Bruin Victory Sweet Revenge

The Boston Bruins didn’t speak to each other much about being blown out last month by the Florida Panthers at the Miami Arena. They knew what had to be done.

The Bruins avenged a 10-5 blowout Nov. 26 with a shellacking of their own, dominating the Panthers in a 6-2 victory Monday night at Miami to extend their winning streak to five games.

“I think it was one of the most gratifying victories in my 10 years,” Boston Coach Pat Burns said. “I think we had a point to prove. We wanted to prove it especially to ourselves.”

Steve Heinze, who had a goal and an assist, has five goals and four assists in his last five games.

Ted Donato and Dmitri Khristich also each had a goal and an assist for Boston and goaltender Byron Dafoe won for the fourth consecutive time, stopping 26 shots.

Colorado 3, Toronto 2--Peter Forsberg and Rene Corbet scored 21 seconds apart in the second period as the Avalanche won at Denver.

Eric Messier added a goal in Colorado’s three-goal second period and Joe Sakic had two assists for the Avalanche, winners of seven of their last 11.

Goaltender Craig Billington, subbing for injured Patrick Roy, stopped 23 shots, three on breakaways.

Philadelphia 3, Montreal 1--Vaclav Prospal and Eric Lindros scored power-play goals in the first period to lead the Flyers at Montreal.

The game included a six-man brawl in the second period that resulted in 112 penalty minutes, four game misconducts and left the Canadiens with four defensemen.

Trent Klatt scored Philadelphia’s third goal and Mark Recchi scored on a first-period power play for Montreal.

Dallas 8, Buffalo 4--Darryl Sydor and Jamie Langenbrunner scored two goals apiece for the Stars at Dallas.

Sergei Zubov matched his career-high with four assists and Joe Nieuwendyk, Greg Adams and Pat Verbeek all had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who had been shut out in two of their previous three games.

Ottawa 3, St. Louis 1--Alexei Yashin scored twice and Shawn McEachern assisted on all three Ottawa goals in the victory at St. Louis.

Chris Phillips had Ottawa’s other goal and goalie Ron Tugnutt made 25 saves. Rudy Poeschek scored his first goal for the Blues.

NHL Notes

The Detroit Red Wing masseur has been released from a Detroit hospital six months after a limousine crash left him and star defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov with severe head injuries. Doctors say Mnatsakanov remains wheelchair-bound, has the use of only one arm and likely will never walk again. Konstantinov, who was released from the hospital last month, is rehabilitating in Florida. . . . Calgary Flame goalie Rick Tabaracci signed a contract extension that will pay him more $700,000 this season and $1.2 million in 1998-99.