Flyers Stop Hurricanes to Extend Streak to 13

Valeri Zelepukin and Eric Lindros scored second-period goals Saturday night as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes, 2-0, at Philadelphia to extend the NHL’s longest current unbeaten streak to 13 games.

The Flyers extended their 8-0-5 streak in a game marred by injuries to Flyer goaltender Ron Hextall, Flyer defenseman Dmitri Tertyshny, Hurricane center Robert Kron and NHL linesman Gordon Broseker.

Hextall, who had stopped all 13 shots he faced, was replaced by John Vanbiesbrouck with 2:24 to play in the second period after suffering a groin injury making a save on Carolina’s Keith Primeau.

“I moved my left leg to the left and then I jerked back because the puck changed direction,” explained Hextall, who entered the game with 23 shutouts. “Just at that point you fire your muscle and I felt the pain.

“It’s not very serious. I hope I’ll be playing in a matter of days, but I’ll get a better assessment on Monday when the doctors take a look at it.”

Vanbiesbrouck had to make only seven saves, but two were brilliant back-to-back stops against Sami Kapanen and Jeff O’Neill midway through the third period.

Tertyshny suffered an ankle injury in the first minute of the game and was taken to a hospital for X-rays. Broseker was forced out of the game when he suffered a sprained right knee with 12:01 left in the second period. Kron suffered a sprained knee later in the same period and did not return.

Detroit 3, Colorado 2--The Red Wings won for only the third time in 11 games as Nicklas Lidstrom scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 6:59 to play at Detroit.

Steve Yzerman and Martin Lapointe also scored for the Red Wings, who were 2-7-1 in their previous 10 games.

The Red Wings had a five-on-three advantage when Lidstrom broke a 2-2 tie with a hard drive from just inside the blue line. The shot got past screened rookie goaltender Marc Dennis, who suffered his first loss in place of the injured Patrick Roy.

Toronto 6, Boston 3--Derek King and Igor Korolev scored 33 seconds apart for the Maple Leafs in the opening two minutes at Toronto.

Mike Johnson scored twice and Garry Valk and Sergei Berezin also scored for the Maple Leafs, who are one of only five teams averaging more than three goals a game this season.

Shawn Bates, Joe Thornton and Kyle McLaren scored for Boston, which outshot the Maple Leafs in each of the first two periods and 32-23 for the game.

Montreal 3, N.Y. Islanders 2--Stephane Quintal scored two goals, including the winner on a power play early in the third period, to lift the Canadiens at Montreal.

Patrick Poulin also scored for the Canadiens, who have won six of their last seven games.

Sergei Nemchinov and Mark Lawrence scored for the Islanders, who are winless in seven.

Quintal scored the winner when he lofted a wrist shot from the point toward a screened Marcel Cousineau. The puck deflected off Cousineau’s arm before going over his shoulder and into the net.

Washington 3, New Jersey 2--Olaf Kolzig made 39 saves for the Capitals at East Rutherford, N.J. The Capitals, Stanley Cup finalists a year ago, have won three in a row for the first time this season.

Brian Bellows, Michal Pivonka and Joe Juneau scored for the Capitals, who started the night 14 points out of the final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.

Before this streak, Washington had won consecutive games only once this season and had failed to go unbeaten in more than two in a row.

Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1--Tom Barrasso stopped 29 shots at Pittsburgh to help the Penguins extend their winning streak to six games.

Barrasso has won seven of his last eight decisions, including a four-game winning streak in which he has given up only five goals.

The Penguins were outshot, 30-14, but still managed to extend the Blues’ winless streak at Pittsburgh to eight games. St. Louis is 0-7-1 at the Civic Arena since a victory on Nov. 8, 1990.

Chicago 3, Nashville 3--Nelson Emerson’s first goal as a Blackhawk capped a rally from a 3-0 deficit at Nashville.

The last-place Blackhawks are 2-0-1 against the expansion Predators but 9-23-5 against the rest of the league. The Blackhawks are 0-3-2 in their last five games while the Predators are 1-5-1 in their last seven.

Emerson, who arrived in a trade with Carolina for Paul Coffey six games ago, fired a wrist shot from the high slot past Tomas Vokoun’s glove at 8:59 of the third period.

Buffalo 2, San Jose 2--Michael Peca’s power-play goal in the third period enabled the Sabres to tie the Sharks at San Jose.

With Buffalo holding a two-man advantage, Peca scored on a shot from the left circle with 8:57 left. Peca has scored a a goal in four consecutive games.

San Jose is 7-2-3 in its last 11 games, while Buffalo, second in the Eastern Conference, is 5-5-1 during the same span.