Devils Win, Again

Four months later, nothing has changed between the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings. In the first meeting of the teams since the Devils swept the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup finals, New Jersey beat Detroit 4-2 Thursday night at the Meadowlands.

Scott Niedermayer, Tommy Albelin, Brian Rolston and Jim Dowd scored to help the Stanley Cup champions improve their record to 5-1.

Detroit, winless in its last three, had goals from Sergei Fedorov and Keith Primeau and led 2-1 in the first period.

After New Jersey took an early lead on a power-play goal by Niedermayer at 3:54, Fedorov evened the score exactly 1 minute later. With Detroit on the power play, Fedorov took a cross-ice pass from Paul Coffey and drilled a shot from the right point past Martin Brodeur.

Devils 4, Red Wings 2

Detroit 2 0 0 - 2

New Jersey 1 2 1 - 4

First Period-1, New Jersey, Niedermayer 1 (Chambers, McLean), 3:54 (pp). 2, Detroit, Federov 4 (Coffey, Lidstrom), 4:54 (pp). 3, Detroit, Primeau 4 (McCarty, Lidstrom), 6:29.

Second period-4, New Jersey, Albelin 1 (Thomas, Dowd), 15:22. 5, New Jersey, Rolston 1 (Guerin, Brylin), 16:03.

Third period-6, New Jersey, Dowd 2 (Albelin, Thomas), 2:38.

Shots on goal-Detroit 5-3-9-17. New Jersey 5-9-5-19.Power-play opp.-Detroit 1 of 7; New Jersey 1 of 3.Goalies-Detroit, Vernon 1-2-1 (19 shots-15 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 5-1-0 (17-15).A-16,147 (19,040).

Jets 3, Sharks 3 Winnipeg

San Jose scored three goals in third period in a tie with Winnipeg Jets.

Ulf Dahlen, Andrei Nazarov and Pat Falloon scored for the Sharks in the final period of regulation, the last two goals coming in a 16-second span that tied the game with 7:21 to play.

San Jose 0 0 3 0 - 3

Winnipeg 1 1 1 0 - 3

First Period-1, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 2 (Doig), 4:24.

Second Period-2, Winnipeg, Selanne 1 (Tkachuk, Turcotte), 11:58 (pp).

Third Period-3, San Jose, Dahlen 2 (Rathje, Miller), 3:05 (pp). 4, Winnipeg, Korolev 7 (Selanne, Tkachuk), 4:33 (pp). 5, San Jose, Nazarov 2 (Baker), 7:05. 6, San Jose, Falloon 3 (Ragnarsson, Ozolinsh), 7:21.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-San Jose 7-8-11-0-26. Winnipeg 6-13-10-1-30.Power-play Opp.-San Jose 1 of 7; Winnipeg 2 of 7.Goalies-San Jose, Irbe 0-2-2 (30 shots-27 saves). Winnipeg, Cheveldae 1-2-2 (26-23).A-9,001 (15,393).

Blues 1, Stars 1 St, Louis

Brett Hull and Mike Modano traded goals early in the second period and St. Louis and Dallas skated to a tie. Dallas’ Darcy Wakaluk stopped 37 shots, while Grant Fuhr, playing in his sixth straight game, stopped 28 shots for the Blues.

Dallas 0 1 0 0 - 1

St. Louis 0 1 0 0 - 1

First Period-None.

Second Period-1, St. Louis, Hull 5 (Zezel, Hawerchuk), :38 (pp). 2, Dallas, Modano 4 (Borschevsky, D.Hatcher), 2:39.

Third Period-None.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Dallas 12-11-3-3-29. St. Louis 14-10-10-4-38.Power-play Opp.-Dallas 0 of 8; St. Louis 1 of 7.Goalies-Dallas, Wakaluk 1-1-1 (38 shots-37 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 3-2-1 (29-28).A-16,843 (19,260).

Lightning 4, Blackhawks 1 Chicago

Chris Gratton scored twice and Daren Puppa made 24 saves as Tampa Bay snapped a three-game losing streak with its first road victory of the season.

Alexander Selivanov and Paul Ysebaert also scored for Tampa Bay, which held on for its first win ever in Chicago. Gary Suter scored Chicago’s lone goal in the third period during a two-man advantage.

Tampa Bay 1 1 2 - 4

Chicago 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 3 (Hamrlik, Burr), 9:03.

Second period-2, Tampa Bay, Gratton 3, 10:58 (pp).

Third period-3, Chicago, Suter 5 (Nicholls, Roenick), 3:15 (pp). 4, Tampa Bay, Ysebaert 2 (Bradley, Hamrlik), 10:18. 5, Tampa Bay, Gratton 4 (Ysebaert, Klima), 14:24.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 7-4-13-24. Chicago 6-10-9-25.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 1 of 6; Chicago 1 of 7.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 2-1-1 (25 shots-24 saves). Chicago, Belfour 3-2-0 (24-20).A-16,197 (20,500).

Senators 4, Flames 2 Ottawa

Calgary remained winless six games into the season following a loss to the Senators.

Calgary has three ties and three losses, all on the road, in the franchise’s longest winless streak.

Ottawa received spectacular goaltending from Don Beaupre, who stopped 32 shots, and came up with three power-play goals in eight opportunities.

Calgary 1 0 1 - 2

Ottawa 0 2 2 - 4

First period-1, Calgary, Murray 3 (Chiasson, Huscroft), 7:17.

Second period-2, Ottawa, Straka 1 (Duchesne, Bonk), 16:10 (pp). 3, Ottawa, Tormanen 1 (Quinn, Cunneyworth), 16:20.

Third period-4, Ottawa, Duchesne 1 (Alfredsson, Chorske), 7:20 (pp). 5, Ottawa, Huffman 1 (Quinn, Alfredsson), 10:38 (pp). 6, Calgary, Fleury 3 (Murray, Patrick), 17:05 (pp).

Shots on goal-Calgary 10-12-12-34. Ottawa 6-8-7-21.Power-play opp.-Calgary 1 of 4; Ottawa 3 of 8.Goalies-Calgary, Kidd 0-2-3 (21 shots-17 saves). Ottawa, Beaupre 2-2-0 (34-32).A-8,424 (10,575).