Bondra, Capitals Get on Roll, 10-1

For much of the season, virtually every shot Peter Bondra took ended up hitting a post, a stick or a glove. The same could be said for the Washington Capitals, the second-lowest scoring team in the NHL.

All that changed Wednesday night.

Bondra had four goals and the Capitals scored a team-record eight goals in the second period en route to a 10-1 dismantling of Tampa Bay at Washington.

Bondra scored 52 goals last season and the Capitals won the Eastern Conference championship. But before the offensive barrage against the Lightning, Bondra had only 17 goals in 46 games and the Capitals, in danger of missing the playoffs, were averaging a mere 2.34 goals.

The eight goals in one period broke the franchise record of seven and equaled the second-highest output in NHL history behind a nine-goal outburst by Buffalo against Toronto in 1981. The Capitals took a team-record 25 shots in the second period and had 46 overall, seven short of the team mark.

The 10 goals tied a season high in the NHL. The Lightning also was involved in one of two other such games, losing 10-2 to the New York Rangers on Nov. 10. Toronto also hit double digits in a 10-3 romp over Chicago on Nov. 12.

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Darren McCarty scored two goals and keyed a physical attack that helped short-handed Detroit beat the New York Islanders, 5-1, at Detroit. The Red Wings played without injured defensemen Larry Murphy and Todd Gill, and backup goalies Norm Maracle and Kevin Hodson both dressed because regular goalie Chris Osgood was ill. . . . Rene Corbet scored two goals and Patrick Roy made 37 saves as red-hot Colorado won its 10th in a row with a 5-3 victory at Buffalo. . . . Turner Stevenson scored twice in the second period at Montreal as the Canadiens ended a three-game losing streak by beating Vancouver, 2-1. . . . Petr Sykora had two goals and an assist against Carolina and the New Jersey Devils won, 4-1, for their NHL-leading 17th road victory. . . . Pavel Bure scored his eighth goal in six games since coming to Florida and Sean Burke made 34 saves in a 5-2 victory over Toronto at Sunrise, Fla. . . . Bill Berg scored midway through the third period as Ottawa rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 2-2 tie at Edmonton.