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Hawerchuk Lifts Blues With 500th Career Goal

Associated Press

NHL

Dale Hawerchuk became the 23rd player in NHL history to score 500 goals as the St. Louis Blues beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 Wednesday night.

Hawerchuk scored the historic goal on a 2-on-1 break at 10:26 of the third period.

Rob Pearson, playing his first game with St. Louis after being acquired Monday from Washington for Denis Chase, set up the 15-year veteran, whose slap shot from between the circles sailed under the cross bar for his 11th goal of the season.

“It was such a big goal for the team. I was really happy for him,” St. Louis coach Mike Keenan said. “It was a great night for him.”

Blues 4, Maple Leafs 0

St. Louis 0 1 3 - 4

Toronto 0 0 0 - 0

First period-None.

Second period-1, St. Louis, Roberts 1 (Hull, Kravchuk), 14:35 (pp).

Third period-2, St. Louis, Hawerchuk 11 (Pearson, Johnson), 10:26. 3, St. Louis, Courtnall 13 (Hull, Pronger), 17:36. 4, St. Louis, MacInnis 9, 19:06 (sh-en).

Shots on goal-St. Louis 11-13-7-31. Toronto 14-3-8-25.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 1 of 5; Toronto 0 of 5.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 21-18-8 (25 shots-25 saves). Toronto, Potvin 18-13-8 (30-27).A-15,746 (15,746).

Rangers 1, Stars 1

Dallas

Luc Robitaille’s power-play goal with 2:14 remaining in regulation lifted New York into a tie with Dallas, keeping the Rangers unbeaten in 1996.

Stars goalie Allan Bester was on the verge of his first NHL shutout in more than seven years before Robitaille tied it.

N.Y. Rangers 0 0 1 0 - 1

Dallas 0 1 0 0 - 1

First Period-None.

Second Period-1, Dallas, K.Hatcher 12 (Hogue, Fedyk), 13:59 (pp).

Third Period-2, New York, Robitaille 15 (Kovalev, Leetch), 17:46 (pp).

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-New York 4-10-10-4-28. Dallas 5-6-11-1-23.Power-play Opp.-New York 1 of 7; Dallas 1 of 7.Goalies-New York, Healy 11-3-7 (23 shots-22 saves). Dallas, Bester 3-1-1 (28-27).A-16,324 (16,924).

Lightning 4, Penguins 1

St. Petersburg, Fla.

John Cullen earned revenge against the team that gave up on him by scoring two goals, including the game-winner, in Tampa Bay’s victory over Pittsburgh.

Cullen, signed as a free agent by the Lightning after Pittsburgh decided not to re-sign him in the off-season, had a chance for the natural hat trick but was stopped by Penguins goaltender Ken Wregget on a breakaway midway through the second period.

Pittsburgh 1 0 0 - 1

Tampa Bay 3 1 0 - 4

First period-1, Tampa Bay, Bradley 12 (Andersson, Zamuner), :42. 2, Pittsburgh, Francis 22 (Lemieux, Sandstrom), 4:57 (pp). 3, Tampa Bay, Cullen 7 (Selivanov, Gratton), 14:25. 4, Tampa Bay, Cullen 8 (Selivanov, Hamrlik), 17:32.

Second period-5, Tampa Bay, Gratton 12 (Bellows, Klima), 15:03.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 6-7-11-24. Tampa Bay 15-12-10-37.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 1 of 6; Tampa Bay 1 of 5.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Wregget 12-10-1 (37 shots-33 saves). Tampa Bay, Puppa 15-9-4 (24-23).A-24,345 (28,000).

Sabres 6, Panthers 1

Buffalo, N.Y.

Pat LaFontaine had a goal and three assists to eclipse 900 career points, and Brad May added a pair of goals in a win over Florida.

Florida 0 1 0 - 1

Buffalo 3 0 3 - 6

First period-1, Buffalo, Burridge 16 (Plante, Donnelly), 3:07. 2, Galley 7 (LaFontaine, Peca), 5:36 (pp). 3, Buffalo, May 11 (Dawe, LaFontaine), 13:22.

Second period-4, Florida, Jovanovski 5 (Woolley), 2:32 (pp).

Third period-5, Buffalo, Dawe 12 (May, LaFontaine), 10:30. 6, Buffalo, May 12 (Zhitnik, Burridge), 13:52 (pp). 7, Buffalo, LaFontaine 21 (Dawe, Huddy), 18:56.

Shots on goal-Florida 8-12-14-34. Buffalo 15-3-10-28.Power-play opp.-Florida 1 of 6; Buffalo 2 of 4.Goalies-Florida, Fitzpatrick 13-5-1 (28 shots-22 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 14-18-3 (34-33).A-11,566 (16,230).

Bruins 3, Senators 1

Kanata, Ontario

Boston goaltender Bill Ranford’s 29 saves were the difference in a wide-open game as the Bruins defeated Ottawa.

Boston 0 2 1 - 3

Ottawa 0 0 1 - 1

First period-None.

Second period-1, Boston, Oates 16 (Elik), :19. 2, Boston, Stumpel 11 (McEachern, McLaren), 4:56.

