Nhl

Rangers 7, Sharks 4

New York

Brian Leetch scored the tiebreaker and set up another goal in the third period as New York beat San Jose and extended its home-ice unbeaten streak to 19 games.

Mark Messier had two goals and two assists and Pat Verbeek had two power-play goals, including the 400th of his career, and an assist.

San Jose 3 1 0 - 4

N.Y. Rangers 3 1 3 - 7

First period-1, New York, Nemchinov 8 (Presley, Samuelsson), 4:27. 2, New York, Verbeek 28 (Messier, Driver), 8:16 (pp). 3, San Jose, Whitney 9 (Nolan, More), 14:01. 4, San Jose, Wood 1, 15:46 (sh). 5, New York, Ferraro 19 (Kovalev, Robitaille), 16:40. 6, San Jose, Whitney 10 (Ragnarsson), 17:04.

Second period-7, San Jose, Sheppard 21 (Janney, Miller), 7:42 (pp). 8, New York, Verbeek 29 (Graves, Messier), 16:32 (pp).

Third period-9, New York, Leetch 8 (Robitaille, Ferraro), 9:23. 10, New York, Messier 28 (Leetch), 13:25 (pp). 11, New York, Messier 29 (Verbeek, Driver), 16:37 (pp).

Shots on goal-San Jose 13-8-8-29. New York 15-17-13-45.Power-play opp.-San Jose 1 of 3; New York 4 of 7.Goalies-San Jose, Flaherty 0-7-0 (45 shots-38 saves). New York, Healy 8-3-4 (29-25).A-18,200 (18,200).

Maple Leafs 5, Kings 4

Toronto

Dave Andreychuk shook out of his season-long slump as Toronto defeated Los Angeles.

Los Angeles 3 0 1 - 4

Toronto 2 2 1 - 5

First period-1, Los Angeles, Khristich 13 (Todd), 1:49. 2, Toronto, B.Berg 1 (Craig), 4:41. 3, Los Angeles, Finn 2 (Gretzky, Granato), 9:12. 4, Toronto, Gartner 21 (Ellett), 13:12. 5, Los Angeles, Lacroix 10 (Perreault, Shuchuk), 17:35.

Second period-6, Toronto, Warriner 4 (Hogue, Sundin), 5:48 (pp). 7, Toronto, Sundin 18 (Hogue, Murphy), 18:37 (pp).

Third period-8, Toronto, Andreychuk 11 (Gilmour, Murphy), 10:34. 9, Los Angeles, O’Donnell 1 (Khristich, Lang), 15:45.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 13-6-11-30. Toronto 9-14-12-35.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 3; Toronto 2 of 5.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 10-11-6 (35 shots-30 saves). Toronto, Potvin 18-10-6 (30-26).A-15,746 (15,746).

Canucks 2, Canadiens 2 (OT)

Montreal

Jyrki Lumme’s goal 9:55 into the second period gave Vancouver a tie with Montreal.

Vancouver 1 1 0 0 - 2

Montreal 2 0 0 0 - 2

First period-1, Montreal, Kovalenko 15 (Turgeon, Popovic), 12:15. 2, Montreal, Malakhov 2 (Odelein, Stevenson), 15:20. 3, Vancouver, Tikkanen 4 (Lumme, Rohlin), 19:39 (pp).

Second period-4, Vancouver, Lumme 8 (Ronning, Courtnall), 9:55 (pp).

Third period-None.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 9-12-7-0-28. Montreal 14-9-8-1-32.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 2 of 7; Montreal 0 of 5.Goalies-Vancouver, Hirsch 4-3-3 (32 shots-30 saves). Montreal, Jablonski 2-4-3 (28-26).A-16,940 (16,259).

Red Wings 4, Stars 0

Dallas

All-Star goalie Chris Osgood stopped 25 shots for his fourth shutout of the season as Detroit spoiled the NHL coaching debut of Ken Hitchcock by defeating Dallas.

