Capitals Ot Goal Downs Philadelphia
NHL
Steve Konowalchuk’s second goal of the game, with 39.7 seconds left in overtime, gave the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the slumping Philadelphia Flyers Sunday at Landover, Md.
Konowalchuk took a pass from Kelly Miller, who spun around a Flyer in the right circle before sending the puck into the slot. Konowalchuk then fired a shot past goaltender Ron Hextall before falling to the ice.
Pat Peake got the tying goal with 7:23 left in regulation as the Capitals beat Philadelphia at home for the first time since February 1992. Washington was 0-5-4 during the span.
Peake’s 10th goal of the season came from the right circle after he took a drop pass from Ken Klee. The shot bounded off Philadelphia defenseman Chris Therien and trickled past Hextall.
Eric Lindros’ 30th goal of the season and Shawn Antoski’s first in more than a year had given the Flyers a 2-1 lead entering the third period, but Philadelphia managed only four shots on goal in the final 25 minutes.
Capitals 3, Flyers 2 OT
Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 - 2
Washington 1 0 1 1 - 3
First Period-1, Phi, Lindros 30 (Otto, DiMaio), 13:34. 2. Was, Konowalchuk 18 (Juneau, Bondra), 15:17 (pp).
Second Period-3, Phi, Antoski 1 (Semenov, MacTavish), 16:35.
Third Period-4, Was, Peake 10 (Klee, Juneau), 12:37.
Overtime-5, Was, Konowalchuk 19 (Miller, Hunter), 4:20.
Shots on goal-Phi 5-10-3-1-19. Was 11-6-7-3-27.Power-play opp.-Phi 0 of 2; Was 1 of 5.Goalies-Phi, Hextall 15-7-5 (27 shots-24 saves). Was, Carey 20-14-4 (19-17.A-18,130 (18,130).
Canadiens 5, Bruins 4
Montreal
Martin Rucinsky scored two goals and set up another, leading Montreal past Boston.
Rucinsky had five goals and five assists in three Canadiens’ victories over a four-day period.
Valeri Bure, Brian Savage and Pierre Turgeon also scored for Montreal. Sandy Moger scored twice while Dave Reid and Adam Oates also had goals for Boston, which outshot Montreal 38-21, including 19-2 in the third period.
Montreal goaltender Jocelyn Thibault had to leave the game with a pulled shoulder muscle after a collision with teammate Patrice Brisebois late in the first period. Pat Jablonski took over in the net.
Boston 1 2 1 - 4
Montreal 2 3 0 - 5
First period-1, Mon, Rucinsky 14 (Damphousse, Brisebois), 1:06 (pp). 2, Mon, Bure 12 (Rucinsky, Damphousse), 3:44. 3, Bos, Moger 7 (Stumpel), 18:26.
Second period-4, Mon, Rucinsky 15 (Recchi, Damphousse), 5:59 (pp). 5, Bos, Moger 8 (Stumpel, McEachern), 6:13. 6, Mon, Savage 22 (Koivu, Rivet), 10:05. 7, Bos, Reid 18 (Stumpel, Bourque), 14:58. 8, Mon, Turgeon 23 (Recchi, Kovalenko), 16:21.
Third period-9, Bos, Oates 15 (Neely, T.Sweeney), 1:03.
Shots on goal-Bos 7-12-19-38. Mon 6-13-2-21.Power-play opp.-Bos 0 of 4; Mon 2 of 4.Goalies-Bos, Ranford 15-21-5 (21 shots-16 saves). Mon, Thibault (7-6), Jablonski 3-5-4 (0:00 second, 31-28).A-17,959 (16,259).