NHL ROUNDUP : Late Goals Keep Capitals Perfect

The Washington Capitals kept their record perfect with a 5-4 victory at Toronto Wednesday night and deprived the Maple Leafs of their first three-game winning streak since the 1989-90 season.

Nick Kypreos and Sylvain Cote scored goals five minutes apart in the third period to lead the Capitals to their third victory. They also got goals from Michal Pivonka, Calle Johansson and Kevin Hatcher.

Rookie Rob Pearson scored twice for Toronto and assisted on Brian Bradley’s goal. Gary Leeman had the other goal for the Maple Leafs.

Toronto almost forced overtime when Glenn Anderson scored with 12 seconds to play. But referee Richard Trottier called off the goal, ruling the Toronto player knocked the puck in with a high stick.

Pearson and Pivonka exchanged goals in the first period, and Toronto pulled ahead, 2-1, on Bradley’s goal.

Johansson tied the score, 2-2, in the second period, blasting a slap shot past Grant Fuhr after intercepting a soft pass by the Maple Leafs’ Lucien DeBlois.

Pearson gave the Leafs the lead for the third time.

Third-period goals by Hatcher, Kypreos and Cote, who scored after Michel Petit lost the puck behind his net, iced the victory. Leeman rounded out the scoring with 1:19 remaining.

N.Y. Rangers 5, N.Y. Islanders 3--Mark Messier scored two goals and had an assist, but it was Kris King’s goal with 15 seconds remaining that broke a tie and lifted the Rangers over their local rivals at New York.

James Patrick connected into an empty net four seconds later.

Goaltender Glenn Healy stopped 34 shots for the Islanders, who defeated Boston, 4-3, Saturday in their only other game this season.

Boston 4, Buffalo 4--Vladimir Ruzicka’s power-play goal in the third period lifted the Bruins to a tie at Buffalo.

Ruzicka, who also had two assists, scored on a rebound 3 1/2 minutes after the Sabres had taken a 4-3 lead on a power-play goal by Keven Haller. The tie gave Buffalo (0-2-1) its first point of the season.

Boston, which won its season opener, ended a two-game losing streak despite falling behind four times in the game.

Buffalo took a 2-1 lead when Boston defenseman Bob Beers gave away the puck in front of the net and Alexander Mogilny fired a shot just under the crossbar on goaltender Andy Moog’s glove side.