Flyers Muscle Past Rangers

Fights on the ice and in the stands are pretty standard when the New York Rangers play the Philadelphia Flyers. It should be interesting in the rematch Friday night.

Mark Recchi had a goal and three assists as the Flyers stopped the Rangers, 5-0, Wednesday night at Philadelphia.

Eric Lindros punctuated a physical game with a resounding check on Petr Nedved with 6:20 left. After Lindros blasted Nedved loose from his helmet and off his skates, he bloodied Todd Harvey’s eye in a fight in front of the Philadelphia bench. The teams play again Friday in New York.

Lindros, assessed two minutes for elbowing and five minutes for fighting, skated off from an ovation from a sellout crowd that was depleted by early departures and ejections.

Detroit 6, San Jose 3--Sergei Fedorov scored on a breakaway to highlight a four-goal third period for the Red Wings at Detroit.

Steve Shields, who had a league-leading 1.31 goals-against average, gave up all six Detroit goals.

Dallas 2, Edmonton 1--Jamie Langenbrunner and Mike Modano scored first-period goals at Dallas as the Stars ended a three-game winless streak.

Florida 5, Vancouver 2--Trevor Kidd stopped 36 shots and Robert Svehla had a goal and two assists at Sunrise, Fla., as the Panthers stayed hot.

Nashville 4, Buffalo 3--Sabre goaltender Dominik Hasek departed after giving up two goals on eight shots in the first period at Buffalo, N.Y.

Colorado 2, Montreal 1--Milan Hejduk scored two goals and the Avalanche, playing without Peter Forsberg, defeated the Canadiens at Montreal.

Carolina 3, Toronto 3--Gary Roberts and Jeff Daniels scored in the second period to rally the Hurricanes to a tie at Toronto.