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Joseph Nets Shutout As Oilers Win Again

NHL roundup

Curtis Joseph made 35 saves, 17 in the third period, as the Edmonton Oilers beat the visiting Vancouver Canucks 2-0.

The Oilers, who won their season opener on Friday night, scored both goals during an 81-second span of the first period.

Dean McAmmond scored on a power play with 1:47 left in the first period, his second goal of the season. Rem Murray scored his first career goal with 26 seconds left in the period.

Oilers 2, Canucks 0

Vancouver 0 0 0 - 0

Edmonton 2 0 0 - 2

First period-1, Edmonton, McAmmond 2 (Arnott), 18:13 (pp). 2, Edmonton, Murray 2 (Buchberger, Smyth), 19:34.

Second period-None.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 10-8-17-35. Edmonton 12-13-7-32.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 0 of 5; Edmonton 1 of 5.Goalies-Vancouver, Hirsch 0-1-0 (12 shots-10 saves), McLean (0:00 second, 20-20). St. Louis, Joseph 2-0-0 (35-35).A-15,144 (19,260).

Blackhawks 4, Blues 1

St. Louis

Chris Chelios had a goal and an assist to lead Chicago to victory over St. Louis.

The Blues, who won their season opener Friday night, dropped to 0-4-1 at home against the Blackhawks since Kiel Center opened in 1995.

Chicago 1 1 2 - 4

St. Louis 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, St.Louis, Zezel 1 (Matteau, Leach), 2:01. 2, Chicago, Craven 1 (Amonte), 19:21.

Second period-3, Chicago, Black 2 (Chelios, Craven), :54.

Third period-4, Chicago, Chelios 1 (Weinrich, Amonte), 9:04. 5, Chicago, Moreau 2 (Shantz, Sutter), 17:35.

Shots on goal-Chicago 8-11-12-31. St. Louis 16-8-13-37.Power-play opp.-Chicago 0 of 2; St. Louis 0 of 3.Goalies-Chicago, Hackett 1-0-0 (37 shots-36 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 1-1-0 (31-27).A-15,128 (19,260).

Panthers 5, Rangers 2

New York

Wayne Gretzky’s debut in New York was a flop as former Ranger John Vanbiesbrouck put on a goaltending clinic with 34 saves in Florida’s victory.

Gretzky, playing his first game as a Ranger in Madison Square Garden, saw plenty of ice time, particularly after Mark Messier was ejected in the second period for a checking-from-behind penalty.

But Gretzky, the NHL’s career scoring leader, who signed a two-year, $10 million contract with the Rangers this summer, could only manage one assist.

Florida 2 0 3 - 5

N.Y. Rangers 0 1 1 - 2

First period-1, Florida, Skrudland 1 (Fitzgerald, Laus), 5:41. 2, Florida, Niedermayer 1 (Murphy), 7:37.

Second period-3, New York, Sundstrom 1 (Driver, Gretzky), 12:33 (pp).

Third period-4, New York, Flatley 1 (Leetch, Graves), 5:24. 5, Florida, Skrudland 2 (Lindsay), 6:20. 6, Florida, Mellanby 2 (Murphy), 17:03. 7, Florida, Niedermayer 2 (Garpenlov, Mellanby), 17:46.

Shots on goal-Florida 5-11-13-29. New York 17-13-6-36.Power-play opp.-Florida 0 of 4; New York 1 of 5.Goalies-Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 2-0-0 (36 shots-34 saves). New York, Richter 0-1-1 (29-24).A-18,200 (18,200).

Flames 3, Sabres 0

Calgary, Alberta

Rookie defenseman Chris O’Sullivan ended Calgary’s power-play frustration with a goal midway through the second period and goalie Rick Tabaracci made 19 saves as the Flames beat Buffalo.

O’Sullivan scored his first NHL goal at 13:57. The goal ended an 0-for-10 streak by Calgary on the power play.

Buffalo 0 0 0 - 0

Calgary 0 1 2 - 3

First period-None.

Second period- 1, Calgary, O’Sullivan 1 (Titov, Reichel), 13:57 (pp).

Third period-2, Calgary, Patrick 1 (Reichel, Albelin), 14:25. 3, Calgary, Titov, 19:48 (en).

Shots on goal-Buffalo 4-8-7-19. Calgary 9-13-6-28.Powerplay opp.-Buffalo 0 of 4; Calgary 1 of 8.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 0-2-0 (27 shots-25 saves). St. Louis, Tabaracci 1-0-0 (19-19). A-17,311 (19,260).

Sharks 7, Kings 6 (OT)

Inglewood, Calif.

Viktor Kozlov scored with 4.4 seconds remaining in overtime to lift San Jose to victory over Los Angeles.

Kozlov wristed a shot from the left circle over Stephane Fiset’s shoulder on the Sharks’ third shot of overtime.

San Jose 2 2 2 1 - 7

Los Angeles 2 1 3 0 - 6

First period-1, San Jose, Granato 1 (Sykora, Nicholls), 4:20. 2, San Jose, Granato 2 (Nolan, Nicholls), 4:49. 3, Los Angeles, Nurminen 1 (Perreault, Klima), 8:50 (pp). 4, Los Angeles, Khristich 1 (Ferraro, Perreault), 19:43 (pp).

Second period-5, San Jose, Dahlen 1 (Sykora, Bodger), 2:00. 6, San Jose, Tancil 1 (Nazarov, Gill), 2:57. 7, Los Angeles, Grieve 1 (Olczyk, Norstrom), 15:57.

Third period-8, Los Angeles, Perreault 1 (Khristich, Blake), 1:33. 9, San Jose, Granato 3 (Nicholls), 5:16. 10, Los Angeles, Perreault 2 (Ferraro, Khristich), 14:02. 11, Los Angeles, Laperriere 1 (Johnson), 14:52. 12, San Jose, Nicholls 2 (Granato, Nolan), 16:44.

Overtime-San Jose, Kozlov 1 (Friesen), 4:55.

Shots on goal-San Jose 12-15-8-3-38. Los Angeles 14-7-15-1-37.Power-play opp.-San Jose 0 of 3; Los Angeles 2 of 4.Goalies-San Jose, Hrudey 1-0-0 (37 shots-31 saves). Los Angeles, Fiset 1-1-0 (38-31).A-10,114 (19,260).