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NHL roundup

Compiled from Times wires

© St. Petersburg Times, published March 25, 2001

Bourque returns to Boston, goes home a winner

BOSTON -- Ray Bourque returned to Boston on Saturday with a team that showed his fans what they, and he, had been missing -- a real chance to win the Stanley Cup.

He had two assists in his first game in Boston since the Bruins traded him March 6, 2000, as the Avalanche won its fifth straight 4-2.

"It was a very nice day, and I had a lot of fun with it," Bourque said.

He won five Norris Trophies as the league's best defenseman, but the Bruins lost his two trips to the Cup final.

The Avalanche, with the league's best record, charged into a 3-0 lead 4:01 into the game and held off the aggressive Bruins.

"They kept storming back," Bourque said. "We got off to a good start and then we kind of sat on (the lead) and we relied on our goalie to play a super game."

Patrick Roy stopped 36 shots.

"It was special for us," Roy said. "I had goose bumps at the beginning and at the end of the game."

Boston trails Carolina by four points in the race for the final playoff spot in the East.

The Bruins dug a big hole early, as Joe Sakic scored his 46th goal nine seconds in, breaking a tie with Pittsburgh's Jaromir Jagr for the NHL scoring lead.

With 15 seconds left, fans chanted "Ray, Ray, Ray." Then he stopped a soft shot at his own blue line, the final buzzer sounded and he picked up the puck.

He followed with one circuit of the rink, pumping his right hand high as his teammates banged their sticks on the ice and the fans cheered.

Colorado is 61-15-10-4 since Bourque arrived.

BLUES 5, BLACKHAWKS 1: Roman Turek and St. Louis are back to their winning ways and back in the playoffs.

The goalie made 22 saves as the Blues beat Chicago to clinch a playoff spot for the 21st straight season.

The victory was just the Blues' second in their past 12 games, and it was the team's first home win since it beat San Jose 7-2 on Feb. 26 -- the last time Turek won.

Al MacInnis and Pierre Turgeon each had a goal and two assists.

"We didn't wait for the momentum of the game," Turgeon said. "We went right after it."

RED WINGS 6, RANGERS 0: Chris Osgood's first shutout this season was the final knockout punch for host New York's playoff hopes.

Osgood made 24 saves for his 30th career shutout, and six Detroit players scored in a game that officially eliminated New York from the playoffs for the fourth straight season.

"You have to have a certain feeling of pride in being a New York Ranger," coach Ron Low said. "I don't know if there's enough of it there."

The Rangers had not missed the playoffs in four straight years since 1963-66.

MAPLE LEAFS 5, FLYERS 3: Yanic Perreault had a goal and an assist to lead host Toronto.

Mats Sundin, Igor Korolev, Aki Berg and Darcy Tucker also scored for the Leafs, who played the Flyers for the first time since a possible deal for Eric Lindros fell through.

Mark Recchi scored two third-period goals for the Flyers, who almost overcame a 4-1 deficit.

John LeClair and Simon Gagne each had an assist in their returns to the Flyers' lineup. Gagne missed 12 games with a dislocated left shoulder, and LeClair missed 46 with back problems.

SABRES 3, HURRICANES 1: Stu Barnes and Erik Rasmussen scored on consecutive third-period shots for host Buffalo.

Miroslav Satan's empty-net goal with 10 seconds left sealed it as Buffalo, fifth in the East, moved five points ahead of idle Pittsburgh.

The loss snapped the Hurricanes' season-high four-game winning streak, ending their bid to win five straight for the first time since February 1996.

MIGHTY DUCKS 3, KINGS 3: Oleg Tverdovsky tied the score with 7:09 left to help visiting Anaheim earn a point.

Pascal Trepanier and German Titov scored for Anaheim during a 3:02 span of the second. Captain Paul Kariya failed to get a point for the fourth straight game, his longest drought of the season.

Jozef Stumpel returned to the lineup and assisted on Palffy's first goal after missing seven games because of a broken rib suffered against the Ducks on Mar. 4.

BLUE JACKETS 6, FLAMES 4: Espen Knutsen set a team record with five points -- all assists -- for host Columbus.

Three other Blue Jackets tied or set career highs for the expansion team. Jamie Heward scored two goals, David Vyborny added a goal and two assists and Deron Quint finished with a goal and two assists to set a career high in points for a season with 21.

THRASHERS 3, CANADIENS 2: Steve Guolla scored the go-ahead goal in the third and added two assists as visiting Atlanta rallied from a two-goal deficit.

Hnat Domenichelli also had a goal and two assists for Atlanta, which beat Montreal for the first time in eight meetings. The Thrashers are 1-32-5-1 when trailing after two periods.

PENGUINS: Alexei Kovalev was suspended for three games without pay for hitting a referee with a puck in a game against Carolina on Friday night.

U.S. names 10 Olympians

NEW YORK -- Mike Modano and Brett Hull topped a list of 10 players selected for the 2002 U.S. Olympic team.

The Stars forwards will be joined up front by LeClair, Tony Amonte of Chicago, Doug Weight of Edmonton, Bill Guerin of Boston, Chris Drury of Colorado, Jeremy Roenick of Phoenix and Keith Tkachuk of St. Louis, who made his third Olympic team.

Brian Leetch of the Rangers, who also will be in his third Olympics, was the only defenseman chosen in this initial group. The rest of the 23-player roster must be announced by Dec. 22.

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