Florida Owner Angry After Team’s 12-2 Loss

Jaromir Jagr backed up his selection to the Eastern Conference’s starting lineup in the NHL All-Star game in a big way Saturday night.

Jagr had three goals and four assists to match his career high with seven points as the Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers, 12-2, at Washington. The Capitals equaled the club record for goals in a game set in a 12-2 victory over Quebec on Feb. 6, 1990.

It was the 10th hat trick of Jagr’s career, but his first since March 10, 2001, with Pittsburgh. His other seven-point game was Dec. 30, 1999, for the Penguins against the Islanders.

“It’s just one night, just one game,” said Jagr, who hadn’t scored a goal since Dec. 30.

Selected as a starter for the Eastern Conference earlier in the day, Jagr tied the Capitals’ record for points set by Dino Ciccarelli on March 18, 1989, against Hartford.

Jagr sat out most of the third period, missing a chance to pick up his eighth point of the night.

“That’s honorable,” Capital Coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Good for him for not putting personal goals ahead of the team.”

However, Panther owner Alan Cohen criticized the Capitals and Cassidy for running up the score.

“You can be sure that if we were ever able to get a 6-0 lead, the Panthers will act with more class than has been shown by the Capitals and their coach,” Cohen wrote in an e-mail to the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale.

Dallas 6, Colorado 3 -- Bill Guerin and Mike Modano set each other up for early goals, carrying the league-leading Stars past the Avalanche at Dallas to extend their season-best unbeaten streak to nine games and increase their NHL-best point total to 61.

Patrick Roy allowed four goals for the third straight game. He was pulled after two periods, having stopped only 13 of 17 shots. He gave up three goals in the second period, including two 55 seconds apart.

New York Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 1 -- Three former Penguins helped the Rangers end an eight-game losing streak in Pittsburgh. Petr Nedved scored twice, Matthew Barnaby added a goal, and Darius Kasparaitis had an assist for the Rangers.

Philadelphia 3, Detroit 2 -- In a matchup of first-place teams at Philadelphia, Michal Handzus had a goal and assist to help the Atlantic Division-leading Flyers extend their winning streak to six games by beating the Central Division-leading Red Wings.

New York Islanders 7, Atlanta 3 -- Former King Jason Blake had his first three-goal game in the NHL and added an assist at Uniondale, N.Y., to help the Islanders improve to 7-1-0-1 in their last nine games.

Tampa Bay 3, New Jersey 3 -- Martin St. Louis scored midway through the third period for the Lightning, who overcame a three-goal deficit at Tampa, Fla.

Lightning goalie Nikolai Khabibulin preserved the tie by stopping Scott Gomez on a breakaway early in the overtime.

Boston 6, Toronto 2 -- Glen Murray scored the tie-breaking goal 5:44 into the third period and assisted on two late scores at Boston as the Bruins ended a five-game losing streak.

Buffalo 3, Montreal 2 -- Stu Barnes had a goal and an assist and Martin Biron made 25 saves at Montreal to lead the Sabres (12-23-5-2), who have only four wins in 21 road games this season.

Columbus 7, Calgary 2 -- Lasse Pirjeta scored twice at Calgary and Jean-Francois Labbe made 28 saves for his first victory of the season.

Ottawa 2, Edmonton 0 -- Patrick Lalime made 20 saves for his second consecutive shutout as the Senators won at Edmonton.

Nashville 4, Phoenix 3 -- Scott Walker scored his second goal of the game 37 seconds into overtime to lift the Predators at Nashville. Phoenix’s Paul Mara forced overtime, scoring with a shot from the slot with 1:14 left in regulation.

San Jose 3, Vancouver 0 -- Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 29 shots at San Jose for the third shutout of his career as the Sharks ended a four-game winless streak.