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Ranford Key In First Start For Bruins

Associated Press

NHL

Adam Oates scored twice and Bill Ranford had 34 saves in his first start for the Bruins as Boston defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-2 Tuesday night in East Rutherford, N.J.

The win was the Bruins’ second in four days over the Devils and it allowed rookie coach Steve Kasper’s team to head into the All-Star break in the playoff picture.

Ranford, acquired in a trade with Edmonton last week, beat the Devils for the third time in three tries this season.

Bruins 4, Devils 2

Boston 0 3 1 - 4

New Jersey 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, New Jersey, MacLean 14 (S.Stevens, Lemieux), 18:39.

Second period-2, Boston, Oates 13 (Elik, Bourque), 1:06 (pp). 3, Boston, Oates 14 (Leach, Reid), 5:09. 4, Boston, Leach 7, 17:23.

Third period-5, Boston, Reid 16 (Leach, Donato), 3:17. 6, New Jersey, Thomas 13 (Guerin, Sykora), 7:32.

Shots on goal-Boston 10-12-7-29. New Jersey 15-10-11-36.Power-play opp.-Boston 1 of 2; New Jersey 0 of 3.Goalies-Boston, Ranford 14-18-5 (36 shots-34 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 16-19-4 (29-25).A-15,247 (19,040).

Whalers 3, Canucks 0

Hartford, Conn.

Sean Burke had 25 saves as Hartford beat Vancouver, snapping goaltender Corey Hirsch’s unbeaten streak at six games.

Vancouver 0 0 0 - 0

Hartford 0 2 1 - 3

First period-None.

Second period-1, Hartford, Shanahan 20, (Martins, Brown), 4:34. 2, Hartford, Sanderson 17 (Chase, Janssens), 13:02.

Third period-3, Hartford, Brown 2 (Emerson, Nikolishin), 6:03 (pp).

Shots on goal-Vancouver 9-8-8-25. Hartford 4-15-13-32.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 0 of 6; Hartford 1 of 6.Goalies-Vancouver, Hirsch 6-4-3 (32 shots-29 saves). Hartford, Burke 14-18-3 (25-25).A-11,124 (15,635).

Panthers 4, Sharks 1

Miami

Scott Mellanby scored his team-high 23rd goal and Florida had a successful homecoming in beating San Jose.

San Jose 0 0 1 - 1

Florida 1 2 1 - 4

First period-1, Florida, Hull 14 (Skrudland, Laus), 8:08.

Second period-2, Florida, Niedermayer 16 (Harkins, Svehla), 12:14 (pp). 3, Florida, Mellanby 23 (Niedermayer), 19:02.

Third period-4, Florida, Dvorak 11 (Lindsay, Harkins), 16:53. 5, San Jose, Friesen 7 (Tancil, Donovan), 19:30.

Shots on goal-San Jose 6-11-9-26. Florida 16-12-10-38.Power-play opp.-San Jose 0 of 5; Florida 1 of 4.Goalies-San Jose, Flaherty 1-8-0 (38 shots-34 saves). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 18-8-3 (26-25).A-12,108 (14,503).

Avalanche 5, Penguins 2

Pittsburgh

Claude Lemieux’s second hat trick of the season led Colorado to a win over Pittsburgh, handing the Penguins their third consecutive home loss.

Colorado 2 2 1 - 5

Pittsburgh 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Colorado, C.Lemieux 19 (Sakic, Forsberg), 11:04 (pp). 2, Colorado, Keane 4, 13:55. 3, Pittsburgh, Smolinski 17 (Francis), 16:53 (sh).

Second period-4, Colorado, C.Lemieux 20 (Forsberg, Lefebvre), 4:37 (sh). 5, Colorado, C.Lemieux 21 (Sakic, Young), 13:00. 6, Pittsburgh, M.Lemieux 40, 14:50 (sh).

Third period-7, Colorado, Young 13 (C.Lemieux), 19:25 (en).

Shots on goal-Colorado 10-12-7-29. Pittsburgh 10-12-14-36.Power-play opp.-Colorado 1 of 3; Pittsburgh 0 of 5.Goalies-Colorado, Roy 6-5-1 (36 shots-34 saves). Pittsburgh, Wregget 11-9-1 (28-24).

Capitals 1, Jets 1

Landover, Md.

Winnipeg goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin returned from a six-week stay on the injured list to stop 37 shots in the tie.

Winnipeg 0 1 0 0 - 1

Washington 0 0 1 0 - 1

First Period-None.

Second Period-1, Winnipeg, Numminen 6 (Selanne, Maciver), 17:31 (pp).

Third Period-2, Washington, Bondra 25 (Pivonka, Jones), 11:35.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 6-9-8-2-25. Washington 17-11-8-2-38.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 1 of 4; Washington 0 of 3.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 11-5-1 (38 shots-37 saves). Washington, Carey 18-13-4 (25-24).A-10,316 (18,130).

Oilers 5, Blues 1

St. Louis

Curtis Joseph had an easy homecoming against St. Louis, facing 25 mostly harmless shots in Edmonton’s victory.

Joseph spent six seasons with the Blues.

Edmonton 4 1 0 - 5

St. Louis 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, St. Louis, MacInnis 8 (Noonan, Hudson), 4:09. 2, Edmonton, Czerkawski 6 (Smyth, Arnott), 4:49. 2, Edmonton, Hauer 4 (Ciger, Weight), 8:56 (pp). 4, Edmonton, Ciger 20 (Oliver, Weight), 11:20. 5, Edmonton, Richardson 1 (Weight, Ciger), 19:18.

Second period-6, Edmonton, McAmmond 4 (Buchberger, Dufresne), 2:14.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Edmonton 17-11-10-38. St. Louis 6-7-13-26.Power-play opp.-Edmonton 1 of 6; St. Louis 0 of 7.Goalies-Edmonton, Joseph 2-0-0 (26 shots-25 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 18-17-8 (17-13), Racine (0:00 second, 21-20).A-19,168 (19,260).

Flames 5, Kings 5

Inglewood, Calif.

Calgary’s Theoren Fleury scored three goals and teammate Gary Roberts tied the game late in the third period.

Calgary 1 2 2 0 - 5

Los Angeles 0 4 1 0 - 5

First Period-1, Calgary, Fleury 20 (Titov), 13:51 (sh).

Second Period-2, Calgary, Titov 15 (Roberts, Fleury), 3:54 (pp). 3, Los Angeles, Todd 12, 4:33. 4, Los Angeles, Kurri 8 (Yachmenev, Gretzky), 11:12 (pp). 5, Los Angeles, Druce 6 (Lang, Cowie), 12:56. 6, Calgary, Fleury 21 (Roberts, Titov), 15:37. 7, Los Angeles, Slaney 3 (Gretzky, Khristich), 18:08 (pp).

Third Period-8, Los Angeles, Lang 3 (Kurri), 12:17 (sh). 9, Calgary, Fleury 22 (Zalapski, Titov), 13:15. 10, Calgary, Roberts 5 (Titov, Chiasson), 17:14.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Calgary 12-14-12-2-40. Los Angeles 12-11-8-2-33.Power-play opp.-Calgary 1 of 2; Los Angeles 2 of 3.Goalies-Calgary, Tabaracci 9-7-3 (33 shots-28 saves). Los Angeles, Hrudey 3-6-5 (40-35).A-12,235 (16,005).