NHL Roundup : Canadiens’ Roy Runs Streak to 13

Mats Naslund scored three goals, Bobby Smith had a goal and four assists, and goalie Patrick Roy ran his unbeaten streak to 13 games as the Montreal Canadiens routed the Pittsburgh Penguins, 7-2, Saturday night at Pittsburgh.

Montreal leads the league with a 50-18-7 record and 107 points. The Canadiens posted the sixth 50-victory season in club history and first since 1978-79, when they won 52 games en route to a fourth consecutive Stanley Cup.

Five previous Montreal teams have won at least 50 regular-season games. Each went on to win the Stanley Cup.

Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux, the NHL’s leading scorer, missed his second consecutive game with a groin injury.

Washington 8, Hartford 2--Dino Ciccarelli had the second four-goal game of his career and added three assists to set a club record with seven points in the game at Hartford, Conn.

Ciccarelli, who scored twice in Friday’s 4-1 win over Montreal, scored from the left post at 1:29 of the first period, twice in an 11:16 span of the second period and completed his offensive blitz with a rising slap shot at 13:52 of the third period. Mike Ridley, Geoff Courtnall, Michel Pivonka and Dale Hunter also scored for Washington.

Since joining the Capitals on March 7 in a multi-player trade with Minnesota, Ciccarelli has seven goals in five games. Washington is 5-0-0 in that time.

Winnipeg 10, Toronto 2--Dale Hawerchuk had a goal and five assists, and Thomas Steen had three goals and two assists as the Jets won at Toronto.

Paul Fenton, Iain Duncan and Frederik Olausson also scored two goals each for Winnipeg.

The Jets built a 6-0 lead through two periods before the Maple Leafs scored on goals by Daniel Marois and Tom Fergus. But Winnipeg won going away, scoring the game’s final four goals.

Vancouver 2, N.Y. Islanders 1--Petri Skriko scored seven minutes into the third period at Vancouver, Canada, to extend the Canucks’ unbeaten streak to five.

They are also 10-0-2 in the last 12 home games.

Quebec 8, N.Y. Rangers 3--Peter Stastny, scoring once in each period, had three goals and an assist at Quebec City as the Nordiques avoided elimination from the Adams Division playoff race.

The Rangers, who have lost seven of their last eight games, remained in third place in the Patrick Division, one point behind Pittsburgh.

Chicago 3, New Jersey 1--Wayne Presley scored 4:53 into the third period, and former Devil Alain Chevrier stopped 38 shots in his first game against his former teammates at East Rutherford, N.J., as the Blackhawks snapped a seven-game winless streak. New Jersey lost its fourth straight.

Minnesota 3, Buffalo 0--Jon Casey made 27 saves at Bloomington, Minn., for his first career shutout and fifth straight win, the longest of his 95-game career.

The North Stars, 3-1-1 in their last five games, won their second in a row for the first time since early February. Minnesota also broke Buffalo’s four-game unbeaten streak.

St. Louis 3, Detroit 2--Brett Hull scored his 38th goal of the season 20 seconds into the third period to give the Blues the win at St. Louis.

Boston 6, Philadelphia 3--Goalie Reggie Lemelin recorded his 12th straight win in the game at Boston.