NHL ROUNDUP : Coffey Earns Wings in Detroit

Detroit fans cheered the arrival of Paul Coffey, and he gave them even more to shout about.

Coffey, traded by the Kings to the Red Wings last week, had a goal and two assists in his first game at Detroit with his new team, leading a 5-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.

“The first time I came on the ice, I thought they had put a Piston score on the board,” Coffey said of the ovation he received from the fans. “Detroit has great fans, and getting that kind of reaction gave me goose bumps.”

Jim Hiller, acquired from the Kings along with Coffey, scored the first goal for the Red Wings.

Steve Yzerman also had a goal and two assists, and Tim Cheveldae registered the eighth shutout of his career by making 23 saves, 14 in the first period.

The Red Wings shrugged off a team-wide flu epidemic.

“Dino Ciccarelli didn’t play, Sergei (Fedorov) didn’t play, and Steve Chiasson had to leave the game,” Red Wing Coach Bryan Murray said. “A bunch of other guys were sick, and we still went out and played our highest-energy game of the year.’

Detroit has only one defeat in its last 10 games (6-1-3) and moved to within six points of the first-place Blackhawks in the Norris Division.

Buffalo 3, Hartford 2--Alexander Mogilny scored his 50th goal in his 46th game with 28 seconds left to lift the Sabres over the Whalers at Buffalo.

Grant Fuhr, acquired Tuesday from the Toronto Maple Leafs, made 26 saves in his first game for Buffalo.

The Sabres took a 2-0 lead on goals by Doug Bodger and Bob Sweeney in the first period. Hartford pulled even in the second period on goals by Patrick Poulin and Steve Konroid.

N.Y. Islanders 3, Toronto 2--Benoit Hogue scored twice in the second period to spoil Felix Potvin’s debut as the Maple Leafs’ No. 1 goalie, as the Islanders won at Toronto.

Steve Thomas made it 3-1 at 3:29 of the third period by sending a wrist shot over Potvin’s shoulder for his 21st goal.

Dave McLlwain put the Maple Leafs ahead, 1-0, late in the first period, and Dave Andreychuk, acquired in the trade that sent Fuhr to Buffalo, scored his 30th goal for Toronto.

Ottawa 3, Edmonton 2--Former King Bob Kudelski scored twice and the Senators downed the Oilers at Ottawa.

Kudelski has 13 goals in 21 games since the trade and has helped Ottawa, 6-46-4 overall, to a 2-1-1 record in the last week.

Ottawa goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz, making his first start in the last 10 home games, stopping 27 shots in a tuneup for his appearance in this weekend’s NHL All-Star game in Montreal.

Calgary 5, New Jersey 4--Joel Otto capped the Flames’ three-goal final period by scoring with 6:24 left to beat the Devils at East Rutherford, N.J.

Otto’s game-winner came 37 seconds after a goal by Peter Stastny of New Jersey tied the score, 4-4.

Calgary finished a 4-0 trip that followed an 0-9-2 slump.

Boston 4, Quebec 1--Don Sweeney scored two goals at Quebec as the Bruins ended the Nordiques’ five-game unbeaten streak.

The Bruins, 3-1-1 against the Nordiques this season, moved to within two points of second-place Quebec in the Adams Division.

Joe Sakic scored his 34th goal for the Nordiques five minutes into the game.

Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rangers 2--Mike Gartner scored his 33rd and 34th goals to get the Rangers a tie with the Flyers at New York.

Philadelphia rookie Tommy Soderstrom made 36 saves, but got lucky in the final minute of overtime when Gartner’s shot hit the goalpost and bounced away.

John Vanbiesbrouck made 39 saves as the Rangers extended their unbeaten home-ice streak over the Flyers to 12 games (11-0-1) dating to 1989.

St. Louis 4, Winnipeg 2--Craig Janney scored two goals and the Blues stretched their unbeaten streak to six games by beating the Jets at Winnipeg.

Brett Hull had a goal and two assists for the Blues, setting up the game-winner by Ron Sutter early in the third period.

It was Winnipeg’s first home loss in nine games, a team-record streak dating to Christmas.

Vancouver 4, Tampa Bay 2--Sergio Momesso scored two goals to lead the Canucks past the Lightning at Vancouver.

Cliff Ronning added a goal and two assists and Trevor Linden had a goal and an assist for Vancouver, which ended a five-game losing streak (0-2-3) and maintained a four-point league over runner-up Calgary in the Smythe Division.

Brian Bradley scored his 33rd goal for Tampa Bay.

Minnesota 7, San Jose 3--Dave Gagner had two goals and two assists as the North Stars defeated the Sharks at Daly City, Calif.

Mike Modano and Mark Tinordi each had a goal and two assists for Minnesota.

Kelly Kissio had a goal and an assist for San Jose.