NHL ROUNDUP : Flames Shell Slumping Bruins

All the Calgary Flames needed to break out of their scoring slump was a team with a slumping defense like the Boston Bruins.

The Bruins, coming off an 8-1 beating in Edmonton on Friday night, were drubbed by the same score in Calgary on Saturday night.

It was a fitting ending to a nightmarish road trip for Boston. The Bruins ended a seven-game, two-week road swing with five out of a possible 14 points (2-4-1).

The Flames, lukewarm for the first seven games this season, scored five first-period goals. Defenseman Al MacInnis had two goals and two assists.

Rookie Robert Reichel scored his first NHL goal for the Flames. Calgary’s Mark Hunter pleased a sellout crowd with a power-play goal and an assist.

Paul Ranheim and Brian MacLellan got Calgary rolling in the first period with goals eight seconds apart, Ranheim’s coming on a power play. Stephane Matteau and MacInnis also scored in the first, ending goaltender Andy Moog’s nightmarish game. He was replaced by Rejean Lemelin.

The victory improved Calgary’s Smythe Division record to 5-3-0 for 10 points, three behind the first-place Kings. The Bruins are 4-4-1.

Quebec 5, Detroit 3--Joe Sakic had two goals and an assist and rookie goaltender John Tanner beat the Red Wings at Quebec for his first NHL victory.

Mike Hough, Michel Petit and Lucien DeBlois also scored for the Nordiques (3-3-3). Shawn Burr, Brent Fedyk and Dave Barr scored for the Red Wings (4-3-2).

Buffalo 3, New York Islanders 1--Rick Vaive and Donald Audette scored power-play goals 31 seconds apart in the second period as the Sabres beat the Islanders at Uniondale, N.Y., for their first victory of the year.

Clint Malarchuk faced only 20 shots for the Sabres (1-4-3). Wayne McBean scored the only goal for the Islanders (2-5-0) in the first period.

Philadelphia 5, Montreal 3--Scott Mellanby’s goal 7:46 into the third period broke a tie and helped the Flyers beat the Canadiens for their sixth consecutive victory.

Pelle Ecklund added a goal at 13:25 to wrap up the scoring for the Flyers (6-2-0). Tom Chorske, Stephane Richer and Russ Courtnall scored for Montreal (4-4-1).

New York Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 3--Brian Bullen scored the game-winner with 3:17 to play in the Rangers’ victory at Pittsburgh.

It was the sixth victory in the past seven games for the Rangers (6-3-0). The Penguins are 3-4-1.

Washington 4, New Jersey 0--Don Beaupre stopped 27 shots and Calle Johansson scored two goals to lead the Capitals at Landover, Md.

It was the first shutout for the Capitals (4-5-0) against New Jersey (5-3-1) since February 1984.

Toronto 6, Chicago 2--Gary Leerman, a 51-goal scorer in 1989-90, scored his first of the season as the Maple Leafs won their first game at the expense of the Blackhawks at Toronto.

Scott Thornton, Rob Ramage, Wendel Clark, Kevin Maguire and Vince Damphouse also scored for Toronto (1-6-1), who had managed only four goals in their previous three games.

Greg Gilbert and Troy Murray scored for Chicago (5-4-0), which had a 41-30 advantage in shooting.

St. Louis 2, Minnesota 2--Dave Gagner’s goal with 9:52 to play helped the North Stars gain a tie with the Blues at St. Louis.

The Blues (4-3-1) had taken a 2-1 lead on power-play goals 31 seconds apart by Gino Cavallini and Cliff Ronning in the second period, but could not hold off the North Stars (1-5-2).