Detroit 1 1 2 - 4

Dallas 0 0 0 - 0

First period-1, Detroit, Ciccarelli 9 (Fedorov, Lidstrom), 17:03 (pp).

Second period-2, Detroit, Taylor 4, 1:21.

Third period-3, Detroit, Kozlov 20 (Larionov, Brown), 2:55. 4, Detroit, Yzerman 17 (Ciccarelli, Kozlov), 15:07 (pp).

Shots on goal-Detroit 7-6-17-30. Dallas 8-8-9-25.Power-play opp.-Detroit 2 of 6; Dallas 0 of 7.Goalies-Detroit, Osgood 18-5-2 (25 shots-25 saves). Dallas, Wakaluk 6-10-4 (30-26).A-15,621 (16,924).

Jets 4, Sabres 1

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Keith Tkachuk scored two power-play goals to lead Winnipeg over Buffalo.

Buffalo 0 1 0 - 1

Winnipeg 0 1 3 - 4

First period-None.

Second period-1, Buffalo, May 8 (Plante, Galley), 2:58. 2, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 21 (Numminen, Maciver), 6:18 (pp).

Third period-3, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 22 (Zhamnov, Numminen), 7:25 (pp). 4, Winnipeg, Stapleton 4 (Korolev, Manson), 7:54. 5, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 15 (Selanne, Finley), 18:36.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 9-10-15-34. Winnipeg 8-12-14-34.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 0 of 9; Winnipeg 2 of 7.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 12-12-3 (34 shots-30 saves). Winnipeg, Cheveldae 8-15-3 (34-33).A-9,326 (15,393).

Panthers 4, Avalanche 4

Denver

Scott Young scored twice and Paul Brousseau added his first NHL goal in the third period as Colorado rallied to tie Florida.

Florida 2 1 1 0 - 4

Colorado 0 1 3 0 - 4

First period-1, Florida, Laus 1 (Lindsay, Svehla), 6:32. 2, Florida, Lowry 4 (Barnes), 16:38.

Second period-3, Florida, Mellanby 22 (Niedermayer, Garpenlov), 6:09. 4, Colorado, Keane 3 (Leschyshyn), 6:59.

Third period-5, Colorado, Young 11 (Deadmarsh), :20. 6, Florida, Lowry 5 (Fitzgerald, Carkner), 5:01. 7, Colorado, Young 12 (Lefebvre, Gusarov), 12:09. 8, Colorado, Brousseau 1 (Wolanin, Kamensky), 13:10.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Florida 8-4-10-1-23. Colorado 8-16-12-0-36.Power-play opp.-Florida 0 of 3; Colorado 0 of 5.Goalies-Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 17-8-2 (36 shots-32 saves). Colorado, Roy 17-14-2 (23-19).A-16,061 (16,061).

Flames 3, Whalers 2 (OT)

Calgary, Alberta

Sandy McCarthy scored 2:06 into overtime to lift Calgary over Hartford.

Hartford 0 1 1 0 - 2

Calgary 1 1 0 1 - 3

First period-1, Calgary, Roberts 1 (Zalapski, Tabaracci), 5:01 (pp).

Second period-2, Calgary, Stillman 9 (Nylander, Kennedy), 9:27. 3, Hartford, Sanderson 15 (Dineen, Cassels), 19:55.

Third period-4, Hartford, Kron 10 (Ranheim, Nikolishin), 10:44.

Overtime-5, Calgary, McCarthy 5 (Kruse, Sullivan), 2:06.

Shots on goal-Hartford 5-7-10-0-22. Calgary 12-11-10-1-34.Power-play opp.-Hartford 0 of 3; Calgary 1 of 3.Goalies-Hartford, Burke 12-18-3 (34 shots-31 saves). Calgary, Tabaracci 8-7-2 (22-20).A-16,469 (20,230).