This Time, Roy Stops the Flyers

Although goaltender Patrick Roy has won 357 games, victories have been hard to come by against the Philadelphia Flyers.

On Thursday night, he beat them, 2-1, at Philadelphia for only the second time in his regular-season NHL career.

“I feel that I have nothing to prove to anyone,” said Roy after making 30 saves for the Colorado Avalanche in a tense battle of divisional leaders.

Roy improved his record to 2-11-8 against the Flyers, whose winning streak ended at four games.

It was Colorado’s first victory in Philadelphia since Feb. 11, 1996.

Joe Sakic and Uwe Krupp scored Colorado’s goals. Krupp’s shot from the right faceoff circle through a screen by Mike Ricci midway through the second period was the game-decider.

Detroit 4, Ottawa 2--With high-scoring forward Daniel Alfredsson sidelined with an ankle injury, the Senators continued to struggle at Kanata, Canada--losing their fourth in a row.

The Senators are 6-2-1 with Alfredsson in the lineup and 3-6-2 without him.

St. Louis 4, Boston 2--The Blues improved their league-best home record to 9-2-1 with help from Brett Hull, who scored his 10th goal and had two assists.

Hull has two goals and five assists in his last two games after failing to record a goal or an assist in the previous six games.

Washington 3, Buffalo 2--Olaf Kolzig continued his strong goaltending for the Capitals atBuffalo. Kolzig stopped 23 shots in winning for the 10th time in 16 games.

Toronto 2, Chicago 1--Igor Korolev and Mats Sundin scored first-period goals and the Maple Leafs held on to win at Chicago.

After a five-game winning streak, the Blackhawks are 0-2-1.

Montreal 5, Phoenix 2--Brian Savage had two goals and an assist while Jocelyn Thibault made 35 saves at Phoenix as the Canadiens extended their winning streak to seven games.

It also was their fifth straight road victory--the first time they’ve accomplished that since 1989--as they improved their league-best road record to 8-1.

Carolina 4, Calgary 2--Keith Primeau scored twice at Calgary as the Hurricanes won their third consecutive game. Primeau’s second goal, at 8:33 into the third period, was the game-decider.