Bruins Have New Look, but Lose Just the Same

The new Bruins had the same old result Monday night when Steve Sullivan had a goal and assist to lead the Maple Leafs to a 4-2 victory over Boston at Toronto.

The Bruins, among the worst teams in the NHL, were playing their first game since trading Adam Oates, Rick Tocchet and goalie Bill Ranford to Washington.

With newly acquired Jim Carey in goal for Boston, the Maple Leafs scored their four goals on nine first-period shots.

“By no means was it his fault,” said Ray Bourque, who scored twice for the Bruins. “He had no chance on most of those goals. We let them buzz around.”

Wendel Clark, Jamie Macoun and Darby Hendrickson also scored for Toronto.

Carey was replaced by Rob Tallas to start the second period, but the damage was done, especially by Sullivan, who was acquired Thursday from New Jersey.

The victory moved the Maple Leafs within eight points of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Colorado 5, Vancouver 1--Peter Forsberg scored two goals and Patrick Roy made 32 saves as the Avalanche continued its dominance of the Canucks with a victory at Denver.

Claude Lemieux added two assists for the Avalanche, which improved to 4-0 against Vancouver this season and is 28-2-3 when leading anybody after two periods.

After playing a listless second period, the Avalanche came out more aggressively in the third as Forsberg scored in 19 seconds on a slap shot over Kirk McLean’s left shoulder to give Colorado a 3-1 lead.

New York Rangers 5, San Jose 4--Niklas Sundstrom’s goal at 1:24 of overtime lifted the Rangers at New York and stopped their winless streak at eight games.

Sundstrom got the rebound of Luc Robitaille’s stuff-in attempt and shot the puck past Ed Belfour for his 20th goal of the season.

Jeff Friesen’s power play goal with less than a minute to play in regulation sent the game into overtime.