NHL Roundup : Canucks Rebound Nicely to Defeat Winnipeg, 7-2

The Vancouver Canucks came back from Friday night’s 13-0 loss to Edmonton to defeat the Jets at Winnipeg, 7-2, Saturday night as goalie Richard Brodeur continued a comeback of his own.

Brodeur, nicknamed King Richard after he led the Canucks to the Stanley Cup final in 1982, fell on hard times last season with a 4.67 goals-against average and a stint in the minor leagues. But against Winnipeg, he turned away 40 shots, including 21 in the third period, and even assisted on two goals as the Jets’ winless streak was stretched to four games.

Offensively, Doug Lidster and Petri Skriko each scored two goals. Brodeur wasn’t too bad, either. He passed to Rick Lanz for the game-opening goal and teamed with the defenseman again in the third period on a feed to Moe Lamey.

Winnipeg, which started Dan Bouchard in goal and replaced him in the third period with Brian Hayward after the Canucks made it 7-2, gave up four short-handed goals.

Philadelphia 5, Boston 3--The Flyers scored their 10th straight victory as Tim Kerr got a hat trick, including two goals in the second period to break a 2-2 tie, at Philadelphia.

Kerr, who has 16 goals this season, has scored 14 of them and three assists in the last 10 games. He also has five multiple-goal games.

Philadelphia, leaders in the Patrick Division, are now 12-2-0, while Boston dropped to 9-4-1. The Flyers will go for the club record of 11 straight wins Thursday night at the Spectrum against Edmonton in a rematch of the Stanley Cup finals won by the Oilers.

Calgary 5, Washington 4--After more than 4 1/2 years without a win at the Capital Centre in Landover, Md., Flame Coach Bob Johnson was frightened when his team nearly blew two three-goal leads before Eddy Beers’ unassisted goal midway through the third period.

“I was scared,� Johnson said. “The momentum was changing and it put a lot of pressure on us.�

Washington played without its two best defensemen, Scott Stevens (bruised right knee) and Rod Langway (strained ligaments in his right knee). Stevens is out indefinitely, but Langway is scheduled to begin practicing with the team today.

Minnesota 4, New York Rangers 3--The North Stars were outshot, 42-22, at Bloomington, Minn., but goalie Dan Beaupre kept them in the game for Scott Bjugstad’s 40-foot slap shot at 2:04 of overtime that broke a four-game winless streak.

The Rangers trailed, 3-1, going into the third period before getting a power-play goal from Tomas Sandstrom and Ron Greschner’s second goal of the game with 5:01 left in regulation.

Toronto 2, St. Louis 2--At Toronto, Brian Sutter beat goalie Tim Bernhardt with a wrist shot from the front of the crease seven minutes into the third period to get the Blues the tie and give the Maple Leafs a tie of their own--the club record for going 11 games with a victory.

The Maple Leafs, who ended a nine-game losing streak with a 3-3 tie Friday against Detroit, had a power play in the overtime period, but couldn’t take advantage. They are now 1-11-2 on the season.

Hartford 4, Quebec 3--Defenseman Joel Quenneville capped a four-goal run during 12 minutes of the third period with a wrist shot at 15:24 to give the Whalers the win in Quebec.

Before scoring the goal, his first of the season, Quenneville set up Sylvain Turgeon for the tying goal at 13:52. The Whalers got goals seven seconds apart from Jorgen Pettersson and Tom Lawless to make it 3-2.

Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 1--Both teams went into the game at Pittsburgh heading in the wrong direction, but the Penguins snapped a seven-game winless streak and the Black Hawks took their fourth straight loss thanks to Mario Lemieux’s goal and assist.

The win was the 500th in Penguin history and, according to Coach Bob Berry, the best of the season.

New York Islanders 3, New Jersey 2--Mike Bossy’s power-play goal late in the second period at Uniondale, N.Y., proved to be the game-winner.