Toronto Gets Help From Igor

Igor Korolev picked a big night to be a hero.

Korolev scored 1:16 into overtime to give Toronto a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night in the NHL’s inaugural Hockey Hall of Fame Game at Toronto.

The game featured a pregame tribute to Hall of Fame inductees Wayne Gretzky, Scotty Morrison and Andy Van Hellemond. Gretzky received a 90-second standing ovation. The three will be inducted into the Hall on Monday.

The Maple Leafs jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead on only four shots, but the Rangers rallied to tie the score midway through the third period.

“It was 3-0 and I guess we thought we were pretty hot stuff,” Toronto Coach Pat Quinn said. “We quit working, quit checking. We didn’t create scoring chances. Slowly the tempo went to the Rangers. We were very fortunate to win.”

Florida 2, Pittsburgh 1--Mike Wilson scored at 2:57 of overtime to give Florida a victory at Sunrise, Fla., the Panthers’ fifth win in their last six games.

Philadelphia 4, Tampa Bay 1--Eric Lindros and Daymond Langkow each scored two goals and rookie Brian Boucher made 17 saves as the Flyers won at Philadelphia. Eric Desjardins added three assists, giving him 300 for his career.

Buffalo 4, Atlanta 3--Wayne Primeau scored two goals and assisted on another by Stu Barnes, and the Sabres withstood a late Thrasher rally for a victory at Buffalo.

Carolina 1, Dallas 0--Paul Ranheim scored his first goal in 27 games and Arturs Irbe recorded his 21st shutout as the Hurricanes won at Raleigh, N.C.

Washington 3, Boston 0--Craig Billington made 28 saves and Washington tied its own NHL record by going 12 consecutive games without allowing a power-play goal in a win at Boston.

New Jersey 3, Ottawa 1--Rookie Scott Gomez set up a goal and scored the game winner in the third period as the Devils extended their home unbeaten streak to 10 games, best in the NHL.

San Jose 1, St. Louis 1--Michal Handzus scored his ninth goal and Roman Turek made 19 saves as the Blues extended their unbeaten streak to five games with a tie at St. Louis.

Vancouver 3, Nashville 1--Alexander Mogilny stole a pass and scored an unassisted goal with 7:34 left as the Canucks beat the Predators at Vancouver.

Phoenix 3, Chicago 1--At Phoenix, Todd Gill scored his first goal in a Coyote uniform, breaking a third-period tie with the Blackhawks and sending the Coyotes to their third consecutive victory.

Edmonton 2, Detroit 1--Alex Selivanov scored his NHL-leading 15th goal as the Oilers defeated the Red Wings at Detroit. Detroit captain Steve Yzerman became the fifth player to reach 1,500 points with an assist on Mathieu Dandenault’s goal with eight seconds remaining.

Around the League

Tampa Bay traded left wing Andreas Johansson to Calgary for the rights to left wing Nils Ekman and a fourth-round draft pick in 2000. . . . The Vancouver Canucks activated No. 1 goalie Garth Snow off the injured list and assigned goalie Corey Schwab to Orlando of the IHL.