NHL ROUNDUP : Lemieux Assists Pittsburgh in a 3-3 Tie

Mario Lemieux was back, but he couldn’t help the Pittsburgh Penguins continue their domination of the Detroit Red Wings.

Steve Chiasson scored to cap a three-goal comeback that gave the Red Wings a 3-3 tie Thursday night in Detroit, halting a five-game losing streak against the Penguins.

Pittsburgh is 7-0-3 in the last 10 games between the clubs.

Lemieux, who missed the Penguins’ previous four games because of pain in his lower back, had an assist. He leads the NHL in scoring with 28 goals and 47 assists for 75 points.

N.Y. Islanders 4, Philadelphia 3--Goaltender Mark Fitzpatrick, continuing his comeback, won his second consecutive game as the Islanders beat the Flyers at Uniondale, N.Y.

Fitzpatrick, sidelined for most of the last two years by a rare blood disease, made 30 saves in his third start of the season.

The Flyers’ road winless streak stretched to six games (0-5-1).

Benoit Hogue’s 19th goal of the season at 11:21 of the second period held up as the game-winner.

N.Y. Rangers 6, Calgary 4--Darren Turcotte and Randy Gilhen scored 23 seconds apart in the first period and Paul Broten added a penalty shot as the Rangers outscored the Flames at New York.

Broten was awarded his penalty shot with 14 seconds left in the second period when he was pulled down from behind by Calgary defenseman Gary Suter. Broten beat goalie Mike Vernon, who had a 4-0-1 streak snapped.

Calgary, 7-1-1 in its previous nine games, was beaten, 4-0, in its other visit this season to Madison Square Garden on Nov. 4.

Montreal 6, St. Louis 6--Brent Gilchrist scored with 1:56 left and Kirk Muller had three goals as the Canadiens rallied to tie the Blues at St. Louis.

Brett Hull had three goals and Ron Sutter had four assists for the Blues. Hull has 47 goals in 46 games and is on pace to score 50 goals in 50 games for the second consecutive season.

Hull extended his club-record point-scoring streak to 23 games.

Boston 4, Hartford 3--Vladimir Ruzicka scored his 21st goal 26 seconds into overtime and the Bruins completed a two-night sweep of the Whalers at Boston.

The Bruins won, 4-3, Wednesday night in Hartford and are 6-0 against the Whalers this season, 10-0-1 since Nov. 13, 1990.

Chicago 4, Toronto 0--Steve Larmer and Jeremy Roenick each scored twice and Ed Belfour made 21 saves in the seventh shutout of his career as the Blackhawks beat the Maple Leafs at Chicago.