Bure Scores 3 in Panther Tie

Pavel Bure scored all of Florida’s goals in a 3-3 tie with the Flyers Tuesday night at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck was sidelined during the overtime after he crashed into a goal post with 23 seconds left in regulation. He appeared to be favoring one of his legs as he skated gingerly to the dressing room, but team officials said the injury was not serious. Ron Hextall replaced him and didn’t face a shot. Bure’s goals gave him a total of six in three games since being traded to Florida.

Earlier in the day, Flyer malcontent Alexander Daigle nixed a trade to Edmonton because he would have lost an option year.

N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 1--Wayne Gretzky had three assists on his 38th birthday at Washington. He was the MVP of Saturday’s All-Star game.

Phoenix 1, Buffalo 1--World All-Star teammates Nikolai Khabibulin and Dominik Hasek resumed their goaltending rivalry at Buffalo, finishing nearly even. Khabibulin made 26 saves for the Coyotes and Hasek stopped 24 shots for the Sabres. In overtime, Khabibulin stopped a breakaway by Geoff Sanderson with 3:40 to go and turned back three shots by Vaclav Varada.

New Jersey 4, Ottawa 1--Chris Terreri stopped 24 shots during a last-minute start at East Rutherford, N.J., as the Devils beat the Senators for the first time in four games this season. Ottawa also eliminated New Jersey in the first round of the playoffs last season.

Carolina 5, Pittsburgh 3--Ray Sheppard scored two of his team’s four second-period goals at Pittsburgh as the Hurricanes ended a 12-game winless streak against the Penguins. The Hurricanes were 0-9-3 against Pittsburgh since winning, 7-3, on Oct. 8, 1996, when the franchise was located in Hartford.

Detroit 4, Nashville 1--Martin Lapointe and Sergei Fedorov each scored in the opening minutes and Chris Osgood stopped 25 shots as the Red Wings beat the Predators at Nashville.

Montreal 2, Tampa Bay 1--Martin Rucinsky scored twice in the second period and Jeff Hackett stopped 28 shots as the Canadiens won at Tampa, Fla.

N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 1--Robert Reichel had two goals and Tommy Salo stopped 25 shots as the Islanders beat the Bruins at Uniondale, N.Y.

St. Louis 3, San Jose 0--Goaltender Rich Parent recorded his first career shutout and Scott Young and Pierre Turgeon each scored as the Blues won at San Jose. Parent made 20 saves in his fifth NHL game.