Devils Stay Unbeatable In Overtime

NHL

Steve Thomas knocked home a rebound on a power play as the New Jersey Devils got their second overtime victory of the weekend, edging the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 Sunday night at Philadelphia.

Thomas also won New Jersey’s game Saturday at Pittsburgh with an overtime goal. The Devils are 6-0-10 in OT games.

Devils 3, Flyers 2 (OT)

New Jersey 0 2 0 1 - 3

Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 - 2

First Period-1, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 18 (DiMaio, Semenov), 17:49.

Second Period-2, Philadelphia, Lindros 42 (LeClair, Samuelsson), 1:26. 3, New Jersey, Thomas 23 (Guerin, Housley), 4:58 (pp). 4, New Jersey, Sullivan 2 (Chambers, Housley), 8:13 (pp).

Third Period-None.

Overtime-5, New Jersey, Thomas 24 (Housley, Niedermayer), 3:45 (pp).

Shots on goal-New Jersey 9-6-2-3-20. Philadelphia 10-9-10-0-29.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 3 of 5; Philadelphia 0 of 4.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 28-22-10 (29 shots-27 saves). Philadelphia, Snow 8-8-4 (20-17).A-17,380 (17,380).

Red Wings 5, Jets 2

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Steve Yzerman scored twice and assisted on another goal, helping Detroit tie a club record with its 23rd road game.

Detroit 2 2 1 - 5

Winnipeg 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, Detroit, Yzerman 33, 4:39. 2, Detroit, Taylor 7 (Johnson, Grimson), 12:28. 3, Winnipeg, Manson 5 (King, Turcotte), 14:04. Second period-4, Detroit, Coffey 9 (Fedorov, Ciccarelli), 2:32. 5, Detroit, Yzerman 34 (Fedorov, Lidstrom), 17:07 (pp). Third period-6, Detroit, Primeau 21 (Yzerman, Lidstrom), 3:04 (sh). 7, Winnipeg, Turcotte 15 (King, Finley), 19:56.

Shots on goal-Detroit 16-14-5-35. Winnipeg 7-5-10-21.Power-play opp.-Detroit 0 of 4; Winnipeg 1 of 7.Goalies-Detroit, Osgood 33-5-3 (21 shots-19 saves). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 20-15-1 (35-30).A-147570 (15,393).

Lightning 1, Capitals 0

St. Petersburg, Fla.

Daren Puppa recorded his second consecutive shutout and John Cullen scored his 15th goal of the season as streaking Tampa Bay beat Washington for its 10th victory in 12 games.

Washington 0 0 0 - 0

Tampa Bay 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Tampa Bay, Cullen 15 (Ysebaert), 1:42. Second period-None. Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Washington 7-10-11-28. Tampa Bay 7-6-5-18.Power-play opp.-Washington 0 of 1; Tampa Bay 0 of 3.Goalies-Washington, Carey 27-19-6 (18 shots-17 saves). Tampa Bay, Puppa 23-11-6 (28-28).A-21,323 (28,000).

Sharks 6, Sabres 4

San Jose, Calif.

San Jose scored five times in the third-period, including Ray Sheppard’s game-winner that led the way to a come-from-behind victory over Buffalo.

Buffalo 0 2 2 - 4

San Jose 1 0 5 - 6

First period-1, San Jose, Bodger 3 (Janney), 17:38. Second period-2, Buffalo, Shannon 3 (Peca, Khmylev), 1:49. 3, Buffalo, Dawe 15 (Galley, LaFontaine), 11:53 (pp). Third period-4, Buffalo, LaFontaine 33 (Dawe, Galley), :56 (pp). 5, San Jose, Nolan 27 (Janney), 4:37. 6, San Jose, Friesen 11 (Kozlov, Donovan), 5:56. 7, Buffalo, Barnaby 11 (Plante, May), 6:10. 8, San Jose, Racine 1 (Sheppard, Peltonen), 8:15. 9, San Jose, Sheppard 28 (Friesen, Janney), 11:05 (pp). 10, San Jose, Baker 14 (Miller, Nolan), 19:45 (en).

Shots on goal-Buffalo 5-14-14-33. San Jose 13-11-9-33.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 2 of 6; San Jose 1 of 4.Goalies-Buffalo, Trefilov 4-5-1 (32 shots-27 saves). San Jose, Terreri 13-28-1 (33-29).A-17,190 (17,190).

Bruins 4, Panthers 1

Miami

Adam Oates and Todd Elik each had a goal and an assist to help Boston beat Florida for its third consecutive victory.

Boston 3 1 0 - 4

Florida 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Boston, Stumpel 14 (McEachern), 1:32. 2, Florida, Niedermayer 24 (Barnes, Svehla), 3:07 (pp). 3, Boston, Elik 11 (Oates, Tocchet), 6:46 (pp). 4, Boston, Oates 20 (Sweeney), 13:52. Second period-5, Boston, Mullen 8 (Elik), 3:01 (pp). Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Boston 7-16-10-33. Florida 10-11-9-30.Power-play opp.-Boston 2 of 5; Florida 1 of 7.Goalies-Boston, Ranford 24-17-7 (30 shots-29 saves). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 20-14-6 (33-29).A-14,703 (14,503).

Mighty Ducks 3, Kings 2

Anaheim, Calif.

Paul Kariya scored with 4:25 left in the third period, lifting Anaheim over Los Angeles.

Los Angeles 1 1 0 - 2

Anaheim 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, Anaheim, J.Sacco 10, 12:36 (sh). 2, Los Angeles, Kurri 16 (Boucher, Todd), 15:02 (pp). Second period-3, Los Angeles, Tardif 4 (Boucher, Yachmenev), 3:00 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Kariya 39 (Selanne, Olausson), 7:09 (pp). Third period-5, Anaheim, Kariya 40 (Selanne, Jomphe), 15:35.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 13-6-14-33. Anaheim 12-9-12-33.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 2 of 5; Anaheim 1 of 8.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 13-20-6 (33 shots-30 saves). Anaheim, Hebert 18-20-3 (33-31).A-17,174 (17,174).