Rangers Dominate Flyers, 4-0

NHL

Since sweeping the New York Rangers out of the Eastern Conference semifinals last season, the Philadelphia Flyers have become a measuring stick for the 1994 Stanley Cup champions.

The stick can officially be splintered now, much like the Flyers’ offense Saturday.

New York dominated Philadelphia in a 4-0 victory. The listless Flyers never really got close to scoring. Earlier in the season, the Rangers pulled out a 2-1 triumph in Philadelphia.

Rangers captain Mark Messier has been nothing short of dominant this season, and Saturday was no exception. Messier had two goals and two assists and now has 66 points (31 goals, 35 assists).

Rangers 4, Flyers 0

NY Rangers 2 1 1 - 4

Philadelphia 0 0 0 - 0

First period-1, New York, Messier 30 (Verbeek), :53. 2, New York, Graves 16 (Messier, Driver), 14:32 (pp).

Second period-3, New York, Messier 31 (Leetch, Karpovtsev), 19:24 (pp).

Third period-4, New York, Verbeek 30 (Messier, Karpovtsev), 18:06 (pp).

Shots on goal-New York 13-5-12-30. Philadelphia 5-12-6-23.Power-play opportunities-New York 3 of 8. Philadelphia 0 of 5.Goalies-New York, Healy 9-3-4 (23 shots, 23 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 14-6-3 (30-26).A-17,380 (17,380).

Bruins 3, Devils 2

Boston

Ray Bourque’s harmless shot from the point was deflected into the goal by a New Jersey defenseman with 4:22 left, and Craig Billington stopped 34 shots to lead Boston.

New Jersey 2 0 0 - 2

Boston 1 0 2 - 3

First period-1, New Jersey, Peluso 2 (Niedermeyer, Holik), 3:17. 2, New Jersey, Broten 7 (Thomas, Guerin), 15:47. 3, Boston, Reid 15 (Bourque, Donato), 18:30.

Second period-None.

Third period-4, Boston, Neely 23 (Oates, Elik), 6:43. 5, Boston, Bourque 14 (Donato), 15:38.

Shots on goal-New Jersey 12-18-6-36. Boston 7-9-9-25.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 0 of 2; Boston 0 of 2.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 15-18-4 (25 shots-22 saves). Boston, Billington 10-10-2 (36-34).A-17,565 (17,565).

Sharks 10, Penguins 8

Pittsburgh

Ray Sheppard scored his seventh career hat trick and backup goalie Wade Flaherty turned in solid relief work as San Jose rallied from a three-goal deficit.

San Jose 2 3 5 - 10

Pittsburgh 3 3 2 - 8

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 38 (Sandstrom, Mironov), 1:26 (sh). 2, San Jose, Nolan 19 (Whitney, Kyte), 9:03. 3, San Jose, Kozlov 3 (Sheppard, Janney), 12:10 (pp). 4, Pittsburgh, Nedved 19 (Naslund, Smolinski), 16:13. 5, Pittsburgh, Nedved 20 (Francis), 18:11.

Second period-6, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 29 (Smolinski, Wells), 2:53. 7, Pittsburgh, Jagr 37 (Lemieux, Francis), 3:45 (pp). 8, San Jose, Kyte 1 (Whitney, Kozlov), 5:02. 9, Pittsburgh, Zhubov 5 (Francis, Joseph), 9:34. 10, San Jose, Sheppard 22 (Janney, Bodger), 12:10 (pp). 11, San Jose, Nolan 20 (Baker, Friesen), 15:08.

Third period-12, San Jose, More 2 (Sykora, Friesen), 1:27. 13, San Jose, Sheppard 23 (Bodger), 5:18. 14, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 30 (Mironov, Lemieux), 10:14. 15, San Jose, Tancill 2 (Friesen, Baker), 10:46. 16, San Jose, Sheppard 24 (Miller), 12:09. 17, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 39 (Smolinski), 13:26. 18, San Jose, Whitney 11 (Nolan, Bodger), 18:49 (en).

Shots on goal-San Jose 12-16-13-41. Pittsburgh 10-16-12-38.Power-play opp.-San Jose 2 of 4; Pittsburgh 1 of 2.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri (12 shots-7 saves), Flaherty 1-7-0 (3:45 second, 26-23). Pittsburgh, Barrasso 16-5-2 (40-31).A-16,789 (17,181).

Canucks 5, Maple Leafs 2

Toronto

Bret Hedican and Esa Tikkanen scored two goals each, Russ Courtnall had one and Corey Hirsch made 43 saves in Vancouver’s win.

Vancouver 2 1 2 - 5

Toronto 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Vancouver, Courtnall 8 (Lumme, Gelinas), 6:57. 2, Vancouver, Hedican 3 (Walker, Stojanov), 16:14. 3, Toronto, Sundin 20, 19:20 (pp).

Second period-4, Toronto, Andreychuk 12 (Gilmour, Gill), 2:53. 5, Vancouver, Tikkanen 5 (Linden, Lumme), 7:02 (pp).

