NHL ROUNDUP : Islanders Bombard Hextall, Come Up With 6-2 Victory

The Philadelphia Flyers came out flat against the New York Islanders and got flattened.

Goaltender Ron Hextall gave up two goals in the first three minutes Sunday and lost for the first time since Nov. 12 as the Islanders beat the Flyers, 6-2, at the Spectrum.

“Obviously, we weren’t ready to drop the puck,” said Hextall, who was replaced by Garth Snow after the first period. “We just came out and played a terrible hockey game.”

New York had 39 shots in the game, the most against the Flyers this season.

Islander goalie Tommy Soderstrom, a former Flyer, made 32 saves. He was supported by two goals each from Alexander Semak and Andrei Vasiliev as the Islanders won for only the seventh time in 28 games.

Washington 6, Winnipeg 1--Steve Konowalchuk scored three times and had an assist at Winnipeg as the Capitals handed the Jets their third loss in a row.

Keith Jones, Peter Bondra and Joe Juneau had the other Washington goals.

Winnipeg center Alexei Zhamnov was ejected in the first period for slashing Washington defenseman Ken Klee in the face.

Chicago 4, Hartford 1--Jeff Hackett made 27 saves at Chicago as the Blackhawks ended a 0-1-3 slump.

Murray Craven, Keith Carney and Joe Murphy had first-period goals for the Blackhawks.

Hackett stopped the final 18 shots he faced after giving up Geoff Sanderson’s goal late in the first period.

Tampa Bay at Buffalo--A heavy snowstorm forced postponement of the Sabres’ home game against the Lightning.