Late Dallas Goal Beats Avalanche

NHL

It didn’t take a perfect game to beat Colorado in its own building, just an impossible one.

The Dallas Stars got two goals from former Spokane Chief Brent Gilchrist, two short-handed goals, a second goal in two nights from Shane Churla, and, finally, a wraparound goal by Kevin Hatcher with less than 4 minutes to play to beat the Avalanche 7-6 Sunday night.

The defeat was Colorado’s first in McNichols Arena after going 8-0-2 in its first 10 home games. In picking up the win, Dallas raised its record to 9-7-6.

In the final period, Grant Ledyard put Dallas ahead 5-4 with a slap shot from the right point at 0:42. But Stephane Yelle beat Dallas goalie Darcy Wakaluk, another former Spokane Chief, to a loose puck in front of the net at 8:10 to make it a 5-5 game.

Andrei Kovalenko’s second goal put Colorado on top 6-5, but Greg Adams answered at 12:58 to tie it 6-6.

Then Millen fed Hatcher for his game-winner at the 16:08 mark.

Stars 7, Avalanche 6

Dallas 1 3 3 - 7

Colorado 1 3 2 - 6

First period-1, Colrado, Kovalenko 9 (Sakic, Ricci), 7:42 (pp). 2, Dallas, Gilchrist 4 (Millen, Marshall), 11:45.

Second period-3, Colorado, Gusarov 1 (Forsberg, Kamensky), 5:35. 4, Dallas, Churla 2 (Matvichuk, Carbonneau), 8:40. 5, Colorado, Lemieux 14 (Forsberg), 11:12 (sh). 6, Colorado, Forsberg 10, 11:22 (sh). 7, Dallas, Gilchrist 5 (Carbonneau), 18:28 (sh). 8, Dallas, Modano 10 (Ledyard), 19:09 (sh).

Third period-9, Dallas, Ledyard 2 (Kennedy), :42; 10, Colorado, Yelle 4 (Simon, Foote), 8:10. 11, Colorado, Kovalenko 10 (Deadmarsh, Forsberg), 11:02. 12, Dallas, Adams 8 (Millen, Marshall), 12:58. 13, Dallas, K.Hatcher 6 (Millen, Gilchrist), 16:08.

Shots on goal-Dallas 10-10-6-26. Colorado 13-11-13-37.Power-play opp.-Dallas 0 of 4; Colorado 1 of 5.Goalies-Dallas, Wakaluk 4-3-3 (37 shots-31 saves). Colorado, Fiset 12-3-2 (26-19).A-16,061 (16,061).

Penguins 5, Lightning 4 St. Petersburg, Fla.

Tomas Sandstrom had two goals and Mario Lemieux had four assists as Pittsburgh held off Tampa Bay for its fifth consecutive victory.

Tampa Bay, which got goals from four players in the second period, lost its second in a row after six games without a loss.

Lemieux moved up on two NHL career scoring lists, moving into 16th place in points (passing Jean Ratelle) with 1,268 and 21st in assists (passing Larry Robinson) with 752.

Pittsburgh 3 2 0 - 5

Tampa Bay 0 4 0 - 4

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 16 (Lemieux, Zubov), :54. 2, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 17 (Lemieux, Jagr), 9:58 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh, Nasland 11 (Lemieux, Sandstrom), 12:59.

Second period-4, Tampa Bay, Hamrlik 4 (Bradley, Klima), 10:22 (pp). 5, Tampa Bay, Ysebaert 9, 11:36. 6, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 15 (Cross, Cullen), 12:53. 7, Pittsburgh, Yagr 23 (Lemieux), 13:35 (sh). 8, Pittsburgh, Murray 6 (Laroux), 15:31. 9, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 2 (Houlder) 18:35.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 11-4-7-22. Tampa Bay 19-11-6-36.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 1 of 4; Tampa Bay 1 of 8.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Barrasso (13 shots-13 saves), Wregget 4-3-1 (15:16 first, 23-19). Tampa Bay, Bergeron 0-5-1 (22-17).A-16,466 (28,000).

Flyers 6, Bruins 1 Philadelphia

Mikael Renberg had two goals and an assist as Philadelphia extended its winning streak to eight games with the victory over Boston.

Ron Hextall made 33 saves to improve his record to 9-1-1 and lower his league-leading goals-against average to 1.62.

The Flyers are 12-2-1 at the Spectrum this season, tied with Florida for the league’s best home record. Philadelphia, which led 3-0 in the first period, is also unbeaten in its last nine (8-0-1).

Boston goaltender Scott Bailey, another of the former Spokane Chiefs in the NHL, lost his first NHL game after winning his first six after being called up from the minors.

Boston 0 1 0 - 1

Philadelphia 3 0 3 - 6

First period-1, Philadelphia, Renberg 16 (Svoboda, Lindros), 1:12. 2, Philadelphia, LeClair 15 (Svoboda, Renberg), 12:54. 3, Philadelphia, Podein 7 (Otto, DiMaio), 18:50.

Second period-4, Boston, Reid 6 (Sweeney, Heinze), 2:44.

Third period-5, Philadelphia, Renberg 17 (LeClair, Lindros), 1:40. 6, Philadelphia, Fedyk 8 (Falloon, Brind’Amour), 9:09. 7, Philadelphia, LeClair 16 (Haller, Dineen), 15:23.

Shots on goal-Boston 8-12-14-34. Philadelphia 7-13-10-30.Power-play opp.-Boston 0 of 3; Philadelphia 0 of 1.Goalies-Boston, Bailey 4-1-2 (30 shots-24 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 9-1-1 (34-33).A-17,380 (17,380).

Jets 5, Flames 2 Winnipeg, Manitoba

Eddie Olczyk scored two goals in the third period and Winnipeg shook off a slow start to beat Calgary.

Deron Quint, Dallas Drake and Keith Tkachuk scored the other Jets’ goals before a crowd of just 8,721, while Paul Kruse and Dean Evason (a former Spokane Flyer junior) scored for Calgary.

Calgary 1 1 0 - 2

Winnipeg 1 2 2 - 5

First period-1, Calgary, Kruse 1 (Ward), 1:23. 2, Winnipeg, Quint 1, 11:57.

Second period-3, Calgary, Evason 4 (Ward, Kruse), 1:09. 4, Winnipeg, Drake 6 (Eastwood, Shannon), 1:42. 5, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 14 (Selanne, Zhamnov), 18:07 (pp).

Third period-6, Winnipeg, Olczyk 8 (Quint, Tkachuk), 5:28. 7, Winnipeg, Olczyk 9 (Quint), 14:25 (pp).

Shots on goal-Calgary 14-6-13-33. Winnipeg 11-14-9-34.Power-play opp.-Calgary 0 of 2; Winnipeg 2 of 5.Goalies-Calgary, Tabaracci 3-6-1 (34 shots-29 saves). Winnipeg, Cheveldae 2-5-3 (33-31).A-8,721 (15,393).