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© St. Petersburg Times, published December 3, 2000
York's two goals lead Senators
KANATA, Ontario -- Jason York wasn't completely surprised to learn he had just enjoyed his first career two-goal game.
"I had a feeling it was," the Ottawa defenseman said after he scored twice to lead the Senators to a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.
York, who entered with just 25 goals in 442 games, scored a power-play goal in the first period as Ottawa won for the fifth time in seven games. York added his third of the season to put Ottawa ahead 4-1 2:26 into the third.
Philadelphia, beaten 2-0 in Carolina on Thursday, lost for the fourth time in five games since putting together a six-game winning streak.
"It's hard to figure out, or put your finger on it," Flyers wing John LeClair said.
LeClair, who assisted on Rick Tocchet's goal 9:19 into the third that made it 5-2, scored his first goal in four games since returning from back surgery to make it 5-3 with 4:08 left.
MAPLE LEAFS 8, RANGERS 2: Garry Valk and Jonus Hoglund each scored two goals for host Toronto. Dave Manson, Gary Roberts, Mats Sundin and Shayne Corson also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have 19 goals in their past three games.
New York goalie Mike Richter was replaced by Kirk McLean midway through second period after allowing five goals on 19 shots. But McLean wasn't much better, giving up three goals on 14 shots.
Mark Messier and Valeri Kamensky scored for New York, which has allowed 90 goals in its first 26 games. Only Tampa Bay has allowed more.
"You can't fault our goalies," New York's Adam Graves said. "We have to clean up our own zone."
STARS 5, COYOTES 2: Brett Hull scored two goals and Derian Hatcher had three assists for visiting Dallas. The Stars, who snapped a two-game losing streak, won their first in three tries against the Coyotes this season.
The Stars went up 3-0 with 35 seconds left in the first period. Hull flipped a shot from below the right circle. Robert Esche stopped it but gave up the rebound to Roman Lyashenko, who had an easy score.
Hull got his first goal at 8:13 of the second period, scoring on a wrister that went through Eshe's pads.
BLUES 5, PANTHERS 2: Pierre Turgeon scored twice and Al MacInnis had four assists to become the top scoring defenseman in team history for host St. Louis.
In 424 games with the Blues,MacInnis has 300 points, four more than Rob Ramage. He is 12th overall on the Blues' career scoring list.
THRASHERS 2, BLUE JACKETS 1: Milan Hnilicka stopped 28 shots, including several in the final minute, for visiting Atlanta. The Blue Jackets' losing streak was extended to seven.
Per Svartvadet and Steve Guolla scored for Atlanta, which had a 2-0 lead in the final period when Columbus' Geoff Sanderson scored to cut the deficit with 8:04 remaining.
CAPITALS 2, BRUINS 0: Olaf Kolzig made 23 saves for his 18th career shutout, and Joe Reekie scored his first goal of the season.
Washington, which won only its second road game of the season, completed a home-and-home sweep of the Bruins, after beating them 3-2 Friday.
SABRES 3, PENGUINS 2: Dominik Hasek, stunned by two goals in final two minutes, made 22 saves for visiting Buffalo.
Jaromir Jagr, who had gone eight games without a goal, scored with 1:35 left on Pittsburgh's 18th shot to spoil Hasek's bid for his third shutout.
After the Penguins pulled goalie Garth Snow, Martin Straka scored with 1:07 left. The Penguins had one last flurry with seven seconds left, but failed to get the puck past the sprawling Hasek. Pittsburgh had six shots in the final 1:35.
CANADIENS 1, FLAMES 1: Craig Darby scored at 3:14 of the third period to lift Montreal into the tie. Montreal, 4-2-1 under new coach Michel Therrien, completed a 2-0-1 road trip.
Jeff Cowan scored for the Flames, who failed to win their second home game of the season.
COYOTES: Claude Lemieux, the free-agent right wing who has played on four Stanley Cup winners, signed a one-year contract. Terms were not disclosed. Lemieux, second to Wayne Gretzky with 19 game-winning playoff goals, helped New Jersey to the title last season.