NHL ROUNDUP : Blackhawks Rally to Beat Penguins

The Chicago Blackhawks rallied from a three-goal deficit with the help of Dirk Graham’s two goals to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-3, Thursday night at Chicago.

Graham’s goals included a short-handed breakaway to tie the game, 3-3, at 4:06 of the final period. Adam Creighton and Steve Larmer also scored for the Blackhawks, Larmer’s power-play goal at 12:04 of the final period ending up as the game-winner.

Dan Quinn scored twice and Mario Lemieux once as the Penguins took a 3-0 lead in the first period.

The victory lifted the Norris Division-leading Blackhawks’ record to 12-6-1 and 25 points, most in the NHL.

Quebec 7, N.Y. Islanders 5--The Nordiques broke their club-record eight-game losing streak with a victory at Uniondale, N.Y.

Peter Stastny scored three goals as the Nordiques won for the first time since a 7-2 victory over Minnesota Oct. 21. The Nordiques have the league’s worst record at 4-12-1.

Toronto 4, Philadelphia 1--Gary Leeman scored the tie-breaking goal early in the third period and the Maple Leafs went on to win at Philadelphia.

Leeman took his own rebound behind the net and slapped a five-footer past Pete Peeters to put Toronto ahead, 2-1, at 6:49.

Philadelphia’s Gord Murphy was given a five-minute high-sticking major for cutting Leeman after his goal.

Boston 6, Edmonton 2--Bob Sweeney had the first three-goal game of his NHL career and Ken Linseman scored in his first game back from an injury as the Bruins won at Boston.

Sweeney, a former Boston College star, scored once in each period to run his goal total to eight as the Bruins completed the season series with the Oilers at 2-0-1.

Linseman, playing for the first time after recuperating from surgery for a circulatory problem, scored the final Boston goal.

St. Louis 1, Montreal 1--Paul MacLean’s second-period goal gave the Blues a tie at St. Louis, extending their unbeaten streak to seven games.

St. Louis, 4-0-3 since losing, 6-1, to Philadelphia on Oct. 24, also tied the Canadiens, 3-3, Monday night in Montreal. The unbeaten streak is the Blues’ longest since a club-record seven-game winning streak in 1987-88.

Russ Courtnall scored on a first-period breakaway for the Canadiens, who are 4-1-2 in their last eight games.

Minnesota 5, Detroit 1--Dave Gagner and rookie Mike Modano each scored two goals as the North Stars extended the Red Wings’ winless streak to nine with a victory at Bloomington, Minn.

The last-place Red Wings, are on their longest winless streak (0-6-3) since they went 0-10-2 from Dec. 29, 1984, to Jan. 21, 1985.