Flyers Edge Canadiens In Overtime

NHL

Eric Desjardins scored from the right circle with 29.8 seconds remaining in overtime as the Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal 3-2 Thursday night in Philadelphia.

Shjon Podein scrambled for the puck behind the Canadiens’ net and spotted Desjardins coming down from the point. Desjardins ripped a shot that got by goaltender Pat Jablonski for his fifth goal of the season.

Montreal 0 2 0 0 - 2 Philadelphia 1 1 0 1 - 3

First period-1, Philadelphia, Quinn 7 (Samuelsson, Brind’Amour), 6:59.

Second period-2, Philadelphia, LeClair 27 (Desjardins, Lindros), 1:53 (pp). 3, Montreal, Rucinsky 17 (Odelein, Recchi), 3:08. 4, Montreal, Damphousse 23 (Rucinsky), 13:52.

Third Period-None.

Overtime-5, Philadelphia, Desjardins 5 (Brind’Amour Podein), 4:30.

Shots on goal-Montreal 1-5-6-2-14. Philadelphia 13-17-6-3-39.Power-play Opp.-Montreal 0 of 3; Philadelphia 1 of 6.Goalies-Montreal, Jablonski 3-6-4 (39 shots-36 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 16-7-5 (14-12).A-17,380 (17,380).

Blues 2, Canucks 2 St. Louis

Alexander Mogilny had one apparent goal waved off in the final minute of regulation, then scored with 7.9 seconds to go to give Vancouver a tie with St. Louis.

Vancouver 0 1 1 0 - 2 St. Louis 0 2 0 0 - 2

First Period-None.

Second Period-1, St. Louis, G.Courtnall 14 (Hull), 1:18. 2, Vancouver, Linden 21 (Babych, Mogilny), 11:07 (pp). 3, St. Louis, Tardif 2 (Roberts), 13:09.

Third Period-4, Vancouver, Mogilny 40 (Linden, Lumme), 19:52 (pp).

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 13-7-16-0-36. St. Louis 13-8-5-3-29.Power-play Opp.-Vancouver 2 of 7; St. Louis 0 of 4.Goalies-Vancouver, Hirsch 7-7-5 (29 shots-27 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 21-18-9 (36-34).A-18,209 (19,260).

Bruins 2, Panthers 2 Boston

Jody Hull knocked a rebound past Bill Ranford at 11:15 of the third period and John Vanbiesbrouck stopped four Boston shots in overtime as the Bruins and Florida played to a tie.

Florida 1 0 1 0 - 2 Boston 1 1 0 0 - 2

First Period-1, Florida, Lowry 7 (Niedermayer, Mellanby), 5:34. 2, Boston, McEachern 16 (D.Sweeney), 19:19 (pp).

Second Period-3, Boston, Elik 8, 16:43.

Third Period-4, Florida, Hull 17 (Lindsay, Woolley), 11:15.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Florida 7-11-7-2-27. Boston 12-8-10-4-34.Power-play Opp.-Florida 0 of 4; Boston 1 of 2.Goalies-Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 18-9-5 (34 shots-32 saves). Boston, Ranford 16-21-6 (27-25).A-17,430 (17,565).

Capitals 4, Senators 2 Kanata, Ontario

Dale Hunter scored the game-winner midway through the third period as Washington overcame a two-goal deficit to beat Ottawa.

Michal Pivonka, Keith Jones and Steve Konawalchuk also scored for the Capitals.

Washington 0 2 2 - 4 Ottawa 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Ottawa, Musil 1 (Bonk, Daigle), 17:10.

Second period-2, Ottawa, Duchesne 7 (Yashin, Huffman), :29 (pp). 3, Washington, Pivonka 6 (Jones), 5:41 (pp). 4, Washington, Jones 16 (Bondra, Tinordi), 18:02.

Third period-5, Washington, Hunter 6 (Konowalchuk, Miller), 7:20. 6, Washington, Konowalchuk 21 (Miller, Johansson), 12:22.

Shots on goal-Washington 11-17-14-42. Ottawa 9-8-4-21.Power-play opp.-Washington 1 of 5; Ottawa 1 of 3.Goalies-Washington, Carey 21-15-4 (21 shots-19 saves). Ottawa, Rhodes 5-9-2 (42-38).A-12,322 (18,500).

