NHL ROUNDUP : Lemieux Scores Four, Penguins Stop Rangers

Mario Lemieux extended his point-scoring streak to 31 games by scoring four goals at New York Monday night to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Rangers, 7-5.

Lemieux scored twice in each of the first two periods for the 24th hat trick of his career and his sixth four-goal game. Mark Recchi added two goals for the Penguins.

The victory came only hours after Pittsburgh completed a six-player trade with Vancouver. None of the players involved dressed for the game.

Lemieux’s first goal gave him the third-longest scoring streak in NHL history. The Kings’ Wayne Gretzky holds the record for scoring in the most consecutive games--51 in 1983-84. Gretzky also has the second longest streak at 39.

Toronto 8, Washington 6--Gary Leeman scored three goals at Toronto to lead the Maple Leafs to their fourth consecutive victory.

Dan Marois, Lou Franceschetti, Scott Pearson, Tom Kurvers and Gilles Thibaudeau also scored for Toronto, which went over .500 for the first time this late in a season since 1977-78.

Ed Olczyk had two assists to extend his points streak to 18 games, tying the club record set by Darryl Sittler in 1977-78.

Washington got goals from Kevin Hatcher, John Tucker, Calle Johansson, Dino Ciccarelli, Michal Pivonka and Stephen Leach.

Winnipeg 4, New Jersey 3--Pat Elynuik scored his 18th goal of the season with 2:41 remaining to give the Jets a victory at East Rutherford, N.J.

The Devils had rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game midway through the third period. The victory snapped a two-game losing streak for the Jets.