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Rangers Roll; Unbeaten Streak At 8

Associated Press

NHL

Rangers 5, Bruins 3

Boston

Pat Verbeek and Mark Messier scored key goals as New York raced to a 3-0 lead and then hung to extend its unbeaten streak to eight games.

Verbeek put the Rangers ahead with his 34th goal, the only score of the first period at 13:11 on New York’s first shot of the game on goalie Bill Ranford.

After the Bruins had trimmed the lead to 3-2, Messier skated in on a partial breakaway with Jozef Stumpel hanging onto him and beat Ranford with his 35th goal of the season. The Bruins pulled within a goal again 4-3, but Messier added his 36th goal at 17:35 of the final period.

N.Y. Rangers 1 2 2 - 5

Boston 0 1 2 - 3

First period-1, NY, Verbeek 34 (Karpovtsev), 13:11.

Second period-2, NY, Ferraro 20 (Verbeek, Robitaille), 3:42. 3, NY, Graves 18 (Kovalev, Karpovtsev), 11:25. 4, Bos, Moger 6 (Rohloff), 14:48 (pp).

Third period-5, Bos, Donato 13 (Leach, McLaren), 2:46. 6, NY Messier 35 (Samuelsson), 14:19. 7, Bos, Reid 17 (Donato, Bourque), 11:51. 8, NY, Messier 36 (Leetch, Verbeek), 17:35.

Shots on goal-NY 5-9-6-20. Bos 14-11-19-44.Power-play opp.-NY 0 of 2; Bos 1 of 5.Goalies-NY, Healy 11-3-6 (44 shots-41 saves). Bos, Ranford 15-20-5 (20-15).A-17,565 (17,565).

Penguins 7, Flyers 4

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia 2 0 2 - 4

Pittsburgh 3 2 2 - 7

First period-1, Pit, Sandstrom 34 (Lemieux, Mironov), 4:09. 2, Phi, Falloon 12 (Quinn, Brind’Amour), 5:40. 3, Phi, Lindros 29 (Desjardins, Svoboda), 11:04 (pp). 4, Pit, Lemieux 43 (Francis, Zubov), 14:35 (pp). 5, Pit, Sandstrom 35 (Lemieux, Jagr), 14:57 (pp).

Second period-6, Pit, Lemieux 44 (Murray, Sandstrom), 4:14. 7, Pit, Nedved 22 (Tamer, Jagr), 11:42.

Third period-8, Pit, Lemieux 45 (Sandstrom, Leroux), 8:30. 9, Phi, Brind’Amour 15 (Falloon, Svoboda), 8:41. 10, Pit, Zubov 6 (Smolinski, Joseph), 11:36. 11, Phi, Dykhuis 4 (Lindros, Klatt), 13:42 (pp).

Shots on goal-Phi 13-10-19-42. Pit 12-11-8-31.Powerplay opp.-Phi 2 of 5; Pit 2 of 3.Goalies-Phi, Snow 7-4-4 (22 shots-17 saves), Hextall (11:42 second, 9-7). Pit, Barrasso 19-5-2 (42-38).A-17,181 (17,181).

Canadiens 4, Jets 1

Montreal

Winnipeg 0 0 1 - 1

Montreal 1 2 1 - 4

First period-1, Mon, Bure 10 (Rucinsky, Damphousse), 14:23.

Second period-2, Mon, Quintal 1 (Rucinsky), 3:13 (sh). 3, Mon, Recchi 14 (Rucinsky, Brisebois), 16:08 (pp).

Third period-4, Win, Tkachuk 29 (Zhamnov, Selanne), 1:34 (pp). 5, Mon, Bure 11 (Damphousse, Rucinsky), 7:49.

Shots on goal-Win 14-13-15-42. Mon 7-6-6-19.Powerplay opp.-Win 1 of 6; Mon 1 of 6.Goalies-Win, Khabibulin 12-6-1 (19 shots-15 saves). Mon, Thibault 12-8-3 (42-41).A-17,576 (16,259).

