Roy Returns to Montreal a Conquering Hero

Patrick Roy made a triumphant return to Montreal, making 30 saves as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Montreal Canadiens, 7-3, on Wednesday night.

The three-time Vezina Trophy winner was traded from the Canadiens 15 months ago after a run-in with Montreal Coach Mario Tremblay.

He was given a standing ovation as he entered and exited the ice.

“I really appreciated it,” Roy said of the fans’ support. “All I wanted was for people to remember what I did for Montreal and not for [what happened] Dec. 2.”

In that 1995 game, Roy was pulled after Detroit scored nine goals against him. When he came off the ice he glared at Tremblay for waiting so long to take him out, then he leaned over to team President Ronald Corey and told him he had played his last game for the Canadiens.

Dallas 3, St. Louis 2--Todd Harvey’s goal with 7:53 to play broke a 1-1 tie in Dallas and the Stars beat the Blues for the first time in four games.

Andy Moog stopped 21 shots for his 353rd victory, the most among active goaltenders.

OTHER GAMES

Nikolai Khabibulin, making his 25th consecutive start in the nets for Phoenix, had an assist and stopped 14 shots--a season low for Florida--to record his fourth shutout in the game at Miami. . . . New Jersey scored three goals in the second period at Philadelphia to beat the Flyers, 3-1, and stop goaltender Garth Snow’s 16-game unbeaten streak (11-0-5). . . . Keith Primeau and Andrew Cassels were credited with goals that Calgary players put into their own net in the Whalers’ 2-0 victory at Hartford, Conn. Sean Burke made 28 saves for his third shutout. . . . Derek Plante had a goal and two assists as Buffalo moved 11 points ahead of Pittsburgh in the Northeast Division with a 4-2 victory at Buffalo, N.Y. Dixon Ward scored the Sabres’ league-leading 14th short-handed goal. . . . Mats Sundin scored twice, including the tying goal with 1:28 to play, as Toronto and Detroit deadlocked, 4-4, at Toronto. . . . Esa Tikkanen scored a power-play goal with 3:06 left in regulation, offsetting Sergei Krivokrasov’s goal three minutes earlier and lifting Vancouver into a 1-1 tie with Chicago at Vancouver.