Nhl

Lightning 4, Islanders 3

St. Petersburg, Fla.

Brian Bellows and Aaron Gavey scored in an 18-second span of the third period as Tampa Bay rallied for the win.

N.Y. Islanders 1 2 0 - 3

Tampa Bay 0 1 3 - 4

First period-1, New York, Bertuzzi 15 (Taylor, Kasparaitis), 8:51.

Second period-2, Tampa Bay, Gratton 17 (Bellows, Weimer), :12. 3, New York, Green 23 (Palffy, N.Andersson), 6:12. 4, New York, N.Andersson 13 (Kasparaitis), 13:07 (sh).

Third period-5, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 28 (Ysebaert, Poeschek), 1:32. 6, Tampa Bay, Bellows 23 (Gratton, Hamrlik), 11:44. 7, Tampa Bay, Gavey 8 (Selivanov, Ysebaert), 12:02.

Shots on goal-New York 16-5-5-26. Tampa Bay 6-8-15-29.Power-play opp.-New York 0 of 3; Tampa Bay 0 of 5.Goalies-New York, Fichaud 7-12-0 (29 shots-25 saves). Tampa Bay, Puppa 27-19-9 (26-23).A-20,825 (28,000).

Flames 3, Oilers 2

Edmonton, Alberta

Jocelyn Lemieux, who hadn’t scored in over a month, made up for it with two goals as Calgary edged Edmonton.

Calgary 0 2 1 - 3

Edmonton 2 0 0 - 2

First period-1, Edmonton, DeBrusk 1 (Buchberger, Mironov), 11:18. 2, Edmonton, Satan 18 (Czerkawski, McAmmond), 13:30 (pp).

Second period-3, Calgary, Lemieux 3 (Nylander, Patrick), 7:27. 4, Calgary, Lemieux 4 (Nylander), 12:35.

Third period-5, Calgary, Zalapski 11 (Evason), 2:27.

Shots on goal-Calgary 11-12-11-34. Edmonton 12-7-8-27.Power-play opp.-Calgary 0 of 2; Edmonton 1 of 3.Goalies-Calgary, Kidd 15-20-8 (27 shots-25 saves). Edmonton, Gage 2-8-1 (34-31).A-15,869 (16,230).

Whalers 5, Penguins 4

Hartford, Conn.

Brad McCrimmon, Gerald Diduck and Scott Daniels, who had seven goals between them, scored to lead Hartford past Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh 1 0 3 - 4

Hartford 1 3 1 - 5

First period-1, Hartford, O’Neill 8 (Kron, Nikolishin), 11:09 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Nedved 43 (Jagr, Francis), 18:27.

Second period-3, Hartford, McCrimmon 3 (O’Neill), 1:25. 4, Hartford, Diduck 1 (Kron, Nikolishin), 9:00. 5, Hartford, Daniels 3 (Cassels, Wesley), 17:49.

Third period-6, Pittsburgh, Wilkinson 3, 5:26. 7, Pittsburgh, Daigneault 3 (Lemieux, Zubov), 9:30 (pp). 8, Hartford, Emerson 28 (Shanahan, Brown), 15:14. 9, Pittsburgh, Jagr 62 (Nedved), 19:17.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 7-12-14-33. Hartford 8-13-15-36.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 1 of 3; Hartford 1 of 3.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Barrasso 28-15-2 (36 shots-31 saves). Hartford, Burke 27-28-6 (33-29).A-12,683 (15,635).

Panthers 5, Rangers 3

New York

Florida, led by Tom Fitzgerald’s two goals, beat injury-strapped New York and moved closer to its first playoff berth.

Florida 2 2 1 - 5

N.Y. Rangers 0 2 1 - 3

First period-1, Florida, Fitzgerald 12 (Lowry, Svensson), 4:11. 2, Florida, Mellanby 31 (Garpenlov, Svehla), 12:27 (pp).

Second period-3, New York, Graves 22 (Leetch, M.Richter), 1:15. 4, Florida, Fitzgerald 13 (Lindsay), 12:57 (sh). 5, New York, C.Ferraro 1 (P.Ferraro, Leetch), 14:00 (pp). 6, Florida, Garpenlov 22 (Niedermayer, Svehla), 17:13.

Third period-7, New York, Momesso 11 (Kovalev, Leetch), 10:45. 8, Florida, Lindsay 12, 19:45 (sh-en).

Shots on goal-Florida 18-13-3-34. New York 14-11-16-41.Power-play opp.-Florida 1 of 6; New York 1 of 8.Goalies-Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 25-19-7 (41 shots-38 saves). New York, M.Richter 24-11-3 (33-29).A-18,200 (18,200). < Mighty Ducks 2, Canucks 0

Anaheim, Calif.

Guy Hebert’s goaltending and goals by Steve Rucchin and Roman Oksiuta lifted Anaheim over Vancouver.

Vancouver 0 0 0 - 0

Anaheim 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Anaheim, Rucchin 18 (Selanne), 12:02.

Second period-2, Anaheim, Oksiuta 21 (Kariya, Selanne), 18:00 (pp).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 10-11-11-32. Anaheim 8-7-7-22.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 0 of 4; Anaheim 1 of 5.Goalies-Vancouver, Hirsch 17-14-6 (22 shots-20 saves). Anaheim, Hebert 26-22-5 (32-32).A-17,174 (17,174).

Blues 2, Jets 2, tie

St. Louis

Dallas Drake scored with 5 seconds to go in regulation, giving Winnipeg a tie.

Winnipeg 0 1 1 0 - 2

St. Louis 1 0 1 0 - 2

First Period-1, St. Louis, Hull 42 (Khymlev, Anderson), 13:57.

Second Period-2, Winnipeg, Shannon 4 (Manson, Olczyk), 1:33.

Third Period-3, St. Louis, Hull 43 (Corson, MacInnis), 5:17 (pp). 4, Winnipeg, Drake 19 (Numminen, Janney), 19:55.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 4-7-17-4-32. St. Louis 13-13-11-2-39.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 0 of 4; St. Louis 1 of 4.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 25-18-3 (39 shots-37 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 30-27-15 (32-30).A-20,514 (19,260).