NHL ROUNDUP : Red Wings’ Sheppard Nets Three

Vancouver, a Stanley Cup finalist last season, continued to struggle, and Detroit got three goals from Ray Sheppard and two from Nicklas Lidstrom as the Red Wings defeated the Canucks, 6-3, Tuesday in Detroit.

The Canucks (0-2-1), off to their worst start since 1976, have allowed 14 goals and scored only five in three games this season, four on power plays.

Sheppard’s hat trick was his sixth, fourth with Detroit. Vancouver’s Greg Adams got his 500th NHL point.

Last season, the Canucks got off to a 7-1-0 start, the best in franchise history, and took the New York Rangers to seven games before losing by one goal in the Stanley Cup finals.

New York 4, Philadelphia 3--Pierre Turgeon had a goal and an assist as the Islanders (2-0-1) defeated the Flyers in Uniondale, N.Y. in a game featuring the first professional meeting of the Lindros brothers.

The much anticipated meeting took place halfway through the first period when younger brother Brett, the Islanders’ first pick in the entry draft last summer, threw a solid bodycheck on Eric. Eric, however, got the better of the two in the statistical battle, scoring two goals to none for his younger brother.

Brent Fedyk had the other goal for the Flyers, whose 0-3-0 start is their worst since 1989.

Quebec 5, Washington 1--Right wing Owen Nolan, sidelined by a shoulder injury for all but six games last season, scored two goals as the Nordiques (2-0-0) beat the Capitals (0-0-2) in Quebec.

Nordiques captain Joe Sakic scored one a goal and assisted on another. Andrei Kovalenko and Martin Rucinsky got the other goals for Quebec.

Calgary 6, St. Louis 4--Joe Nieuwendyk scored one goal and assisted on two others as the Flames beat the Blues (2-1-0) in their home opener in Calgary, Alberta.

Joel Otto, German Titov, Robert Reichel, Ron Stern and Wes Waltz also scored for the Flames (2-0-1).