Rangers Waste Goal By Gretzky

NHL

The New York Rangers remained winless with Wayne Gretzky, losing 2-1 to the visiting Dallas Stars on Andy Moog’s brilliant goaltending performance Thursday night.

Although Gretzky scored his first goal for the Rangers, Moog stole the spotlight from the Great One with 30 saves, many of them spectacular.

His biggest save came on Gretzky, Moog’s former teammate at Edmonton. Moog made a toe save on Gretzky’s blazing shot from the left circle in the last 10 minutes.

The Rangers, off to an 0-2-2 start, were missing captain Mark Messier, who was serving the second game of a suspension for a hitting-from-behind penalty on Mike Hough in last Sunday’s game against Florida.

Dallas 0 2 0 - 2

N.Y. Rangers 0 1 0 - 1

First period-None.

Second period-1, Dallas, Hogue 1 (Matvichuk, Verbeek), :28. 2, Dallas, Gilchrist 1 (Hogue, Verbeek), 3:10. 3, New York, Gretzky 1, 19:13.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Dallas 8-13-5-26. New York 9-9-13-31.Power-play opp.-Dallas 0 of 3; New York 0 of 2.Goalies-Dallas, Moog 3-0-0 (31 shots-30 saves). New York, Healy 0-1-1 (26-24).A-18,200 (18,200).

Flyers 5, Kings 4

Philadelphia

Rod Brind’Amour scored 33 seconds into overtime to give Philadelphia a victory over Los Angeles, which rallied to tie with three goals in the third period.

Brind’Amour, who assisted on an earlier goal, found himself alone in the slot and wristed a shot by Kings goalie Bryon Dafoe, who was making his first start of the season.

Los Angeles 0 1 3 0 - 4

Philadelphia 1 2 1 1 - 5

First period-1, Philadelphia, Therien 1 (LeClair, Dykhuis), 9:26.

Second period-2, Philadelphia, Dykhuis 2 (Renberg, Desjardins), :19 (pp). 3, Philadelphia, Zubrus 2 (Podein, Otto), :39. 4, Los Angeles, Laperriere 2 (Norstrom, Blake), 12:03.

Third period-5, Philadelphia, Desjardins 1 (Brind’Amour, LeClair), 9:14. 6, Los Angeles, Zmolek 1 (Ferraro, Blake), 11:37. 7, Los Angeles, Grieve 2 (Slaney), 12:02. 8, Los Angeles, Ferraro 1 (Khristich), 15:01 (pp).

Overtime-9, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 2 (Renberg, Svoboda), :33.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 8-5-12-0-25. Philadelphia 14-8-5-1-28.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 1 of 6; Philadelphia 1 of 7.Goalies-Los Angeles, DaFoe 0-1-0 (28 shots-23 saves). Philadelphia, Snow 1-0-0 (25-21).A-18,110 (19,500).

Avalanche 6, Mighty Ducks 6

Denver

Teemu Selanne scored with 42 seconds left in regulation as Anaheim rallied from a four-goal deficit in the final 10 minutes to tie Colorado.

Selanne, who scored earlier in the period and had three assists, beat Patrick Roy from the top of the left faceoff circle with a low shot through a screen.

Anaheim 1 1 4 0 - 6

Colorado 2 4 0 0 - 6

First period-1, Anaheim, Drury 1 (Kurri, Selanne), 4:16. 2, Colorado, Forsberg 2 (Deadmarsh, Krupp), 7:10. 3, Colorado, Ricci 1 (Sakic), 18:00 (pp).

Second period-4, Colorado, Klemm 2 (Keane, Yelle), 1:00. 5, Colorado, Young 2 (Lacroix, Sakic), 8:20. 6, Anaheim, Kurri 3 (Drury, Selanne), 9:25. 7, Colorado, Krupp 2 (Ozolinsh, Forsberg), 13:36. 8, Colorado, Forsberg 3 (Klemm, Lefebvre), 16:34.

Third period-9, Anaheim, Todd 2 (Oksiuta, Hicks), 10:44. 10, Anaheim, Selanne 3 (Jomphe, Kurri), 17:13. 11, Anaheim, Rychel 1 (Selanne, Marshall), 18:59. 12, Anaheim, Selanne 4 (Todd), 19:18.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Anaheim 4-6-7-5-22. Colorado 16-12-9-1-38.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 0 of 5; Colorado 1 of 6.Goalies-Anaheim, Hebert 0-1-2 (38 shots32 saves). Colorado, Roy 1-2-1 (22-16).A16,210 (16,210).

Coyotes 4, Sharks 1

Phoenix Russian-born goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin made 24 saves as Phoenix won its regular-season home debut by beating San Jose before a sellout crowd of 16,210 at America West Arena.

San Jose 0 1 0 - 1

Phoenix 1 2 1 - 4

First period-1, Phoenix, King 1 (McCrimmon, Shannon), 19:34.

Second period-2, Phoenix, Gartner 4 (Tverdovsky, Numminen), 7:41 (pp). 3, Phoenix, Doan 1 (Corkum, McKenzie), 18:12. 4, San Jose, Nicholls 3, 19:29.

Third period-5, Phoenix, Janney 1 (Finley, Tkachuk), 3:44.

Shots on goal-San Jose 6-5-14-25. Phoenix 9-10-10-29.Power-play opp.-San Jose 0 of 6; Phoenix 1 of 10.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 0-1-1 (29 shots-25 saves). Phoenix, Khabibulin 2-1-0 (25-24).A-16,210 (16,210).

Referee-Dave Jackson. Linesmen-Jay Sharrers, Shane Heyer.