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Hasek Leads Sabres To First Win At Home

Associated Press

Dominik Hasek made 20 saves, and Derek Plante and Jason Dawe each scored for the first time this season Wednesday night as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 in Buffalo, N.Y.

The win was Buffalo’s first at home this season in three games.

Sabres 4, Oilers 1

Edmonton 0 0 1 - 1 Buffalo 2 1 1 - 4

First period-1, Buffalo, Peca 2 (LaFontaine), 2:20 (pp). 2, Buffalo, Plante 1, 15:15.

Second period-3, Buffalo, Dawe 1 (Burridge, Zhitnik), :43.

Third period-4, Edmonton, Ciger 3 (Kravchuk, Weight), 3:18 (pp). 5, Buffalo, Burridge 2 (LaFontaine, Ray), 3:54.

Shots on goal-Edmonton 3-8-10-21. Buffalo 12-9-8-29.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 1 of 9; Buffalo 1 of 5.Goalies-Edmonton, Gage 0-1-0 (29 shots-25 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 2-3-0 (21-20).A-10,883 (16,230).

Avalanche 4, Capitals 2

Denver

Martin Rucinsky and Adam Deadmarsh scored goals 58 seconds apart in the second period as Colorado defeated Washington.

Washington 0 2 0 - 2 Colorado 2 2 0 - 4

First period-1, Colorado, Sakic 6 (Young), 4:37. 2, Colorado, Nolan 3 (Young, Sakic), 9:13 (pp).

Second period-3, Washington, Peake 3 (Juneau, Johnson), :28 (pp). 4, Colorado, Rucinsky 1 (Forsberg), :54. 5, Colorado, Deadmarsh 3 (Slaney, Yelle), 1:52. 6, Washington, Hunter 3 (Johansson, Juneau), 19:36 (pp).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Washington 6-13-11-30. Colorado 13-10-10-33.Power-play opp.-Washington 2 of 5; Colorado 1 of 4.Goalies-Washington, Carey 4-1-0 (18 shots-14 saves), Kolvig (1:52 2nd period, 15-15). Colorado, Fiset 3-2-1 (30-28).A-15,589 (16,061).

Canucks 5, Mighty Ducks 1

Anaheim, Calif.

Alexander Mogilny scored twice in the third period and Kirk McLean, who had given up 15 goals in his last three games, stopped 34 shots as Vancouver beat Anaheim.

Vancouver 1 1 3 - 5 Anaheim 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Vancouver, Linden 3 (Hedican, Beranek), 14:35.

Second period-2, Vancouver, Cullimore 1 (Odjick, Sandlak), 12:33.

Third period-3, Anaheim, Kariya 5 (Krygier, Kilger), 1:54. 4, Vancouver, Mogilny 6 (Oksiuta, Brown), 12:53. 5, Vancouver, Brown 1 (Odjick, Sandlak), 17:39. 6, Vancouver, Mogilny 7, 19:42.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 10-10-10-30. Anaheim 10-9-18-37.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 0 of 2; Anaheim 0 of 5.Goalies-Vancouver, McLean 1-1-2 (37 shots-36 saves). Anaheim, Shtalenkov 1-1-0 (30-25).A-17,174 (17,174).

Kings 1, Flyers 1

Inglewood, Calif.

Tony Granato scored a power-play goal 2 minutes into the game as Los Angeles and Philadelphia skated to a tie.

Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 - 1 Los Angeles 1 0 0 0 - 1

First Period-1, Philadelphia, Lindros 4 (Renberg, Svoboda), 1:00. 2, Los Angeles, Granato 2 (Tocchet, Perreault), 2:10 (pp).

Second Period-None.

Third Period-None.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 4-14-5-1-24. Los Angeles 7-5-9-1-22.Power-play Opp.-Philadelphia 0 of 9; Los Angeles 1 of 7.Goalies-Philadelphia, Roussel 1-0-1 (22 shots-21 saves). Los Angeles, Dafoe 2-0-3 (24-23).A-15,542 (16,005).