Trade With Flyers Gets Gretzky an Old Oiler Playmate

Fallout from the Wayne Gretzky trade has fallen right on Dale Hawerchuk.

With Gretzky, obtained last month from the Kings, in the lineup, the St. Louis Blues believe they have enough scoring and on Friday sent Hawerchuk, one of the all-time scoring centers, to the Philadelphia Flyers for center Craig MacTavish.

The deal also follows a pattern seen on the King roster during the Gretzky era in that MacTavish, the last of the league’s helmetless players, was with Gretzky on three Stanley Cup champions in Edmonton.

MacTavish, 37, scored five goals and had eight assists in 55 games this season.

Hawerchuk, 32, has 13 goals and 28 assists in 66 games.

“We feel we need more scoring in our lineup,” Flyer President Bob Clarke said. “Dale’s a player who has proven throughout his entire career that he is a premier offensive talent.”

The Flyers, in third place in the Atlantic Division, are in a 0-3-1 slump and have scored only five goals during that span.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

In his first game back with Toronto since being acquired from the New York Islanders on Wednesday, Wendel Clark scored the winning goal and added an assist as the Maple Leafs beat Dallas, 3-0. . . . Adam Oates scored two goals and Bill Ranford made 33 saves to help Boston extend its winning streak to five games with a 5-2 victory at Washington. . . . Alexei Yashin broke a scoreless tie at 7:01 of the third period and Damian Rhodes stopped 33 shots for his first NHL shutout as Ottawa beat slumping Vancouver, 2-0, at Kanata, Canada. . . . Martin Brodeur stopped 32 shots for his sixth shutout of the season, and New Jersey extended its unbeaten streak to a franchise-record 10 games with 5-0 victory over Tampa Bay at East Rutherford. . . . German Titov scored one goal and set up another to help Calgary to its fifth victory in six games, 3-1, at Buffalo. . . . Brett Hull had three goals and an assist and Wayne Gretzky had a goal and two assists for St. Louis in a 4-2 victory at San Jose.