Flyers Bank on Narrow Victory Over Blackhawks

Kjell Samuelsson’s slap shot with 20 seconds left in the game banked off Chris Chelios’ skate and lifted the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night at Philadelphia.

The defenseman’s shot from between the circles ricocheted between the left post and goaltender Ed Belfour’s legs to put Philadelphia within eight points of the front-running New York Rangers in the Atlantic Division.

Buffalo 6, Florida 1--Pat LaFontaine recorded his 13th career hat trick, and Dominik Hasek made 45 saves at Buffalo.

LaFontaine gave the Sabres the lead in the opening minutes and put the game away on a breakaway in the second period.

Dallas 6, Hartford 2--Mike Modano and Joe Nieuwendyk each scored their second goals a minute apart in the second period for the Stars at Hartford, Conn.

New York Islanders 2, Edmonton 0--Tommy Soderstrom stopped 25 shots for his second shutout, and Zigmund Palffy and Scott LaChance scored second-period power play goals at Uniondale, N.Y.

Colorado 4, Ottawa 2--Scott Young and Peter Forsberg scored goals in the final 3:48, backing the goaltending of Patrick Roy at Denver. Roy made 43 saves.