NHL ROUNDUP : Record-Setter for Bowman Also a Victory for Red Wings

Scotty Bowman was less excited about coaching his record-setting 1,607th NHL game Friday night than he was about his team’s last-minute victory over the Dallas Stars at Dallas.

Tim Taylor scored off a deflection with 26.6 seconds remaining to give Detroit a 2-1 victory as Bowman passed Al Arbour as the league’s longest serving coach.

Bowman, also the career leader in victories in his 24th season, improved his record to 939-428-240 and his .659 regular-season winning percentage is the best of anyone who has coached at least 600 games.

Colorado 3, Toronto 2--Claude Lemieux deflected Scott Young’s shot between the legs of goalie Damian Rhodes late in the second period, and the Avalanche held on at Denver.

Rhodes and Colorado’s Patrick Roy recording 30 and 32 saves, respectively, and repeatedly turned aside power-play opportunities.

Winnipeg 5, New Jersey 3--The Jets scored all five goals in the last eight minutes of the third period at Winnipeg.

Ed Olczyk, Teemu Selanne, Dave Manson, Mike Eastwood and Keith Tkachuk scored for the Jets, who improved to 12-4-3 at home.

Chicago 5, Buffalo 2--Gary Suter scored a goal and had four assists as the Blackhawks extended their unbeaten streak to seven games with a victory at Buffalo.

Philadelphia 3, Calgary 2--The Flyers’ Pat Falloon was credited with the winning goal when a rebound bounced off him and into the net with less than three minutes remaining at Calgary.

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HL Notes

The stomach disorder that has plagued Calgary Flame right wing Theoren Fleury for the last few months has been diagnosed as Crohn’s disease, an inflammation of the digestive tract that can cause severe discomfort.