Jagr Bores While Nobody Scores in Tie

Jaromir Jagr of the Pittsburgh Penguins would have rather slept in Saturday than play in a scoreless tie against the Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh.

“If I knew it was going to be 0-0, I would still be home asleep right now,” Jagr said. “I don’t know how exciting it can be for the fans. They go home right now and what do they talk about?”

The Bruins’ Byron Dafoe stopped 26 shots and Penguin rookie Jean-Sebastian Aubin posted his first NHL shutout. The Bruins got only 18 shots in 65 minutes and were focused almost entirely on goal prevention. They were especially diligent against Jagr, the NHL’s leading scorer with 19 points.

Buffalo 2, Philadelphia 2--Dominik Hasek made 34 saves and Geoff Sanderson and Brian Holzinger scored second-period goals for the Sabres at Philadelphia. The Sabres are unbeaten in their last five games.

New Jersey 4, Florida 3--Jay Pandolfo deflected in the winning goal with 8:11 to play at Sunrise, Fla.

In a wide-open game between two defensive-minded teams, Brian Rolston’s shot from the blue line was deflected by Pandolfo past Panther goaltender Sean Burke for his third goal of the season.

Washington 8, Ottawa 5--Peter Bondra scored three goals as the injury-riddled Capitals defeated the Senators with their biggest goal output of the season at Kanata, Canada.

Montreal 4, New York Islanders 2--Mark Recchi scored two of the Canadiens’ four power-play goals and added two assists while rookie Jose Theodore made 14 saves in the third period for the Canadiens at Montreal.

New York Rangers 6, Toronto 6--Wayne Gretzky scored with less than a minute remaining in regulation to lift the Rangers to a tie at Toronto.

Vancouver 5, Nashville 3--Mark Messier and Markus Naslund scored third-period goals less than three minutes apart, leading the Canucks to victory over the expansion Predators at Vancouver.

St. Louis 2, San Jose 2--The Sharks scored twice in the third period to tie the Blues at San Jose.