NHL ROUNDUP : Sabres’ Unbeaten Streak Extends to Six Games, 5-4

The Buffalo Sabres extended their unbeaten streak to six games Wednesday night by overcoming a three-goal deficit to defeat the New York Islanders, 5-4, at Buffalo.

Pierre Turgeon and Dave Andreychuk scored two goals each and Alexander Mogilny added the other goal for the Sabres, who are 4-0-2 in their last six games.

“We had to get some consistency,” Andreychuk said. “We had a flat effort at the start, but it shows a lot of character in the team the way we came back.”

David Chyzowski, Pat LaFontaine, Bill Berg and Pat Flatley scored for the Islanders.

Montreal 3, Edmonton 0--Rookie goaltender Andre Racicot recorded his first NHL shutout and became the third goalie to blank the Oilers at Edmonton.

Racicot’s shutout, in only his third NHL game, was the first of the season for the Canadiens.

Winnipeg 3, Calgary 3--Mark Kumpel scored for the Jets with 2:18 left in regulation time to salvage the tie at Winnipeg.

The Jets, who trailed by two goals twice and were overmatched throughout the opening two periods, also got a third-period goal from Fredrik Olausson.

Mark Hunter, Doug Gilmour and Tim Sweeney scored for the Flames, who lead the Smythe Division with a 22-14-5 record.

Detroit 6, Minnesota 2--The Red Wings built a 4-1 lead in the first period and ended a three-game losing streak by cruising over the North Stars at Detroit.

Steve Yzerman scored two goals and added an assist for the Red Wings, who had been shut out in two consecutive games.

Hartford 5, Vancouver 2--The Whalers won at Hartford, Conn., for only the third time in 11 games as Carey Wilson scored twice in the third period to break a 2-2 tie and hand the Canucks their fifth consecutive loss.

Pat Verbeek had two goals and an assist and Ron Francis a goal and two assists for the Whalers.