Canucks Complete Comeback

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Alexander Mogilny had two goals and four points, but the moment he’ll remember most is the time he didn’t receive a pass when he was wide open.

Mogilny was left unchecked in front of the Philadelphia net in overtime, but center Cliff Ronning of the Vancouver Canucks apparently didn’t see his teammate slapping his stick on the ice.

Ronning instead skated behind the net and lost possession, leaving Mogilny shaking his head in frustration just when he could have finished off the Flyers.

Mogilny’s second goal of the game with 5 seconds remaining in the third period allowed the Canucks to complete a furious comeback to tie Philadelphia 5-5 Sunday in Vancouver, British Columbia.

“I had a chance to win the game, but I guess we should be happy with the tie,” said the subdued Mogilny. “The guys got together in the third.

Vancouver scored four times in the third, the last two with netminder Kirk McLean pulled for an extra attacker.

Martin Gelinas scored a short-handed marker at 18:03 on a pass from Mogilny before the talented Russian tied things at 19:55 by converting an Adrian Aucoin rebound.

It was only the second time this season Philadelphia netminder Ron Hextall has allowed more than three goals in a game.

Flyers 5, Canucks 5

Philadelphia 1 2 2 0 - 5

Vancouver 1 0 4 0 - 5

First period-1, Philadelphia, Romaniuk 3 (Falloon, Brind’Amour), 5:15 (pp). 2, Vancouver, Mogilny 27 (Gelinas, Murzyn), 9:17.

Second period-3, Philadelphia, Desjardins 2 (Otto, Lindros), 7:06 (pp). 4, Philadelphia, LeClair 22 (Otto), 8:56.

Third period-5, Vancouver, Lumme 6 (Mogilny), 1:14, 6, Philadelphia, Therien 6 (Brind’Amour), 2:36 (pp). 7, Philadelphia, Klatt 5 (Lindros), 9:35. 8, Vancouver, Courtnall 6 (Gelinas, Lumme), 10:41 (pp). 9, Vancouver, Gelinas 15 (Mogilny, Linden), 18:03 (sh). 10, Vancouver, Mogilny 28 (Aucoin, Lumme), 19:55.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 5-14-8-0-27. Vancouver 10-5-10-0-25.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 3 of 7; Vancouver 1 of 7.Goalies-Philadelphia, Hextall 13-5-2 (25 shots-20 saves). Vancouver, McLean 9-12-8 (27-22)A-18,422 (18,422).

Mighty Ducks 2, Kings 2

Anaheim, Calif.

Kevin Todd and Rick Tocchet scored less than 6 minutes apart in the third period as Los Angeles rallied twice to tie Anaheim.

Guy Hebert stopped all 20 shots by the Kings over the first two periods, but Todd tied the score 1-1 2 minutes into the third with his ninth goal after Hebert put the puck right on his stick with a dangerous clearing pass in front of the net.

Joe Sacco regained the lead for the Ducks just 46 seconds later with his fifth goal and second in 17 games. But Tocchet pulled the Kings even again with his 13th goal.

Los Angeles 0 0 2 0 - 2

Anaheim 1 0 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Anaheim, Karpa 2 (Valk), 1:22.

Second period-None.

Third period-2, Los Angeles, Todd 9, 2:00. 3, Anaheim, J.Sacco 5 (Dollas, York), 2:46. 4, Los Angeles, Tocchet 13 (Khristich, Todd), 7:43.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 10-10-16-0-36. Anaheim 11-15-12-3-41.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 5; Anaheim 0 of 4.Goalies-Los Angeles, Hrudey 2-4-4 (41 shots-39 saves). Anaheim, Hebert 10-12-2 (36-34).A-17,174 (17,174).

Islanders 5, Sabres 2

Buffalo, N.Y.

Wendel Clark and Marty McInnis scored 18 seconds apart in the third period to lift New York over Buffalo.

Clark’s 18th goal, with 7:36 left in the game, gave the Islanders a 3-2 lead. Skating down ice, Zigmund Palffy left the puck for an open Clark, who drilled a slap shot past Buffalo goalie John Blue.

McInnis then skated through several Buffalo defenders and put a shot high past Blue’s stick side.

N.Y. Islanders 2 0 3 - 5

Buffalo 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, New York, Semak 13 (Darby, Andersson), 6:30. 2, Buffalo, Audette 11 (Burridge, Derek Plante), 13:16 (pp). 3, New York, Bertuzzi 8 (McInnis), 17:24.

Second period-None.

Third period-4, Buffalo, Pearson 1 (Peca, Huddy), 7:16; 5, New York, Clark 18 (Palffy, Luongo), 12:24. 6, New York, McInnis 3 (King, Green), 12:42. 7, New York, Cole 1 (King, Severyn), 19:29 (en).

Shots on goal-New York 12-7-9-28. Buffalo 7-10-17-34.Power-play opp.-New York 0 of 2; Buffalo 1 of 7.Goalies-New York, Soderstrom 5-10-4 (34 shots32 saves). Buffalo, Blue 0-2-0 (27-23). A-15,598 (16,230).

Lightning 3, Senators 0

Ottawa

Not even the return of Alexei Yashin could bring a victory for Ottawa.

The Senators’ first game with their holdout back in the lineup went like so many of those before his return - a suspenseless victory for the opponent, in this case in favor of Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay 1 1 1 - 3

Ottawa 0 0 0 - 0

First period-1, Tampa Bay, Bradley 8 (Hamrlik, Klima). 3:53 (pp).

Second period-2, Tampa Bay, Hamrlik 8 (Shaw, Bellows), 14:43.

Third period-3, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 6 (Cullen), 19:39 (en).