Kings 6, Sharks 6 San Jose, Calif.

Jari Kurri twice made up deficits with a pair of third-period goals as Los Angeles gained a tie with San Jose.

The Kings, trailing 5-3, answered with a shorthanded goal by John Slaney and tied it at 5 when Kurri scored, off a feed from Wayne Gretzky, past goalie Chris Terreri with 11:39 remaining.

Los Angeles 3 0 3 0 - 6 San Jose 2 1 3 0 - 6

First Period-1, San Jose, Wood 2 (Donovan, Kozlov), 13:04; 2, Los Angeles, Lacroix 13 (McSorley, Perreault). 15:12 (pp). 3, San Jose, Odgers 3 (Baker, Tancil), 15:59. 4, Los Angeles, Shuchuk 1 (Todd, Khristich), 17:39. 5, Los Angeles, Potomski 1 (Todd), 17:57.

Second Period-6, San Jose, Baker 8 (Kyte), 11:19

Third Period-7, San Jose, Baker 9 (Tancil, Odgers), 2:53. 8, San Jose, Tancil 4 (Bodger), 4:43. 9, Los Angeles, Slaney 5 (Druce), 5:54 (sh). 10, Los Angeles, Kurri 11 (Gretzky, Boucher), 8:21. 11, San Jose, Wood 3 (Donovan, Kyte), 12:49. 12, Los Angeles, Kurri 12 (Khristich), 13:37.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 10-8-13-1-32. San Jose 9-12-16-1-38.Power-play Opp.-Los Angeles 1 of 5; San Jose 0 of 5.Goalies-Los Angeles, Hrudey 4-7-6 (38 shots-32 saves). San Jose, Flaherty (13-10), Terreri 12-19-1 (3:46, 2nd period, 19-16).A-17,190 (17,190).

Avalanche 6, Jets 4 Denver

Joe Sakic ignited a three-goal second period with a shorthanded goal and Claude Lemieux scored two goals as Colorado defeated Winnipeg.

Alexei Zhamnov had his first hat trick of the season for the Jets, who are 3-2-1 in their last six road games.

Winnipeg 1 1 2 - 4 Colorado 2 3 1 - 6

First period-1, Colorado, Lemieux 24 (Forsberg, Kamensky), 5:36. 2, Colorado, Deadmarsh 17 (Leschyshyn, Sakic), 11:22. 3, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 17 (Selanne, Maciver), 13:06 (pp).

Second period-4, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 18 (Maciver, Darryl Shannon), 6:24. 5, Colorado, Sakic 33, 13:00 (sh). 6, Colorado, Simon 6 (Yelle, Fiset), 13:57. 7, Colorado, Lemieux 25 (Forsberg, Ozolinsh), 19:24.

Third period-8, Winnipeg Olczyk 19 (Malgunas, Selanne), 4:13. 9, Colorado, Gusarov 4 (Lemieux, Kamensky), 13:20. 10, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 19 (Tkachuk, Salanne), 18:24 (pp).

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 6-9-13-28. Colorado 19-14-11-44.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 2 of 7; Colorado 0 of 4.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 13-7-1 (33 shots-28 saves), Cheveldae (20:00 3rd period, 11-10). Colorado, Fiset 16-4-6 (28-24).

Devils 1, Flames 1 Calgary, Alberta

A goal by Brian Rolston late in the third period earned New Jersey a tie with Calgary.

New Jersey 0 0 1 0 - 1 Calgary 1 0 0 0 - 1

First Period-1, Calgary, Titov 16 (Housley, Zalapski), 1:34 (pp).

Second Period-None.

Third Period-2, New Jersey, Rolston 4 (MacLean, Stevens), 16:42.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-New Jersey 8-8-8-3-27. Calgary 5-9-10-0-24.Power-play Opp.-New Jersey 0 of 4; Calgary 1 of 3.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 19-19-6 (24 shots-23 saves). Calgary, Kidd 9-15-7 (27-25).A-16,862 (20,230).