NHL ROUNDUP : Blues Lose Lead and Game but Make Playoffs

All wasn’t lost for the St. Louis Blues.

Jyrki Lumme scored with 2:41 left in overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 6-5 victory at St. Louis Thursday night, but the Blues still had reason for some celebration.

St. Louis became the first Norris Division team to clinch a spot in the playoffs when the Detroit Red Wings lost at Pittsburgh.

However, the Blues’ lead over second-place Chicago was reduced to three points.

With the victory, the Canucks staved off elimination in the Smythe Division.

St. Louis seemed to have the game in hand until Igor Larionov’s second goal of the game with 22 seconds left in regulation sent the game to overtime.

Brett Hull scored his 67th goal for St. Louis.

Winnipeg 3, Boston 3--Craig Janney’s second goal of the game at 7:09 of the third period gave the Bruins a tie with the Jets at Boston.

Winnipeg, third in the Smythe Division, stretched its lead over the Kings to 11 points.

Calgary 5, New Jersey 4--Defenseman Gary Suter recorded four assists as the Flames beat the Devils at Calgary to extend their unbeaten string to seven games.

Suter assisted on goals by Gary Roberts, Colin Patterson, Theoren Fleury and Joe Nieuwendyk. Joey Mullen also scored for the Stanley Cup champions, who increased their lead over Edmonton in the Smythe Division to six points.

Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Islanders 4--Ilkka Sinisalo scored with 31 seconds left at Philadelphia and the Flyers extended the Islanders’ winless streak to 14 games.

The Islanders, who haven’t won since a 4-3 overtime victory over Boston on Feb. 10, are 0-11-3 during their current streak.

Chicago 6, Quebec 3--Steve Larmer had a goal and two assists as the Blackhawks broke an eight-game winless streak by beating the Nordiques at Quebec.

Tony McKegney scored his 300th goal for Quebec.

Pittsburgh 6, Detroit 1--Mark Recchi and Phil Bourque had two goals each as the Penguins routed the Red Wings at Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh moved past Washington into third place in the Patrick Division.