NHL ROUNDUP : Jets Revive Power Play to Knock Out Rangers

One of the worst power plays in the NHL suddenly got better, as far as the Winnipeg Jets were concerned.

The Jets, despite their 20th ranking this season with the extra man, scored three power-play goals in the second period to break open a tight defensive game and give them a 6-3 victory Friday night over the New York Rangers at Winnipeg.

The Jets went into the game with only seven power-play goals this season.

Teppo Numminen, Jim McKenzie, Eddie Olczyk, Igor Korolev, Teemu Selanne and Dallas Drake scored for the Jets. Darren Langdon, Luc Robitaille and Pat Verbeek scored for New York.

Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2--Jaromir Jagr scored with 2:12 left in overtime at Landover, Md., as the Penguins won their first game of the season without Mario Lemieux.

Jagr fought off Washington defenseman Mark Tinordi behind the net and scored on a wraparound, ruining a fine comeback by the Capitals. It was his 16th goal, tying Lemieux for the team lead.

Ken Klee and Sergei Gonchar scored third-period goals for Washington to force the overtime, but the Capitals still ended up stretching their winless streak to five games (0-4-1).

Lemieux does not play on successive nights and sat out the game in order to be fresh for tonight’s home game against Washington.

Dallas 2, San Jose 1--Jim Storm scored his first goal as a Star with 2:09 left at Dallas, and the Stars ended a seven-game winless streak and handed the Sharks their seventh consecutive loss. Storm was recalled from Dallas’ Michigan farm club on Nov. 6.

Dallas, 0-4-3 in its previous seven, outshot San Jose 37-14. Andy Moog stopped 13 shots for his 316th career victory.

Colorado 5, Calgary 3--Goaltender Stephane Fiset turned aside 44 shots--21 in the second period--as the Avalanche won at Calgary. The Avalanche is 10-1-1 in its past 12 games.

Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Martin Rucinsky, Stephane Yelle and Andrei Kovalenko scored for Colorado.

The Flames, who scored all their goals on the power play and set a season high for shots on goal, were Steve Chiasson, Sandy McCarthy and Theoren Fleury.

Detroit 5, Edmonton 4--Steven Yzerman scored his second goal of the game and 10th of the season with 12 seconds left, capping a third-period comeback that gave the Detroit Red Wings a victory at Edmonton.