Third period-3, Ottawa, Daigle 5 (Duchesne, Huffman), 11:35 (pp). 4, Boston, McEachern 15 (Tocchet, Stumpel), 14:45 (pp).

Shots on goal-Boston 7-15-3-25. Ottawa 7-10-13-30.Power-play opp.-Boston 1 of 3; Ottawa 1 of 5.Goalies-Boston, Ranford 16-21-5 (30 shots-29 saves). Ottawa, Rhodes 5-8-2 (25-22).A-15,795 (18,500).

Canadiens 5, Capitals 3

Montreal

Martin Rucinsky and Vincent Damphousse continued their torrid scoring pace for a fourth straight game to lead Montreal over Washington.

Washington 0 1 2 - 3

Montreal 4 0 1 - 5

First period-1, Montreal, Recchi 14 (Kovalenko, Turgeon), 3:40. 2, Montreal, Damphousse 21 (Rucinsky, Murray), 3:57. 3, Montreal, Rucinsky 16 (Damphousse, Recchi), 13:49 (pp). 4, Montreal, Damphousse 22 (Rucinsky, Quintal), 17:01.

Second period-5, Washington, Juneau 9 (Pivonka), 4:44 (pp).

Third period-6, Washington, Gonchar 9 (Juneau), :22. 7, Montreal, Bure 13, 1:25. 8, Washington, Konowalchuk 20 (Juneau, Gonchar), 15:12 (pp).

Shots on goal-Washington 5-9-12-26. Montreal 6-6-8-20.Power-play opp.-Washington 2 of 7; Montreal 1 of 5.Goalies-Washington, Carey 20-15-4 (5 shots-1 save), Kolzig (17:01 first, 15-14). Montreal, Thibeault 13-8-3 (26-23).A-16,739 (16,259).

Blackhawks 4, Oilers 0

Edmonton, Alberta

Ed Belfour stopped 35 shots for his first shutout of the season as Chicago started a six-game road trip with a win over Edmonton.

Chicago 1 3 0 - 4

Edmonton 0 0 0 - 0

First period-1, Chicago, Cummins 2 (Carney, Krivokrasov), 10:31.

Second period-2, Chicago, Nicholls 11 (Suter, Chelios), 17:39 (pp). 3, Chicago, Daze 25 (Chelios), 18:08. 4, Chicago, Sutter 7 (Murphy), 18:53.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Chicago 7-6-4-17. Edmonton 14-8-13-35.Power-play opp.-Chicago 1 of 2; Edmonton 0 of 5.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 13-10-8 (35 shots-35 saves). Edmonton, Joseph 4-3-0 (17-13).A-11,984 (16,230).

Mighty Ducks 2, Avalanche 1

Anaheim, Calif.

Guy Hebert outdueled Patrick Roy with 39 saves and Paul Kariya had a goal and an assist as Anaheim beat Colorado.

Colorado 0 0 1 - 1

Anaheim 0 1 1 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-1, Anaheim, Karpa 3 (Kariya, J.Sacco), 17:44 (sh).

Third period-2, Anaheim, Kariya 27 (Sillinger, Olausson), 8:59 (pp). 3, Coloradio, Sakic 32 (Kamensky, Leschyshyn), 12:08.

Shots on goal-Colorado 11-14-15-40. Anaheim 12-7-14-33.Power-play opp.-Colorado 0 of 6; Anaheim 1 of 5.Goalies-Colorado, Roy 20-16-2 (33 shots-31 saves). Anaheim, Hebert 14-17-3 (40-39).A-17,174 (17,174).

Whalers 6, Kings 4

Inglewood, Calif.

Jeff O’Neill scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Brendan Shanahan added two power-play goals and an assist in his 600th NHL career game as Hartford defeated Los Angeles.

Hartford 1 2 3 - 6

Los Angeles 1 1 2 - 4

First period-1, Los Angeles, Lacroix 12 (McSorley, Gretzky), 2:01. 2, Hartford, Burt 1 (McCrimmon, O’Neill), 11:26.

Second period-3, Hartford, O’Neill 6 (Shanahan, Emerson), 4:49. 4, Hartford, Shanahan 24 (Emerson, Brown), 11:18 (pp). 5, Los Angeles, Khristich 17 (Gretzky, Slaney), 17:50 (pp).

Third period-6, Hartford, Shanahan 25 (Emerson), 6:13 (pp). 7, Los Angeles, Khristich 18 (Kurri, Slaney), 11:52. 8, Hartford, Sanderson 20, 12:38. 9, Los Angeles, Kurri 10 (McSorley, Gretzky), 17:47 (pp). 10, Hartford, Sanderson 21 (Cassels), 18:08.

Shots on goal-Hartford 13-10-12-35. Los Angeles 11-13-10-34.Power-play opp.-Hartford 2 of 4; Los Angeles 2 of 4.Goalies-Hartford, Burke 17-20-4 (34 shots-30 saves). Los Angeles, Dafoe 10-15-6 (35-29).A-11,775 (16,005).