Blues 2, Lightning 1

St. Louis

Tampa Bay 0 1 0 - 1

St. Louis 0 2 0 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-1, StL, Twist 2 (Johnson, Courtnall), 1:56. 2, TB, Gratton 11 (Klima, Cross), 3:24. 3, StL, Twist 3 (Courtnall), 4:13.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-TB 5-9-10-24. StL 14-11-10-35.Powerplay opp.-TB 0 of 5; StL 0 of 5.Goalies-TB, Puppa 14-9-4 (35 shots-33 saves). StL, Fuhr 20-17-8 (24-23).A-18,862 (19,260).

Blackhawks 5, Red Wings 5

Chicago

Detroit 1 3 1 0 - 5

Chicago 0 2 3 0 - 5

First Period-1, Det, Kozlov 23, 19:52.

Second Period-2, Det, McCarty 7 (Fedorov, Kozlov), 4:39 (pp). 3, Det, Fedorov 20 (Primeau, Yzerman), 12:08. 4, Det, Yzerman 21 (Lidstrom, Larionov), 14:46 (pp). 5, Chi, Roenick 24 (Nicholls, Amonte), 16:54. 6, Chi, Savard 7 (Weinrich), 18:34.

Third Period-7, Chi, Craven 13 (Savard, Daze), 2:21. 8, Chi, Daze 24 (Savard, Craven), 8:21. 9, Chi, Amonte 14 (Nicholls, Roenick), 9:21. 10, Det, Lidstrom 10 (Larionov, Yzerman), 19:42.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Det 7-13-6-2-28. Chi 5-4-8-1-18.Powerplay opp.-Det 2 of 4; Chi 0 of 3.Goalies-Det, Osgood 22-5-3 (18 shots-13 saves). Chi, Belfour 12-10-8 (28-23).A-22,640 (20,500).

Kings 5, Mighty Ducks 4

Los Angeles

Anaheim 1 1 2 - 4

Los Angeles 2 2 1 - 5

First period-1, LA, Gretzky 14 (Khristich, Yachmenev), 5:15. 2, LA, Khristich 16 (Yachmenev, Sydor), 8:10 (pp). 3, Ana, Karpov 2 (Krygier, Rucchin), 16:54.

Second period-4, LA, Slaney 4 (Gretzky, McSorley), :34. 5, LA, Kurri 9 (Gretzky), 9:26 (pp). 6, Ana, Kariya 26 (D.Sacco), 10:26.

Third period-7, LA, McSorley 8 (Druce, Gretzky), 6:30 (pp). 8, Ana, Rucchin 12 (Kariya, Van Allen), 8:19 (pp). 9, Ana, Van Allen 7 (J.Sacco), 9:33.

Shots on goal-Ana 9-8-16-33. LA 18-13-11-42.Powerplay opp.-Ana 1 of 3; LA 3 of 7.Goalies-Ana, Hebert 13-17-3 (42 shots-37 saves). LA, Hrudey 4-7-5 (33-29).A-15,629 (16,005).

Senators 2, Maple Leafs 2

Kanata, Ottawa

Toronto 0 1 1 0 - 2

Ottawa 0 1 1 0 - 2

First Period-None.

Second Period-1, Tor, Ellett 3, 3:53 (pp). 2, Ott, Yashin 2 (Alfredsson, Duchesne), 19:10 (pp).

Third Period-3, Tor, Sundin 22 (Gartner), 7:56 (pp). 4, Ott, Alfredsson 15 (Bonk, Modry), 19:50.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Tor 19-15-10-0-44. Ott 10-6-8-1-25.Power-play opp.-Tor 1 of 5; Ott 1 of 2.Goalies-Tor, Potvin 18-12-8 (25 shots-23 saves). Ott, Rhodes 4-7-2 (44-42).A-18,500 (18,500).

Avalanche 4 , Sharks 3 (OT)

San Jose, Calif.

Colorado 1 2 0 1 - 4

San Jose 0 0 3 0 - 3

First Period-1, Col, Lemieux 23 (Forsberg, Yelle), 3:50.

