Nhl

Bruins 4, Islanders 3

Boston

Todd Elik’s goal with 69 seconds left in the third period lifted Boston over the New York Islanders Thursday night.

Elik’s ninth goal of the season, his first game-winner of the year, negated a New York surge in the third period.

New York 0 1 2 - 3

Boston 0 3 1 - 4

First period-None. Second period-1, New York, Palffy 34 (Andersson), 1:48. 2, Boston, Mullen 7 (Bourque, Stumpel), 7:59 (pp). 3, Boston, McEachern 21 (Rolloff, Stumpel), 14:20. 4, Boston, Bourque 19 (Oates, Sweeney) 14:48. Third period-5, New York, Clark 24 (Green, Palffy), 5:32 (pp). 6, New York, Plante 4 (Armstrong, McCabe), 7:20. 7, Boston, Elik 9 (Tocchet, Von Stefenelli), 18:51.

Shots on goal-New York 8-14-7-29. Boston 11-17-9-37.Power-play opp.-New York 1 of 6; Boston 1 of 5.Goalies-New York, Soderstrom, 10-18-6 (37 shots-33 saves), Fichaud (35:8 third, 0-0). Boston, Tallas, 1-0-0 (29-26).A-12,072 (17,565).

Penguins 5, Senators 1

Pittsburgh

Mario Lemieux scored 18 seconds into the game, igniting a three-goal outburst in the first 5 minutes, as Pittsburgh defeated Ottawa.

Ottawa 0 1 0 - 1

Pittsburgh 3 0 2 - 5

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 54 (McLlwain, Francis), :18. 2, Pittsburgh, Smolinski 21 (Roche), 4:09. 3, Pittsburgh, Murray 10 (Roche, Smolinski), 4:56. Second period-4, Ottawa, Yashin 9 (Demitra, Bonk), 5:30 (pp). Third period-5, Pittsburgh, Nedved 35 (Jagr, Francis), 15:25. 6, Pittsburgh, Francis 24 (Zubov, Jagr), 18:46.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 9-18-10-37. Pittsburgh 8-7-10-25.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 1 of 7; Pittsburgh 0 of 4.Goalies-Ottawa, Rhodes, 4-14-2 (25 shots-20 saves). Pittsburgh, Barrasso, 23-10-2 (37-36).A-13,377 (17,181).

Lightning 5, Rangers 2

Tampa Bay

Brian Bellows scored his 19th and 20th goals of the season and Shawn Burr had a controversial tiebreaking goal as Tampa Bay moved past the Washington Capitals into fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings with a win over New York.

New York 2 0 0 - 2

Tampa Bay 2 1 2 - 5

First period-1, New York, Momesso 9 (Robitaille, Messier), 2:42 (pp). 2, Tampa Bay, Bellows 19 (Gratton), 4:03. 3, Tampa Bay, Bellows 20 (Hamrlik, Bradley), 13:42 (pp). 4, New York, Messier 42 (Leetch), 15:01 (pp). Second period-5, Tampa Bay, Burr 11 (Ysebaert), 16:19. Third period-6, Tampa Bay, Cullen 14 (Gratton, Shaw), 12:37 (pp). 7, Tampa Bay, Tucker 3 (Cullen, Shaw), 14:58.

Shots on goal-New York 9-10-7-26. Tampa Bay 9-11-13-33.Power-play opp.-New York 2 of 5; Tampa Bay 2 of 5.Goalies-New York, Healy 16-10-10 (33 shots-28 saves). Tampa Bay, Reese 9-8-1 (19-17), Wilkinson (0:00 third, 7-7).A-18,090 (28,000).

Flames 4, Blues 2

St. Louis

Mike Sullivan, Jocelyn Lemieux and Steve Chiasson each had a goal and an assist for Calgary in a win over St. Louis. Wayne Gretzky had two assists in his second home game for the Blues.

Calgary 1 2 1 - 4

St. Louis 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, St. Louis, MacInnis 15 (Olsson, Gretzky), 9:22 (pp). 2, Calgary, Lemieux 2 (Sullivan), 12:59. Second period-3, St. Louis, Hull 36 (Gretzky), :26. 4, Calgary, Fleury 37 (Roberts, Chiasson), 4:35 (pp). 5, Calgary, Sullivan 8 (Millen, Lemieux), 7:31. Third period-6, Calgary, Chiasson 6 (Zalapski, Millen), 2:15 (pp).

Shots on goal-Calgary 19-7-5-31. St. Louis 6-7-9-22.Power-play opp.-Calgary 2 of 5; St. Louis 1 of 5.Goalies-Calgary, Tabaracci 15-10-3 (22 shots-20 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 28-22-12 (22-19), Casey (7:31 second, 9-8).A-20,590 (19,260).

Jets 5, Panthers 3

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Darren Turcotte’s goal snapped a tie and led Winnipeg to a victory over Florida.

Florida 2 0 1 - 3

Winnipeg 2 1 2 - 5

First period-1, Florida, Lowry 10 (Svehla, Fitzgerald), :47. 2, Winnipeg, Olczyk 25 (Tkachuk, Numminen), 1:35 (pp). 3, Florida, Mellanby 29 (Niedermayer, Barnes), 6:55 (pp). 4, Winnipeg, Drake 9 (Eastwood, Korolev), 11:25. Second period-5, Winnipeg, Turcotte 14, 12:58. Third period-6, Winnipeg, Eastwood 10 (Manson, Drake), 14:55 (pp). 7, Florida, Barnes 17 (Svehla, Niedermayer), 19:34 (pp). 8, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 40, 19:56 (en).

Shots on goal-Florida 8-12-11-31. Winnipeg 12-18-10-40.Power-play opp.-Florida 2 of 8; Winnipeg 2 of 6.Goalies-Florida, Fitzpatrick 15-9-2 (39 shots-35 saves). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 20-13-1 (31-28).A-11,322 (15,393).