Nhl

Avalanche 4, Islanders 3

Denver

Former Spokane Chief Jon Klemm scored 48 seconds into the game and Peter Forsberg added the eventual game-winner in the third period as Colorado held off New York.

The Avalanche totaled 37 shots against Tommy Salo (1-5-1), who was the IHL rookie and player of the year last season for the Denver Grizzlies.

N.Y. Islanders 0 1 2 - 3

Colorado 2 1 1 - 4

First period-1, Col, Klemm 2 (Lemieux), :48. 2, Col, Deadmarsh 16 (Yelle, Sakic), 13:19 (pp).

Second period-3, NY, Clark 20 (Semak, Lachance), 9:02 (pp). 4, Col, Lemieux 22 (Kamensky, Forsberg), 12:52.

Third period-5, NY, Palffy 18 (Green, Clark), 4:36. 6, Col, Forsberg 16, 5:14. 7, NY, Clark 21 (Green, Palffy), 6:41.

Shots on goal-NY 7-9-18-34. Col 12-16-9-37.Power-play opp.-NY 0 of 9; Col 1 of 5.Goalies-NY, Salo 1-5-1 (37 shots-33 saves). Col, Roy 19-15-2 (34-31).A-16,061 (16,061).

Panthers 1, Flyers 1

Philadelphia

Rod Brind’Amour scored late in the third period to give Philadelphia its sixth tie in the Flyers’ last 11 games.

Brind’Amour got the Flyers’ only goal with 2:39 left in the third period against Florida, his 13th of the season.

Florida 0 0 1 0 - 1

Philadelphia 0 0 1 0 - 1

First period-None.

Second period-None.

Third Period-1, Flo, Hull 15 (Hough, Woolley), 6:58. 2, Phi, Brind’Amour 13 (Lindros, Desjardins), 17:21.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Flo 5-9-8-2-24. Phi 13-9-7-2-31.Powerplay opp.-Flo 0 of 3. Phi 0 of 4.Goalies-Flo, Vanbiesbrouck 18-8-4 (31 shots-30 saves). Phi, Hextall 15-6-4 (24-23).A-17,380 (17,380).

Penguins 7, Bruins 6 (OT)

Pittsburgh

Mario Lemieux scored a short-handed breakaway goal at 1:54 of overtime as Pittsburgh overcame a two-goal deficit in the last minute of regulation and beat Boston.

Lemieux took the puck from Jon Rohloff at the blue line and put his 42nd goal over Bill Ranford’s glove on Pittsburgh’s only shot in the overtime.

Boston 2 1 3 0 - 6

Pittsburgh 2 2 2 1 - 7

First Period-1, Pit, Lemieux 41 (Zubov, Francis), 4:16 (pp). 2, Pit, Jagr 39 (Nedved, Zubov), 11:13. 3, Bos, Elik 5 (Oates, Bourque), 15:51. 4, Bos, Bourque 15 (Oates, Reid), 18:34 (sh).

Second Period-5, Pit, Francis 21 (Jagr, Nedved), 5:33. 6, Pit, Sandstrom 31 (Jagr, Zubov), 15:22 (pp). 7, Bos, Elik 6 (Neely, Oates), 19:43 (pp).

Third Period-8, Bos, Neely 24 (Oates, Sweeney), 4:19 (pp). 9, Bos, Stumpel 10 (Bourque, McLaren), 9:56. 10, Bos, McEachern 13 (Bourque), 10:23. 11, Pit, Sandstrom 32 (Moran), 19:07. 12, Pit, Jagr 40 (Francis, Lemieux), 19:42.

Overtime-13, Pit, Lemieux 42, 1:54 (sh).

Shots on goal-Bos 14-12-17-3-46. Pit 16-9-13-1-39.Power-play opp.-Bos 2 of 6; Pit 2 of 6.Goalies-Bos, Ranford 14-19-5 (39 shots-32 saves). Pit, Wregget 12-9-1 (46-40).A-15,165 (17,181).

Rangers 3, Kings 1

New York

Mark Messier and New York picked up where they left off at the All-Star break, beating Los Angeles as the Rangers extended their home-ice unbeaten streak to 21 games.

Los Angeles 1 0 0 - 0

N.Y. Rangers 0 2 1 - 3

First period-1, LA, Perreault 16 (McSorley), 15:54.