Second Period-2, Col, Sakic 31, 5:20 (sh). 3, Col, Simon 5 (Yelle), 7:43.

Third Period-4, SJ, Tancill 3 (Baker), 3:16. 5, SJ, Odgers 1 (Sykora, Janney), 11:04. 6, SJ, Ragnarsson 8, 13:39.

Overtime-7, Col, Kamensky 21 (Forsberg, Foote), 2:49.

Shots on goal-Col 10-10-10-4-34. SJ 5-9-11-0-25.Powerplay opp.-Col 0 of 3; SJ 0 of 2.Goalies-Col, Roy 20-15-2 (25 shots-22 saves). SJ, Terreri 11-19-0 (34-30).A-17,190 (17,190).

Panthers 6 Sabres 3

Miami

Buffalo 1 1 1 - 3

Florida 3 2 1 - 6

First period-1, Flo, Jovanovski 4 (Lindsay, Dvorak), 3:39. 2, Flo, Lowry 6 (Murphy, Fitzgerald), 4:36. 3, Flo, Garpenlov 14 (Dvorak), 8:34. 4, Buf, Dawe 11, 14:43.

Second period-5, Flo, Hull 16 (Skrudland, Lindsay), 3:19. 6, Flo, Belanger 16 (Svehla, Lindsay), 4:24. 7, Buf, Peca 7 (Astley, Holzinger), 5:44.

Third period-8, Flo, Barnes 13 (Jovanovski, Svehla), 8:20 (pp). 9, Buf, Burridge 15 (Holzinger, Zhitnik), 19:28 (pp).

Shots on goal-Buf 3-16-7-26. Flo 9-13-14-36.Power-play opp.-Buf 1 of 5; Flo 1 of 5.Goalies-Buf, Hasek 13-17-3 (13 shots-8 saves), Blue (4:24 second, 23-22). Flo, Fitzpatrick 12-4-1 (26-23).A-14,703 (14,503).

Canucks 6, Islanders 3

Vancouver, British Columbia

N.Y. Islanders 2 1 0 - 3

Vancouver 1 3 2 - 6

First period-1, NY, Green 16 (Palffy, Clark), 10:52 (pp). 2, Van, Gelinas 19 (Courtnall, Beranek), 12:30. 3, NY, Palffy 19 (Kasparaitis), 17:54.

Second period-4, Van, Mogilny 38 (Walker), 9:40. 5, NY, Green 17 (Palffy), 10:51 (sh). 6, Van, Aucoin 2 (Ronning), 12:12 (pp). 7, Van, Tikkanen 9 (Mogilny, Ronning), 14:56.

Third period-8, Van, Tikkanen 10 (Ronning, Rohlin), 4:56. 9, Van, Ronning 11 (Hedican, Mogilny), 7:08.

Shots on goal-NY 9-9-10-28. Van 7-10-11-28.Power-play opp.-NY 1 of 5; Van 1 of 2.Goalies-NY, Salo 1-7-1 (28 shots22 saves). Van, Hirsch 7-6-4 (28-25).A-18,422 (18,422).

Whalers 4, Devils 4 (OT)

Hartford, Conn.

New Jersey 2 1 1 0 - 4

Hartford 0 3 1 0 - 4

First Period-1, NJ, Sykora 15 (Thomas, Chambers), 11:02 (pp). 2, NJ, McKay 7 (Chambers, Broten), 14:31 (pp).

Second Period-3, Har, Kron 14 (Brown), :15 (pp). 4, Har, Kron 15 (Ranheim, Burke), 1:34. 5, NJ, Rolston 3 (MacLean), 6:32. 6, Har, Brown 5 (Nikolishin, Shanahan), 13:47 (pp).

Third Period-7, Har, Emerson 16 (Shanahan), 5:04 (sh). 8, NJ, Holik 6, 17:05.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-NJ 20-10-19-5-54. Har 5-13-5-3-26.Power-play opp.-NJ 2 of 8; Har 2 of 5.Goalies-NJ, Brodeur 18-19-5 (26 shots-22 saves). Har, Burke 16-19-4 (54-50).A-15,635 (15,635).