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 14-6-6-26. Ottawa 3-11-4-18.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 1 of 3; Ottawa 0 of 6.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 10-4-4 (18 shots-18 saves). Ottawa, Beaupre 6-19-0 (25-23).A-8,522 (10,575).

Red Wings 3, Whalers 2

Detroit

Chris Osgood made 28 saves and added an assist to lead Detroit to its ninth straight victory, a triumph over Hartford.

The nine-game winning streak ties a team record set in 1955, the last time the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup. They have also won 15 of 16 and 22 of 24, and extended their streak of holding teams to two goals or less to 11 games.

Hartford 2 0 0 - 2

Detroit 2 1 0 - 3

First period-1, Detroit, Brown 6 (Fetisov, Konstantinov), 5:00. 2, Hartford, Ranheim 4 (Kron), 5:24. 3, Detroit, Lidstrom 9 (Johnson, Yzerman), 14:04 (sh). 4, Hartford, Dineen 1 (Cassels, Sanderson), 17:15.

Second period-5, Detroit, Primeau 9 (Taylor, Osgood), 1:58.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Hartford 14-8-8-30. Detroit 13-14-12-39.Power-play opp.-Hartford 0 of 2; Detroit 0 of 2.Goalies-Hartford, Burke 9-16-3 (39 shots-36 saves). Detroit, Osgood 17-3-1 (30-28).A-19,983 (19,875).

Bruins 5, Jets 3

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ted Donato and Cam Neely scored twice each and Shawn McEachern added a goal to lead Boston over Winnipeg.

Eddie Olczyk, Mike Stapleton and Mike Eastwood scored for the Jets.

Boston 1 3 1 - 5

Winnipeg 1 2 0 - 3

First period-1, Boston, Neely 18 (Oates), 5:36. 2, Winnipeg, Olczyk 18 (Zhamnov, Selanne), 16:49 (pp).

Second period-3, Winnipeg, Stapleton 2 (Gilhen, Maciver), 1:51. 4, Boston, Donato 11 (Reid), 4:21. 5, Winnipeg, Eastwood 6 (Stapleton, Tkachuk), 8:33. 6, Boston, Donato 12 (Reid, Zombo), 18:33. 7, Boston, McEachern 12 (Stumpel, Czerkawski), 19:46.

Third period-8, Boston, Neely 19 (en), 19:54.

Shots on goal-Boston 10-11-6-27. Winnipeg 8-10-8-28.Power-play opp.-Boston 0 of 1; Winnipeg 1 of 4.Goalies-Boston, Billington 7-8-1 (28 shots-25 saves). Winnipeg, Cheveldae 5-14-3 (26-22).A-15,513 (15,393).

Blackhawks 5, Devils 0

Chicago

Jeff Hackett made 29 saves for his eighth consecutive victory, tying Tony Esposito’s team record, as Chicago defeated New Jersey.

Jeremy Roenick, Sergei Krivokrasov, Tony Amonte, Murray Craven and Eric Daze scored for the Blackhawks, who managed only 15 shots but still extended their winning streak to five games and their unbeaten string to eight (7-0-1).

New Jersey 0 0 0 - 0

Chicago 1 2 2 - 5

First period-1, Chicago, Roenick 20 (Nicholls), 2:07 (pp).

Second period-2, Chicago, Krivokrasov 4 (Carney), 8:36. 3, Chicago, Amonte 10 (Krivokrasov, Roenick), 19:08.

Third period-4, Chicago, Craven 11 (Savard, Sutter), 13:03 (pp). 5, Chicago, Daze 17 (Craven, Savard), 19:13 (pp).

Shots on goal-New Jersey 9-8-12-29. Chicago 4-4-7-15.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 0 of 7; Chicago 3 of 4.Goalies-New Jersey, Schwab 0-3-0 (8 shots-5 saves), Brodeur (0:00 third, 7-5). Chicago, Hackett 9-3-3 (29-29).A-21,746 (20,500).

Flames 3, Rangers 1

Calgary, Alberta

Michael Nylander scored two first-period goals and Calgary defeated New York, ending the Rangers’ six-game unbeaten streak.

The Rangers are winless in their last 10 games at the Saddledome.

Also scoring for the Flames was Theoren Fleury. Mark Messier had a goal for New York.

N.Y. Rangers 0 1 0 - 1

Calgary 2 0 1 - 3

First period-1, Calgary, Nylander 9 (Stillman, Kennedy), 2:43. 2, Calgary, Nylander 10 (Titov, Fleury), 14:13 (pp).

Second period-3, New York, Messier 25 (Verbeek, Karpovtsev), 5:12.

Third period-4, Calgary, Fleury 15 (Chiasson, Patrick), 14:56 (pp).

Shots on goal-New York 6-17-5-28. Calgary 10-12-6-28.Power-play opp.-New York 0 of 4; Calgary 2 of 7.Goalies-New York, Healy 6-3-3 (28 shots-25 saves). Calgary, Kidd 5-14-5 (28-27). A-19,284 (20,230).

Senators cut Quinn

On the night when star center Alexei Yashin returned to the lineup against Tampa Bay, the Ottawa Senators waived second-leading scorer Dan Quinn.

“It’s simply a chemistry move,” general manager Pierre Gauthier said of his second major roster change since taking over from fired Randy Sexton on Dec. 11.

Quinn, a smallish center, had six goals and 18 assists, second on the Senators behind rookie wing Daniel Alfredsson’s 29 points.

Bowness gets Islanders job

The New York Islanders hired former Ottawa Senators head coach Rick Bowness as associate coach.

Bowness was fired earlier this season by the Senators after his team posted a 6-13-0 record. He had coached the Senators for three years.