NHL ROUNDUP : Jagr Lifts Penguins Past Flyers

No team in the NHL wins games like the Pittsburgh Penguins, largely because no player scores game-winning goals like Jaromir Jagr.

After picking up a deflected pass from Mario Lemieux in the right circle, Jagr beat Tommy Soderstrom of the Philadelphia Flyers with 2:10 remaining in overtime Thursday to lift the Penguins to a 5-4 victory.

It was Jagr’s league-leading seventh winning goal, and 14th overall.

“When Jagr gets open ice, he’s dynamic,” said teammate Rick Tocchet, who scored twice in the first period. Tocchet’s 14 power-play goals ranks second in the league.

Pittsburgh, with a league-leading 49 points, has won five of its last six games and is unbeaten in its last 11 against the Flyers (8-0-3). Philadelphia’s sixth consecutive loss tied the club record set in 1970.

Kevin Dineen had given Philadelphia a 4-4 tie at 5:10 of the third period when he skated in front of the Pittsburgh net and lifted a backhander that beat Tom Barrasso for his seventh goal of the season. The victory boosted Barrasso’s record to 20-6-2, the eighth season he has won at least 20 games.

New York Islanders 9, Ottawa 3--Pierre Turgeon scored twice to lead a parade of eight goal scorers at Uniondale, N.Y., as the Islanders kept the Senators winless on the road.

Glenn Healy stopped 19 shots as the Islanders matched their season-high winning streak at three. Healy, who won his third consecutive game, has 10 of the Islanders’ 13 victories. Turgeon has at least one point in each victory.

The expansion Senators, 0-16-0 on the road, have the NHL’s worst overall record at 3-28-3. The Islanders moved a point behind third-place New Jersey in the Patrick Division.

Montreal 8, Quebec 3--The Canadiens scored six first-period goals at Quebec City to defeat their provincial rivals for the first time this season, avenging a loss in Montreal on Wednesday. The Canadiens retained first place in the Adams Division, four points ahead of the second-place Nordiques.

Montreal scored four times, then Quebec rallied for three. The Canadiens then added two more in a wild first period in which the teams combined for nine goals on 18 shots. Ron Hextall, Quebec’s starting goaltender, left the game at the end of the first period after giving up six goals on 10 shots.

It was Montreal’s first victory over Quebec in five regular-season games since last Dec. 26. The Canadiens (20-10-4) ended a two-game losing streak and are 3-3-1 in their last seven games.

Chicago 5, Winnipeg 1--Ed Belfour ran his unbeaten streak to seven games and Brent Sutter scored twice at Chicago. Belfour, 6-0-1 during his streak, stopped 29 shots as the Blackhawks extended their home unbeaten steak to 11 while increasing their Norris Division lead over second-place Minnesota to three points.

Chicago’s penalty-killers shut down the Jets on each of their power plays. Sutter’s second shorthanded goal in two years and Jeremy Roenick’s virtual empty-net goal in the second period broke open a close contest. The Blackhawks, 9-0-2 at home in their last 11 games, have won their last five overall.

New York Rangers 4, St. Louis 3--Mike Gartner scored two goals for the Rangers in St. Louis as the Blues’ nine-game home unbeaten streak ended.

Gartner, 33, has 555 career goals and needs one to tie John Bucyk for eighth place on the NHL’s career list despite having only one 50-goal season. Brendan Shanahan scored all three goals for St. Louis, including two power-play goals, extending his point-scoring streak to eight games. The Blues had been on a 7-0-2 streak at home, but are in a 1-4 slump overall.