Sakic, Young Score Two Each in Avalanche Rout

Joe Sakic and Scott Young each scored two goals as the Colorado Avalanche routed the Vancouver Canucks, 9-2, Saturday at Denver.

Valeri Kamensky moved into 10th place ahead of Marian Stastny on the all-time franchise scoring list at 243 points with an assist and his 100th career goal. Young’s two goals gave him 100 for his career.

Pavel Bure and Mike Sillinger spoiled Patrick Roy’s bid for his 33rd career shutout with goals in the final 2:17 for Vancouver. Canuck goalie Kirk McLean gave up four goals in the second period and five in the third.

Young scored the game’s first goal 1:53 into the second period with a 35-foot slap shot that broke McLean’s stick. Sylvain Lefebvre beat McLean from just inside the blue line at 10:25. Aaron Miller and Sakic scored 1:01 apart and Roy made two saves on deflections as Colorado took a 4-0 lead into the second intermission.

Colorado made it 5-0 with a two-on-one break by Mike Keane at 7:05 of the third period. Alexei Gusarov, Sakic and Kamensky scored 2:01 minutes apart and Young scored his second of the night and fifth of the season at 12:23 to complete Colorado’s scoring.

Dallas 2, Toronto 0--Dave Reid and Greg Adams supplied the offense and Andy Moog made 14 saves at Dallas to record his 23rd career shutout and help the Stars improve to 7-1-0.

The victory was the 331st of Moog’s career, tops among active goaltenders.

The Stars opened the season with a franchise-record six victories before losing to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday. Toronto (1-5-0) has scored only 12 goals.

Reid got the game’s first goal at 6:17 of the second period, taking Jamie Langenbrunner’s pass and lifting a shot over Felix Potvin and into the top of the net. Adams scored his fifth goal of the season with a wrist shot that got between Potvin’s pads.

Ottawa 6, Montreal 3--Alexandre Daigle’s spectacular breakaway goal at 5:01 of the third period capped a three-goal Ottawa comeback as the Senators defeated the Canadiens at Kanata, Canada.

It was the Senators’ first victory on home ice against Montreal since Ottawa’s franchise debut in 1992.

Hartford 6, New Jersey 2--Jason Muzzatti stopped 34 shots and Keith Primeau had two goals and an assist to spark the Whalers over the Devils at Hartford, Conn.

Primeau, obtained with Paul Coffey in a five-player trade with Detroit, keyed a three-goal surge in the final period.

Bobby Carpenter of the Devils became the 116th NHL player--and only the fourth American-born player--to appear in 1,000 career games.

Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1--Ron Francis scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period at Pittsburgh to lead the Penguins to their second victory of the season.

The Capitals (1-5-0) have lost three consecutive games.

Francis scored at 13:02 of the second period when he rolled a backhander between Jim Carey’s legs for his first goal this season.

Detroit 4, New York Islanders 2--Vyacheslav Kozlov had a goal and an assist at Detroit as the Red Wings won for only the third time in seven games.

The Red Wings were 0 for 6 on the power play and are 0 for 26 this season. Travis Green and Marty McInnis scored for the Islanders.