NHL Roundup : Sakic’s 3 Goals Snap Canadiens’ Streak, 5-3

Joe Sakic scored three goals and Marc Fortier had three assists Thursday night to lead Quebec past Montreal, 5-3, snapping the Canadiens’ five-game winning streak at Quebec City.

Jeff Brown had a goal and two assists for the Nordiques and David Latta also scored for Quebec.

Bobby Smith scored his 300th career goal for Montreal, and Mats Naslund and Erik Desjardins also scored. Desjardins’s goal, at 15:46 of the third period, was the first of his career.

Sakic, a rookie, has 16 goals and 31 points this season.

Quebec, the leading power-play team in the National Hockey League, scored on two power plays in the first period to take a 3-0 lead.

Sakic scored at 3:05 on a high shot over Brian Hayward’s left shoulder. Latta made it 2-0 at 6:24 on a backhand shot that trickled into the net after a scramble. Sakic then scored from the slot off a pass from Fortier at 10:45.

Quebec increased its lead to 4-0 at 4:21 of the second period when Brown pushed in a rebound of Michel Goulet’s backhand attempt.

Edmonton 4, St. Louis 2--Jimmy Carson and Mark Messier scored 2 goals each to lead the Oilers at St. Louis despite just 13 Edmonton shots on goal.

Esa Tikkanen had 3 assists to help the Oilers record their 7th straight win over the Blues. Edmonton is 12-1-1 against St. Louis since the 1984.

St. Louis outshot Edmonton 26-13 but was 0-for-6 on power plays. Gino Cavallini scored both goals for the Blues.

Carson put the Oilers ahead 2-1 at 17:39 of the first period with his 13th goal when Tikkanen’s shot from the point deflected off his skate into the net.

Carson made it 3-1 lead with 4 seconds remaining in the second period, scoring off a centering pass from Jari Kurri.

Cavallini got his ninth goal at 18 seconds of the third period with an assist from Bernie Federko. Messier, returning from a 6-game suspension, had an empty-net goal with 22 seconds left.

Boston 2, Philadelphia 1--Bob Sweeney scored twice, including the game-winner 8 seconds into overtime at Boston. The victory snapped the Bruins’ seven-game winless streak.

Sweeney drove Bob Joyce’s rebound past Flyers’ goaltender Mark Laforest after Ken Linseman won the opening faceoff of overtime.

Sweeney gave Boston a 1-0 lead at 13:59 of the first period when a strange bounce off the boards behind the net caught Laforest out of position.

Tim Kerr tied it with his 20th goal, a 30-foot shot off a Pelle Eklund pass with the Bruins shorthanded at 11:09 of the second period.

Laforest, making his fifth start of the season, faced 24 shots while Andy Moog had 22 saves for Boston.