Third period-6, Van., Hedican 4 (Ronning, Gelinas), 10:49 (pp). 7, Van., Tikkanen 6 (Ronning, Lumme), 13:49 (pp).

Shots on goal-Vancouver 8-13-7-28. Toronto 12-18-15-45.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 3 of 8; Toronto 1 of 7.Goalies-Vancouver, Hirsch 5-3-3 (45 shots-43 saves). Toronto, Potvin 18-11-6 (28-23).A-15,746 (15,746).

Canadiens 3, Blues 3 (OT)

Montreal

Martin Rucinsky’s second goal of the game at 18:52 of the third period helped Montreal earn a tie. The Canadiens had pulled goaltender Pat Jablonski for an extra attacker when Vincent Damphousse slipped the puck to Rucinsky in the slot for a backhand shot that fooled goaltender Grant Fuhr.

St. Louis 0 3 0 0 - 3

Montreal 1 0 2 0 - 3

First Period-1, Montreal, Rucinsky 9 (Damphousse, Stevenson), 3:28.

Second Period-2, St. Louis, Hudson 4 (Noonan, Baron), 9:48. 3, St. Louis, Johnson 7 (Broten, Hudson), 13:33. 4, St. Louis, Matteau 7 (Corson, Kravchuk) 16:47 (pp).

Third Period-5, Montreal, Bure 9 (Turgeon, Kovalenko), 14:01. 6, Montreal, Rucinsky 10 (Damphousse, Brisebois), 18:52.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-St. Louis 18-14-8-1-41. Montreal 5-13-16-2-36.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 1 of 4; Montreal 0 of 3.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 18-16-7 (36 shots-33 saves). Montreal, Jablonski 2-4-4 (41-38).A-17,321 (16,259).

Red Wings 4, Capitals 2

Landover, Md.

Steve Yzerman got his 499th career goal in the decisive first period, and Detroit ended Washington’s eight-game home unbeaten streak.

Detroit 3 1 0 - 4

Washington 0 1 1 - 2

First period-1, Detroit, Johnson 14 (Primeau, Rouse), :32. 2, Detroit, Kozlov 21 (Fetisov, Johnson), 9:03 (pp). 3, Detroit, Yzerman 18 (Lidstrom, Fedorov), 17:00 (pp).

Second period-4, Washington, Miller 3 (Berube, Konowalchuk), 4:35. 5, Detroit, Coffey 4 (Fedorov, Bergevin), 10:42.

Third period-6, Washington, Konowalchuk 17 (Hunter, Tinordi), 12:52 (pp).

Shots on goal-Detroit 6-10-2-18. Washington 12-8-14-34.Power-play opp.-Detroit 2 of 5; Washington 1 of 8.Goalies-Detroit, Osgood 19-5-2 (34 shots-32 saves). Washington, Carey 18-13-3 (18-14).A-18,130 (18,130).

Lightning 4, Senators 1

St. Petersburg, Fla.

Alexander Selivanov’s third-period power-play goal and solid goaltending from Daren Puppa led Tampa Bay to a win.

Ottawa 0 0 1 - 1

Tampa Bay 0 1 3 - 4

First period-None.

Second period-1, Tampa Bay, Klima 18, (Zamuner, Gavey), 4:10.

Third period-2, Ottawa, Huffman 4 (Alfredsson, Yashin), 6:45 (pp). 3, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 20 (Gratton, Hamrlik), 8:11 (pp). 4, Tampa Bay, Bradley 9 (Bellows), 10:15. 5, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 8, 18:28 (sh).

Missed

Shots on goal-Ottawa 5-13-6-24. Tampa Bay 17-12-12-41.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 1 of 5; Tampa Bay 1 of 4.Goalies-Ottawa, Bales 2-11-1 (41 shots-37 saves). Tampa Bay, Puppa 12-6-4 (24-23).A-21,829 (28,000).

Oilers 5, Sabres 4, (OT)

Edmonton, Alberta

Doug Weight scored with 12 seconds left in overtime, leading Edmonton to a win.

Buffalo 1 2 1 0 - 4

Edmonton 2 2 0 1 - 5

First Period-1, Edmonton, Satan 7 (Czerkawski, Arnott), 11:27. 2, Edmonton, Hauer 3 (Weight, Czerkawski), 14:19. 3, Buffalo, Hughes 3 (Dawe, Wilson), 16:14.

Second Period-4, Edmonton, Norton 5 (Weight, Ciger), 1:03. 5, Edmonton, Buchberger 8 (Dufresne, Marchant), 12:33. 6, Buffalo, Barnaby 7 (Houda, Burridge), 13:10. 7, Buffalo, LaFontaine 18 (Galley, Plante), 13:41 (pp).

Third Period-8, Buffalo, Burridge 14 (Houda), 2:47.

Overtime-9, Edmonton, Weight 15 (Ciger, Buchberger), 4:48.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 10-19-8-0-37. Edmonton 11-12-16-2-41.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 1 of 5; Edmonton 0 of 6.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 12-14-3 (41 shots-36 saves). Edmonton, Joseph 1-0-0 (37-33).A-11,589 (16,230).