NHL

Amonte helps Flyers salvage tie

PHILADELPHIA -- For once, Tony Amonte was not in the right place at the right time, but it still paid off for the Flyers.

Amonte scored twice, including a short-handed goal that got Philadelphia even with 6:49 left in regulation, as the Flyers tied the Bruins 2-2 on Thursday night.

Amonte poked in a rebound of Marcus Ragnarsson's shot in a wild scramble in front of the net to help the Flyers increase their unbeaten string to three (1-0-2) and remain three points behind the Atlantic Division-leading Devils.

"I probably shouldn't have been there (in front of the net) on the penalty kill," Amonte said. "But it looked like J.R. (Jeremy Roenick) had the puck and was going to make the play. That's why I went to the net and just stuck around."

Boston almost won it with 5:33 left in the third period when P.J. Axelsson hit the crossbar on his second breakaway of the period.

Defensemen Bryan Berard and Nick Boynton scored 1:15 apart early in the second to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead. Boston could have clinched a playoff berth with a win.

BLUES 2, PANTHERS 1: Doug Weight scored a power-play goal with two seconds left, after a penalty for too many men on the ice, for host St. Louis.

The infraction, called with 54 seconds remaining, was the only penalty called on the Panthers in the game.

The Blues are 7-3-1 in their past 11 and have won five of seven. Florida has lost five straight and scored one goal in each loss.

Eric Boguniecki gave St. Louis a 1-0 lead at 10:58 of the third when he knocked in a rebound for his 21st.

Denis Shvidki scored a power-play goal on a wrist shot at 13:04 to tie it.

Brent Johnson started his first game in goal since the Blues acquired Chris Osgood on March 11. Osgood played the past seven games and had two shutouts in going 4-2-1.

AVALANCHE 3, KINGS 0: Patrick Roy had 26 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and 66th of his career for host Colorado.

Dan Hinote, Rob Blake and Alex Tanguay had goals for Colorado, which remains in the No. 5 position in the West.

Kings goalie Cristobal Huet, making his fifth start, gave up all three goals before being replaced by Jamie Storr early in the second.

Hinote scored on Colorado's first shot at 6:34, and Blake scored his 17th at 9:00 to make it 2-0.

Los Angeles peppered Roy with 13 shots in the second but couldn't score, and Tanguay put the Avalanche ahead 3-0.

FLAMES 2, STARS 1 (OT): Shean Donovan scored 2:51 into overtime for host Calgary.

It was the first loss since Dec. 26 for Dallas goalie Marty Turco, who was 12-0-4 in his previous 18 appearances.

Scott Nichol scored his fifth goal to tie it for Calgary. The Flames lineup was bolstered by the return of leading scorer Jarome Iginla, who missed two games with a sprained shoulder.

Ulf Dahlen scored for Dallas, which has earned points in five straight games (3-0-0-2).

BLACKHAWKS 4, PREDATORS 1: Andrei Nikolishin and Steve Sullivan each had a goal and an assist as host Chicago snapped a four-game winless streak.

Chris Simon and Mark Bell also scored for the Blackhawks, who won for only the seventh time in 32 games (7-20-3-2).

The Blackhawks and Predators have been eliminated from the playoffs.

CANUCKS 5, COYOTES 1: Ed Jovanovski and Daniel Sedin each had a goal and an assist, and goaltender Dan Cloutier had 23 saves for host Vancouver.

The Canucks extended their lead over Colorado to four points in the Northwest Division and moved within a point of second-place Detroit in the Western Conference.

DRAFT DRAW: The league will hold the draw, a weighted lottery system to determine the order for the first 14 picks of the entry draft, on April 7.

The club with the fewest regular-season points will have the greatest chance (25 percent) of winning the draw and will pick no lower than second. Teams can't move up more than four positions, and no club can move down more than one position.

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