NHL Results and News for 12/21/91
John P. Curcio
NHL HOCKEY STANDINGS FOR 12/21/91.
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STANDINGS
PATRICK ADAMS NORRIS SMYTHE
TM W L T PT TM W L T PT TM W L T PT TM W L T PT
WAS 24 10 1 49 MON 23 13 2 44 DET 20 10 4 44 VAN 20 11 4 44
NYR 22 12 1 45 BOS 14 14 5 33 STL 16 11 7 39 WIN 16 12 7 39
PIT 18 12 4 40 HAR 12 16 4 28 CHI 14 13 8 36 EDM 14 16 6 34
NJ 16 12 5 37 BUF 10 17 6 26 MIN 13 16 3 29 CAL 13 16 5 31
PHI 11 16 6 28 QUE 9 20 4 22 TOR 9 22 5 23 LA 12 13 7 31
NYI 11 16 5 27 SJ 7 26 3 17
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Philadelphia Flyers (11-16-6) 1 0 2 - 3
Minnesota North Stars (13-15-3) 0 0 0 - 0
Ron Hextall, making his first start in almost a month, blanked the North
Stars in Minnesota for his first shutout in five years.
1st period: PHI Dineen 8 (Lomakin,Brind'Amour) 6:59
2nd period: NONE
3rd period: PHI Brind'Amour 15 (Dineen) 0:25
PHI Tocchet 9 (Ricci,Jones) 11:01
Shots on goal: Flyers 10 3 6 - 19
North Stars 14 8 12 - 34
Power-play opportunities: Flyers 0 of 3
North Stars 0 of 3
Goaltending: Philadelphia, Hextall, 4-6-1 (34 shots, 34 saves)
North Stars, Wakaluk, 3-5-0 (19 shots, 16 saves)
Attendance: 12,859
Referee: Mark Faucette
Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Mark Vines
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Edmonton Oilers (14-16-6) 0 1 2 - 3
Boston Bruins (14-14-5) 1 5 0 - 6
The Bruins received goals from six different players, including journeyman
Lou Crawford, who scored his first NHL goal in his tenth season.
1st period: BOS Crawford 1 (Hodge,Nilan) 2:19
2nd period: BOS Ashton 10 (Wesley,Janney) 3:41
BOS Leach 15 (Bourque) 5:39
EDM Damphousse 16 (Nicholls,Murphy) 6:39
BOS Hodge 4 (Bourque,Wesley) 9:19 (pp)
BOS Carpenter 12 (Janney,Wesley) 18:39 (pp)
BOS Galley 2 (Janney,Ashton) 19:21
3rd period: EDM MacTavish 4 (Buchberger,Manson) 2:27
EDM Klima 12 10:54
Shots on goal: Oilers 5 13 12 - 30
Bruins 10 17 12 - 39
Power-play opportunities: Oilers 0 of 2
Bruins 2 of 6
Goaltending: Oilers, Ing, 2-4-0 (39 shots, 33 saves)
Bruins, Lemelin, 1-1-0 (30 shots, 27 saves)
Attendance: 14,033
Referee: Dan Marouelli
Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Brian Murphy
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Chicago Blackhawks (14-13-8) 0 0 1 0 - 1
New Jersey Devils (16-12-5) 0 0 1 0 - 1
Claude Lemieux's power-play goal with 6:38 remaining in overtime lifted the
Devils to a tie with the Hawks in a game dominated by excellent goaltending.
1st period: NONE
2nd period: NONE
3rd period: CHI Sutter 9 1:39
NJ C.Lemieux 21 (Fetisov,Weinrich) 13:22 (pp)
Overtime: NONE
Shots on goal: Blackhawks 4 16 5 1 - 26
Devils 6 7 18 4 - 35
Power-play opportunities: Blackhawks 0 of 4
Devils 1 of 3
Goaltending: Blackhawks, Belfour, 8-6-4 (35 shots, 34 saves)
Devils, Terreri, 11-11-4 (26 shots, 25 saves)
Attendance: 12,928
Referee: Don Koharski
Linesmen: Dan McCourt, Jean Morin
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New York Rangers (22-12-1) 2 1 4 - 7
Pittsburgh Penguins (18-12-4) 2 2 1 - 5
Kris King, Jan Erixon, and Adam Graves scored in just over three minutes of
the third period to lead the Rangers over the Penguins, their fifth straight
victory.