Second period-2, NY, Verbeek 33 (Ferraro, Driver), 7:32. 3, NY, Robitaille 14 (Beukeboom, Leetch), 15:16.

Third period-4, NY, Messier 32 (Beukeboom), 7:13.

Shots on goal-LA 8-9-5-22. NY 11-12-14-37.Power-play opp.-LA 0 of 3; NY 0 of 2.Goalies-LA, Dafoe 10-13-6 (37 shots-34 saves). NY, Healy 10-3-5 (22-21).A-18,200 (18,200).

Stars 6, Canucks 4

Vancouver, B.C.

Dallas scored three first-period goals and held off Vancouver for its first win in eight games.

Ex-Spokane Chief Brent Gilchrist’s goal with 20 seconds remaining sealed the Stars’ win.

Dallas 3 2 1 - 6

Vancouver 1 2 1 - 4

First period-1, Van, Hedican 5 (Ronning), 1:18. 2, Dal, Nieuwendyk 2 (Modano, K.Hatcher), 9:20 (pp). 3, Dal, Adams 15 (Fedyk, K.Hatcher), 11:07. 4, Dal, Gagner 13 (Nieuwendyk, Churla), 13:12.

Second period-5, Dal, Modano 18 (K.Hatcher, Adams), 2:54. 6, Dal, Petrovicky 1 (Adams, D.Hatcher), 14:43 (pp). 7, Van, Mogilny 36 (Ronning, Tikkanen), 17:33. 8, Van, Aucoin 1 (Gelinas, Courtnall), 19:04.

Third period-9, Van, Mogilny 37 (Ronning, Tikkanen), 8:05. 10, Dal, Gilchrist 9, 19:40 (en).

Shots on goal-Dal 12-9-6-27. Van 16-9-13-39.Power-play opp.-Dal 2 of 4; Van 0 of 2.Goalies-Dal, Bester 1-0-0 (39 shots-35 saves). Van, Hirsch 6-5-3 (26-21).A-15,834 (18,422).

Lightning 4, Canadiens 1

Montreal

Tampa Bay scored three third-period goals to remain undefeated for the season against Montreal.

Tampa Bay 1 0 3 - 4

Montreal 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, TB, Petit 3 (Burr, Cullen), 1:27.

Second period-2. Mon, Turgeon 21 (Odelein, Recchi), 4:26.

Third period-3, TB, Bradley 11 (Klima, Bellows), 7:09 (pp). 4, TB, Petit 4 (Zamuner), 11:00. 5, TB, Andersson 3 (Bradley, Zamuner), 13:09.

Shots on goal-TB 6-8-12-26. Mon 9-22-8-39.Power-play opp.-TB 1 of 4; Mon 0 of 7.Goalies-TB, Puppa 14-7-4 (39 shots-38 saves). Mon, Jablonski 2-5-4 (26-22).A-16,365 (16,259).

Blackhawks 7, Senators 3

Kanata, Ontario

Chicago handed Ottawa its ninth straight loss in the second game at the new $217 million Palladium.

Chicago 2 3 2 - 7

Ottawa 1 2 0 - 3

First period-1, Ott, Duchesne 5 (Yashin, Alfredsson), 5:55. 2, Chi, Roenick 22 (Suter, Nicholls), 11:41 (pp). 3, Chi, Nicholls 9 (Craven, Daze), 19:14.

Second period-4, Ott, Yashin 1 (Huffman) 6:17 (pp). 5, Ott, Bonk 7 (Tormanen, Huffman), 12:29. 6. Chi, Murphy 14 (Nicholls, Chelios), 14:23 (pp). 7, Chi, Craven 12 (Chelios), 14:46. 8, Chi, Roenick 23 (Suter), 18:33.

Third period-9, Chi, Sutter 5 (Daze, Carney), 12:02. 10, Chi, Murphy 15, 17:37.

Shots on goal-Chi 8-8-8-24. Ott 6-13-6-25.Power-play opp.-Chi 2 of 3; Ott 1 of 5.Goalies-Chi, Hackett 12-5-3 (25 shots-22 saves). Ott, Bales 2-12-2 (16-11), Beaupre (0:00 third, 8-6).A-13,842 (18,500).