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Hull Blasts Keenan After Blues Victory

Associated Press

NHL

Brett Hull sidestepped three days of controversy, then turned his wrath on the Hartford Whalers.

And the former St. Louis Blues captain saved one last shot for coach Mike Keenan after Wednesday night’s 4-2 victory in Hartford, Conn.

“Any coach who thinks that the players play for him either doesn’t last that long or has delusions of grandeur,” said Hull, who played for the first time without the “C” since the 1989-90 season.

His line, led by center Dale Hawerchuk (one goal, three assists) and newly named captain Shane Corson (two assists), was on the ice for every Blues goal.

“Players play for themselves,” said Hull, who refused to credit the run-in with Keenan for inspiring the play.

St. Louis 4, Hartford 2

St. Louis 3 0 1 - 4

Hartford 0 2 0 - 2

First period-1, St. Louis, Norton 1 (Corson, Hawerchuk), 5:22. 2, St. Louis, Hawerchuk 1 (Hull, Corson), 6:02. 3, St. Louis, Pronger 2 (Hawerchuk, MacInnis), 15:00 (pp).

Second period-4, Hartford, Cassels 4 (Shanahan, Wesley), 2:17 (pp). 5, Hartford, Kron 2 (Sanderson), 4:36.

Third period-6, St. Louis, Hull 7 (Hawerchuk), 5:14.

Shots on goal-St. Louis 14-7-9-30. Hartford 12-13-7-32.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 1 of 4; Hartford 1 of 6.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 4-4-1 (32 shots-30 saves). Hartford, Burke 4-1-1 (30-26).A-10,527 (15,635).

Canadiens 7, Panthers 2

Montreal

Brian Savage scored two goals as Montreal won its third straight.

Pierre Turgeon, Mark Recchi, Benoit Brunet, Saku Koivu and Vincent Damphousse also scored for the Canadiens, who won their third consecutive home game since Mario Tremblay replaced Jacques Demers as head coach.

Florida 0 1 1 - 2

Montreal 3 3 1 - 7

First period-1, Montreal, Savage 4 (Recchi, Turgeon), 4:09 (pp). 2, Montreal, Brunet 2 (Koivu, Damphousse), 17:41 (pp). 3, Montreal, Savage 5 (Recchi, Turgeon), 18:23.

Second period-4, Montreal, Recchi 3 (Turgeon, Popovic), :24. 5, Florida, Barnes 5 (Svehla, Woolley), 1:11 (pp). 6, Montreal, Turgeon 5 (Recchi, Savage), 11:44. 7, Montreal, Koivu 3 (Bure, Popovic), 18:07 (pp).

Third period-8, Montreal, Damphousse 1 (Brunet), 3:39. 9, Florida, Murphy 2 (Skrudland, Hull), 17:51.

Shots on goal-Florida 11-8-7-26. Montreal 9-10-8-27.Power-play opp.-Florida 1 of 6; Montreal 3 of 5.Goalies-Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 4-2-0 (27 shots-20 saves). Montreal, Roy 3-5-0 (26-24).A-16,072 (16,259).

Flyers 3, Islanders 1

Philadelphia

John LeClair, Mikael Renberg and Rod Brind’Amour each scored during a three-minute span as the Philadelphia defeated New York.

After a scoreless first period, former Spokane Chief Mick Vukota gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead 2:28 into the second with his first goal of the year.

NY Islanders 0 1 0 - 1

Philadelphia 0 3 0 - 3

First period-None.

Second period-1, New York, Vukota 1 (Semak), 2:28. 2, Philadelphia, LeClair 6 (Lindros, Svoboda), 6:42. 3, Philadelphia, Renberg 6 (LeClair, Lindros), 7:41. 4, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 5 (DiMaio), 9:39 (sh).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-New York 6-4-10-20. Philadelphia 9-11-5-25.Power-play opp.-New York 0 of 6; Philadelphia 0 of 5.Goalies-New York, Soderstrom 1-3-1 (25 shots-22 saves). Philadelphia, Roussel 2-1-1 (20-19).A-17,302 (17,380).

Canucks 4, Devils 2

East Rutherford, N.J.

The line of Trevor Linden, Mike Ridley and Martin Gelinas each scored a goal as Vancouver beat New Jersey.

Cliff Ronning also scored and Kirk McLean had 20 saves as Vancouver snapped a two-game losing streak and handed the Stanley Cup champions only their second loss in eight games.

Vancouver 1 2 1 - 4 New Jersey 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Vancouver, Linden 5 (Oksiuta, Ridley), 17:13 (pp). New Jersey, MacLean 5 (Zelepukin, Daneyko), 19:28.

Second period-3, New Jersey, Guerin 1 (Thomas), :45. 4, Vancouver, Ridley 2 (Rohlin, Linden), 4:25. 5, Vancouver, Gelinas 4 (Linden, Ridley), 13:32.

Third period-6, Vancouver, Ronning 3 (Oksiuta), :59.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 10-12-6-28. New Jersey 10-7-5-22.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 1 of 7; New Jersey 0 of 4.Goalies-Vancouver, McLean 2-2-2 (22 shots20 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 5-2-0 (28-24).A-13,980 (19,040).

Avalanche 3, Flames 2

Calgary, Alberta

Peter Forsberg and Owen Nolan each had a goal and two assists as Colorado ruined Calgary’s home opener.

A crowd of 19,152 at the refurbished Saddledome saw the Flames’ winless streak fall to 0-5-3 - a franchise record for futility from the start of a season.

Colorado 1 1 1 - 3

Calgary 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Calgary, Titov 1 (Nylander, Patrick), 3:25 (pp). 2, Colorado, Nolan 4 (Forsberg, Ricci), 19:00 (pp).

Second period-3, Colorado, Forsberg 1 (Nolan, Gusarov), 4:35.

Third period-4, Colorado, Klemm 1 (Forsberg, Nolan), 5:45. 5, Calgary, Kohn 1 (Nylander, Torgajev), 16:15.

Shots on goal-Colorado 12-4-8-24. Calgary 7-7-7-21.Power-play opp.-Colorado 1 of 6; Calgary 1 of 7.Goalies-Colorado, Fiset 5-2-1 (21 shots-19 saves). Calgary, Kidd 0-3-3 (24-21).A-19,152 (20,230).

Jets 6, Sharks 1

San Jose, Calif.

Teemu Selanne had two goals and three assists as Winnipeg defeated San Jose.

Selanne got four points in the first period as the Jets took an early 4-0 lead.

Winnipeg 4 1 1 - 6

San Jose 0 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Winnipeg, Turcotte 4 (Selanne, Kovalev), 4:13. 2, Winnipeg, Selanne 2 (Mason, Tkachuk), 10:35 (pp). 3, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 4 (Selanne), 12:14. 4, Winnipeg, Selanne 3 (Koralev), 18:21.

Second period-5, Winnipeg, Gilhen 1 (Wilkinson, Tkachuk), 18:33.

Third period-6, San Jose, Ragnarsson 4 (Janney, Ozolinsh), 11:47 (pp). 7, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 5 (Selanne, Manson), 15:50.

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 18-6-13-37. San Jose 5-10-13-28.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 1 of 5; San Jose 1 of 6.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 3-0-0 (28 shots-27 saves). San Jose, Irbe 0-3-3 (37-31).A-17,190 (17,190).