13-0-30. Detroit 5-15-4-1-25. Power-play Opportunities-Calgary 0 of 5; Detroit 1 of 4. Goalies- Calgary, Kidd 0-1-3 (25 shots-22 saves). Detroit, Osgood 2-0-1 (30-27). A-19,638 (19,875).

Blackhawks 6, Panthers 3

Miami

Gary Suter scored two goals, including the winner, as Chicago ended Florida’s four-game win streak.

Chicago 1 2 3 - 6

Florida 0 3 0 - 3

First Period-1, Chicago, Craven 2 (Roenick, Hackett), :52.

Second Period-2, Florida, Fitzgerald 3 (Barnes, Dvorak), 6:09. 3, Chicago, Suter 3 (Shantz, Chelios), 12:44. 4, Florida, Hull 3 (Skrudland, G.Smith), 13:27. 5, Chicago, Weinrich 1 (Amonte, Craven), 15:54. 6, Florida, Svehla 1 (Belanger, Garpenlov), 19:01 (pp).

Third Period-7, Chicago, Suter 4 (Nicholls), 4:25 (pp). 8, Chicago, Russell 1 (Poulin, Krivokrasov), 11:50. 9, Chicago, Krivokrasov 1 (Nicholls), 13:39.

Shots on goal-Chicago 9-7-10-26. Florida 4-13-10-27. Power-play Opportunities-Chicago 1 of 4; Florida 1 of 8. Goalies- Chicago, Hackett (20 shots-17 saves), Belfour 3-1-0 (2:51 period, 7-7). Florida, Fitzpatrick 2-1-0 (26-20). A-12,018 (14,503).

Rangers 5, Islanders 1

Uniondale, N.Y.

Glenn Healy and Ray Ferraro, two former members of the New York Islanders, each had big nights as the New York Rangers beat their.

N.Y. Rangers 2 2 1 - 5

N.Y. Islanders 0 0 1 - 1

First Period-1, N.Y. Rangers, R.Ferraro 3 (Karpovtsev, Verbeek), 1:23. 2, N.Y. Rangers, Leetch 1 (Karpovtsev, Graves), 3:21 (pp).

Second Period-3, N.Y. Rangers, Verbeek 1 (Leetch, Robitaille) 11:04 (pp). 4, N.Y. Rangers, Nemchinov 2 (Kovalev, Kypreos), 16:01.

Third Period-5, N.Y. Islanders, Palffy 1 (Bertuzzi, Green), 10:09. 6, N.Y. Rangers, Lidster 2, 12:10.

Shots on goal-Rangers 5-9-3-17. Islanders 7-6-10-23. Power-play Opportunities-Rangers 2 of 5; Islanders 0 of 6. Goalies-Rangers, Healy 1-0-0 (23 shots-22 saves). New York, Salo 0-2-0 (17-12). A-16,297 (16,297).

Bruins 7, Blues 4

St. Louis

Sean McEachern scored twice and his shorthanded goal broke a third-period tie as Boston beat St. Louis Blues.

Boston 1 3 3 - 7

St. Louis 1 2 1 - 4

First Period-1, St. Louis, Noonan 3 (Tikkanen, Hawerchuk), 6:22. 2, Boston, Stevens 1 (Rohloff), 18:48 (pp).

Second Period-3, Boston, Stumpel 1 (Heinze, Sweeney), 7:08. 4, St. Louis, Chasse 2 (Tikkanen, MacInnis), 9:53 (pp). 5, Boston, McEachern 3 (Donato), 12:19. 6, Boston, Bourque 2 (Oates, Elik), 18:00 (pp). 7, St. Louis, Laperriere 2 (MacInnis, Noonan), 19:51 (pp).

Third Period-8, St. Louis, MacInnis 2 (Corson, Hull), :31. 9, Boston, McEachern 4 (Heinze), 9:21 (sh). 10, Boston, Stevens 2 (Oates), 12:20 (pp). 11, Boston, Heinze 4 (Mullen, Stumpel), 13:29.

Shots on goal-Boston 9-14-13-36. St. Louis 9-11-9-29. Power-play Opportunities-Boston 3 of 6; St. Louis 2 of 8. Goalies-Boston, Billington 1-2-0 (29 shots-25 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 3-2-0 (31-25), Jablonski (12:20 third, 5-4). A-16,182 (19,260).

Jets 5, Lightning 2

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Dallas Drake, a holdout during training camp, scored two goals and was a major presence on the ice as Winnipeg defeated Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay 2 0 0 - 2

Winnipeg 2 1 2 - 5

First Period-1, Tampa Bay, Ysebaert 1 (Bellows, Langkow), 7:52. 2, Winnipeg, Korolev 6 (Quint, Tkachuk), 9:16 (pp). 3, Winnipeg, Drake 3 (Darrin Shannon, Eastwood), 9:42. 4, Tampa Bay, Gratton 2 (Burr, Klima), 14:10.

Second Period-5, Winnipeg, Eastwood 3 (Drake), 11:12.

Third Period-6, Winnipeg, Drake 4, :15 (sh). 7, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 1, 19:50 (sh-en).

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 16-11-9-36. Winnipeg 10-8-3-21. Power-play Opportunities-Tampa Bay 0 of 4; Winnipeg 1 of 3. Goalies-Tampa Bay, Bergeron 0-2-0 (19 shots-15 saves), Puppa (9:42 second, 1-1), Bergeron (10:46 second). Winnipeg, Cheveldae 1-2-1 (36-34). A-6,770 (15,393).

Capitals 4, Stars 3

Dallas

Dale Hunter’s power-play goal with 14:46 to play broke a 3-3 tie and Washington beat Dallas.

Washington 0 3 1 - 4

Dallas 2 1 0 - 3

First Period-1, Dallas, Kennedy 2 (D.Hatcher, Harvey), 5:11 (pp). 2, Dallas, Adams 3 (Modano, Leyard), 10:02 (pp).

Second Period-3, Washington, Eagles 1 (Miller), 6:12. 4, Washington, Tinordi 1 (Juneau, Hunter), 7:06 (pp). 5, Washington, Ustorf 1 (Peake), 11:40. 6, Dallas, Gagner 6 (Lehtinen, Donnelly), 18:10.

Third Period-7, Washington, Hunter 2 (Johansson), 5:14 (pp).

Shots on goal-Washington 5-9-8-22. Dallas 10-6-11-27. Power-play Opportunities-Washington 2 of 4; Dallas 2 of 6. Goalies-Washington, Carey 4-0-0 (27 shots-24 saves). Dallas, Moog (9-7), Wakaluk 1-1-0 (7:06 second, 13-11).