Nhl

Martin Rucinsky had a hat trick to spark the Montreal Canadiens to a 6-2 win over the Florida Panthers.

Canadiens 6, Panthers 2

Montreal 3 2 1 - 6

Florida 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Montreal, Rucinsky 11 (Damphousse, Kovalenko), 9:01 (pp). 2, Florida, Niedermayer 17 (Mellanby, Svehla), 10:37 (pp). 3, Montreal, Rucinsky 12 (Damphousse, Turgeon), 13:59 (pp). 4, Montreal, Recchi 13 (Turgeon), 15:56.

Second period-5, Montreal, Damphousse 20 (Malakhov), 5:02 (sh). 6, Montreal, Rucinsky 13 (Damphousse), 12:48. 7, Florida, Niedermayer 18 (Belanger, Mellanby), 14:31 (pp).

Third period-8, Montreal, Turgeon 22 (Kovalenko), 3:59.

Shots on goal-Montreal 7-8-8-23. Florida 14-9-3-26.Power-play opp.-Montreal 2 of 4; Florida 2 of 5.Goalies-Montreal, Thibault 8-4-1 (26 shots-24 saves). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 18-9-4 (10-6), Fitzpatrick (5:02 period, 13-11).A-14,187 (14,503).

Whalers 8, Kings 2

Hartford, Conn.

Brendan Shanahan scored two goals in Hartford’s win over slumping Los Angeles.

Los Angeles 0 0 2 - 2

Hartford 5 2 1 - 8

First period-1, Hartford, Sanderson 19 (Ranheim), 3:41. 2, Hartford, Emerson 15 (McCrimmon, O’Neill), 10:35. 3, Hartford, Shanahan 22 (Emerson, Burke), 11:00. 4, Hartford, McCrimmon 1 (Janssens, Ranheim), 18:24. 5, Hartford, O’Neill 5, 19:25.

Second period-6, Hartford, Brown 4 (Sanderson, Dineen), 15:36 (pp). 7, Hartford, Shanahan 23 (Brown, Kron), 18:47 (pp).

Third period-8, Hartford, Ranheim 6 (Nikolishin, Diduck), 2:07. 9, Los Angeles, Druce 7 (Gretzky, Slaney), 4:42. 10, Los Angeles, O’Donnell 2 (Lang, Shuchuk), 11:43.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 9-6-19-34. Hartford 14-14-6-34.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 6; Hartford 2 of 4.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 10-13-7 (14 shots-9 saves), Hrudey (0:00 second, 20-17). Hartford, Burke 16-19-3 (34-32).A-13,757 (15,635).

Blackhawks 2, Sharks 1

Chicago

Chris Chelios scored the tie-breaking goal to boost Chicago to a win over San Jose.

San Jose 1 0 0 - 1

Chicago 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Chicago, Nicholls 10 (Craven, Chelios), :23. 2, San Jose, Miller 13 (Racine, Sheppard), 3:50.

Second period-3, Chicago, Chelios 9 (Suter, Nicholls), 16:07 (pp).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-San Jose 8-7-6-21. Chicago 10-7-3-20.Power-play opp.-San Jose 0 of 5; Chicago 1 of 5.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 8-18-0 (20 shots-18 saves). Chicago, Hackett 13-5-3 (21-20).A-18,602 (20,500).

Devils 3, Capitals 1

E. Rutherford, N.J.

Martin Brodeur stopped 19 shots to lead New Jersey past Washington.

Washington 0 1 0 - 1

New Jersey 2 0 1 - 3

First period-1, New Jersey, Holik 5 (McKay, Peluso), 7:23. 2, New Jersey, Richer 10 (Brodeur), 18:06, (sh).

Second period-3, Washington, Bondra 28, 1:21 (sh).

Third period-4, New Jersey, Thomas 14 (Chambers, Niedermayer), 5:22 (pp).

Shots on goal-Washington 5-10-5-20. New Jersey 15-15-6-36.Power-play opp.-Washington 0 of 4; New Jersey 1 of 8.Goalies-Washington, Kolzig 3-6-1 (36 shots-33 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 18-19-4 (20-19).A-14,118 (19,040).

Red Wings 4, Senators 2

Kanata, Ontario

Steve Yzerman led Detroit with a goal and an assist in a win over Ottawa.

Detroit 1 3 0 - 4

Ottawa 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Detroit, Yzerman 20 (Larionov), 9:23 (pp). 2, Ottawa, Daigle 4 (Pitlick, Rhodes), 10:51.

Second period-3, Ottawa, Chorske 4, 2:29. 4, Detroit, Coffey 5 (Yzerman), 3:40. 5, Detroit, Taylor 5 (Draper), 11:40. 6, Detroit, Primeau 14 (Johnson, Dandenault), 13:00.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Detroit 13-9-12-34. Ottawa 15-11-11-37.Power-play opp.-Detroit 1 of 4; Ottawa 0 of 4.Goalies-Detroit, Osgood 22-5-2 (37 shots-35 saves). Ottawa, Rhodes 4-6-1 (34-30).A-16,882 (18,500).

Bruins 4, Lightning 3

Boston

Sandy Moger scored with 1:36 remaining in the third period to lift Boston over Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay 2 0 1 - 3

Boston 1 1 2 - 4

First period-1, Boston, Neely 25 (Elik, Oates), 7:35. 2, Tampa Bay, Cullen 6 (Ciccone, Selivanov), 13:47. 3, Tampa Bay, Shaw 1 (Hamrlik), 14:51.

Second period-4, Boston, McEachern 14 (Stumpel, Moger), 1:20.

Third period-5, Boston, Elik 7 (Oates, Bourque), 4:59 (pp). 6, Tampa Bay, Hamrlik 9 (Klima, Bradley), 10:43 (pp). 7, Boston, Moger 5 (Oates, Sweeney), 18:24.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 13-11-8-32. Boston 7-13-11-31.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 1 of 2; Boston 1 of 2.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 14-8-4 (31 shots-27 saves). Boston, Ranford 15-19-5 (32-29).A-17,382 (17,565).

Canucks 2, Avalanche 2

Denver

Roman Oksiuta and Cliff Ronning scored third-period goals to help Vancouver gain a tie.

Vancouver 0 0 2 0 - 2

Colorado 1 1 0 0 - 2

First Period-1, Colorado, Keane 5 (Murray, Rychel), 10:09.

Second Period-2, Colorado, Gusarov 3 (Murray, Foote), 6:29.

Third Period-3, Vancouver, Oksiuta 15 (Linden, Mogilny), 4:56. 4, Vancouver, Ronning 10 (Sandlak, Odjick), 12:05.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 12-6-12-2-32. Colorado 15-22-8-2-47.Power-play Opp.-Vancouver 0 of 5; Colorado 0 of 5.Goalies-Vancouver, Hirsch 6-6-4 (47 shots-45 saves). Colorado, Fiset 15-4-6 (32-30).A-16,061 (16,061).