Flyers’ Injuries Mount in 2-1 Overtime Loss

Brian Bellows’ goal at 9:05 of overtime gave the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers and evened their best-of-seven series at one game apiece.

Lightning goalie Daren Puppa, who made 25 saves, came up with several big stops in the overtime.

The Flyers lost three players to injuries during the game, including John LeClair, who scored 51 goals in the regular season.

It was not known whether any of the injured Flyers would be ready to play in Game 3 of the series, which is set for Sunday.

LeClair suffered a sprained left ankle in the second period and did not return to the game.

Neither did Joel Otto or John Druce, both of whom suffered sprained left knees in the first period.

Toronto 5, St. Louis 4--Mats Sundin’s goal 4:02 into overtime at Toronto lifted the Maple Leafs over the Blues, who lost goaltender Grant Fuhr for the rest of the opening round.

Fuhr injured a right knee ligament in the eighth minute, and more than three hours later Sundin’s second goal of the night beat Fuhr’s backup Jon Casey and evened the series, 1-1.

Sundin’s goal came on a power play after St. Louis was penalized at 2:52 for too many men on the ice.

Vancouver 5, Colorado 4--Corey Hirsch a 23-year-old rookie starting in place of Vancouver goalie Kirk McLean, surrendered three goals in the first period but settled down for the final 50 minutes at Denver.

Gino Odjick added two goals and Trevor Linden had a goal and an assist for the Canucks, who evened the series, 1-1.

Hirsch finished with 28 saves after giving up three goals on five shots in the first 10 minutes.

Montreal 5, New York Rangers 3--Vincent Damphousse scored his second goal of the game with 3:26 left to break a tie at New York and give the Canadiens a 2-0 lead in their series.

The Rangers wiped out a three-goal deficit, tying the score, 3-3, on a goal by Ulf Samuelsson with 7:43 remaining.

Then Damphousse took over and scored the game-winner on a great rush with Mark Recchi, who carried the puck down the left side.