NHL Roundup : Flyers Are Bounced by Flames

A goal by Calgary’s Hakan Loob midway through the third period gave the Flames a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday night at Calgary.

Loob took advantage of a fortuitous bounce inside the Philadelphia zone to score the winning goal at 9:49. A shot by Paul Baxter from near the Flyers’ blue line deflected up off the stick of Doug Crossman and Loob, skating past the defenseman, batted the puck behind goalie Pelle Lindbergh.

Mike Eaves, Dan Quinn and Neil Sheehy also scored for the Flames. Philadelphia scorers were Rick Tocchet, Lindsay Carson and Brian Propp.

The loss cost the Flyers a chance to tie Washington for the lead in the Patrick Division.

Montreal 2, St. Louis 2--Mats Naslund scored a short-handed goal and Mario Tremblay connected on a power play at St. Louis to help the Canadiens extend their unbeaten string to 13 games against the Blues over a span of five seasons. Since October 1980, the Canadiens own a 8-0-5 record.

St. Louis grabbed a 2-0 advantage on Joe Mullen’s 100th career goal at 14:27 and Bernie Federko’s 15th of the year four minutes and 15 seconds later in the first period.

Hartford 6, Detroit 2--Kevin Dineen and Bobby Crawford scored two goals apiece as the Whalers snapped a three-game losing streak at Hardford.

The Whalers excelled on specialty teams, scoring three power-play goals, a short-handed goal by Dineen and killing four Detroit man-advantage situations.

Vancouver 6, New Jersey 4--Thomas Gradin scored his second goal of the game on a breakaway early in the third period to snap a 4-4 tie and lift the Canucks to a 6-4 victory over the Devils at East Rutherford, N.J.

Stan Smyl added an insurance goal as Vancouver raised its record to 9-26-5, breaking a five-game winless streak (0-3-2). The Devils, who have lost six of their last seven games,fell to 12-21-4.