NHL ROUNDUP : Devils Beat Flyers in Overtime With Help of Two Deflections

A pass by Chris Therien hit off the skate of New Jersey center Petr Sykora for the tying goal, and a shot by Bill Guerin off the defenseman’s skate landed in the net at 2:13 of overtime, sending the Devils past the Flyers, 5-4, Tuesday night at East Rutherford, N.J.

The victory was only the second in the Devils’ last eight games (2-6-0) but it was also their third this season against Philadelphia.

Tampa Bay 6, Winnipeg 3--Chris Gratton’s power-play goal broke a tie, and the Lightning set a team record with six third-period goals at St. Petersburg, Fla.

Pittsburgh 7, Calgary 1--Mario Lemieux had a goal and three assists and Jaromir Jagr had a goal and two assists at Pittsburgh as the Penguins won for the 10th time in 12 games.

St. Louis 4, N.Y. Islanders 1--Shayne Corson had two goals and an assist, and Grant Fuhr yielded only one goal for the 11th time this season for the Blues at St. Louis. Fuhr, who has started every game, tied a career high with his 33rd consecutive start.

NHL Notes

Hartford traded right wing Jocelyn Lemieux to New Jersey and acquired defenseman Jeff Brown from Vancouver in a three-team deal. Hartford sent Lemieux and its second-round pick in 1998 to New Jersey for center Jim Dowd and a second-round choice in 1997. The Whalers then sent Dowd, defenseman Fran Kucera and their second-round pick in 1997 to Vancouver for Brown and a third-round choice in 1998. . . . Calgary right wing Ron Stern was suspended by the NHL for four games for slashing St. Louis defenseman Jeff Norton.