1st period: PIT Stevens 27 (Lemieux,Recchi) 1:36 (pp)
PIT Lemieux 22 8:08
NYR Messier 14 (Turcotte,Leetch) 19:36 (pp)
NYR Messier 15 (Graves,Patrick) 19:58
2nd period: NYR Nemchinov 16 (Kocur,Hardy) 11:02
PIT Jagr 13 (Murphy,Lemieux) 14:57 (pp)
PIT Mullen 17 (Stevens,Samuelsson) 16:12
3rd period: NYR King 4 6:21
NYR Erixon 4 (Nemchinov,Beukeboom) 7:48
NYR Graves 5 (Amonte,Patrick) 9:36
NYR Amonte 14 (Messier) 11:42
PIT Murphy 5 (Coffey,Stevens) 19:56 (pp)
Shots on goal: Rangers 12 12 11 - 35
Penguins 15 10 13 - 28
Power-play opportunities: Rangers 1 of 5
Penguins 3 of 5
Goaltending: Rangers, Vanbiesbrouck, 10-7-0 (38 shots, 33 saves)
Penguins, Barrasso, 13-10-4 (35 shots, 28 saves)
Attendance: 16,164
Referee: Ron Hoggarth
Linesmen: Ron Asselstine, Pierre Champoux
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Hartford Whalers (12-16-4) 1 1 0 0 - 2
Montreal Canadiens (23-13-2) 1 0 1 1 - 3
Stephan Lebeau scored with 51 seconds left in overtime to give the Canadiens
a 3-2 victory in Montreal.
1st period: MON McPhee 9 (Carbonneau,Odelein) 2:27
HAR Zalapski 9 (Craven,Cullen) 6:54
2nd period: HAR Craven 11 (Cullen,Zalapski) 1:01
3rd period: MON Lefebvre 1 (Carbonneau,Gilchrist) 17:27
Overtime: MON Lebeau 14 (Muller,Schneider) 4:09
Shots on goal: Whalers 4 10 6 2 - 22
Canadiens 8 9 13 5 - 35
Power-play opportunities: Whalers 0 of 4
Canadiens 0 of 7
Goaltending: Whalers, Whitmore, 9-11-4 (35 shots, 32 saves)
Canadiens, Roy, 18-9-2 (22 shots, 20 saves)
Attendance: 16,603
Referee: Denis Morel
Linesmen: Wayne Bonney, Bernard DeGrace
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Buffalo Sabres (10-17-6) 1 2 1 - 4
Toronto Maple Leafs (9-22-5) 0 0 1 - 1
Alexander Mogilny tied an NHL record, scoring five seconds into the game, as
Buffalo went on to defeat the Leafs, snapping a 12-game winless streak.
1st period: BUF Mogilny 9 0:05
2nd period: BUF LaFontaine 6 (Hawerchuk) 9:03 (pp)
BUF Bodger 4 (LaFontaine) 17:06
3rd period: TOR Foligno 6 (Berube) 13:37 (pp)
BUF Mogilny 10 (Ramsey) 14:29
Shots on goal: Sabres 12 12 5 - 29
Maple Leafs 10 12 20 - 42
Power-play opportunities: Sabres 1 of 5
Maple Leafs 1 of 6
Goaltending: Sabres, Malarchuk, 4-8-3 (42 shots, 41 saves)
Maple Leafs, Reese, 1-5-1 (29 shots, 25 saves)
Attendance: 15,621
Referee: Andy vanHellemond
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Gerard Gauthier
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Calgary Flames (13-16-5) 1 1 0 - 2
Winnipeg Jets (16-12-7) 1 4 2 - 7
Winnipeg, led by Ed Olczyk's two goals and four assists, extended their home
unbeaten streak to 8 games with a 7-2 slaughter of Calgary.
1st period: WIN Evans 2 (Olczyk,Steen) 2:05
CAL Fleury 19 (Ranheim,Osiecki) 8:19
2nd period: WIN Olczyk 16 (Housley,Evans) 0:34 (pp)
WIN Shannon 7 (Barnes,Housley) 3:07 (pp)
WIN Olausson 10 (Housley,Olczyk) 6:32 (pp)
WIN Steen 5 (Housley,Olczyk) 7:04 (pp)
CAL Otto 9 (Gilmour,Yawney) 8:49 (pp)
3rd period: WIN Eagles 4 (Osborne,Olczyk) 6:01
WIN Olczyk 17 (Cole, Tabaracci) 12:01
Shots on goal: Flames 7 11 15 - 33
Jets 11 10 7 - 28
Power-play opportunities: Flames 1 of 4
Jets 4 of 8
Goaltending: Flames, Wamsley, 3-4-0 (28 shots, 21 saves)
Jets, Tabaracci, 2-2-1 (33 shots, 31 saves)
Attendance: 11,643
Referee: Kerry Fraser
Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Dan Schachte
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New York Islanders (11-16-5) 0 2 0 - 2
St. Louis Blues (16-11-7) 2 4 0 - 6
Brett Hull recorded his 14th career hat trick and added an assist and rookie
netminder Gut Hebert blocked 35 shots to lead the Blues to a 6-2 win.
1st period: STL Norwood 3 (Hull,Bassen) 5:04
STL Hull 31 (Oates,Mongeau) 13:15 (pp)
2nd period: NYI DiMaio 3 (Fitzgerald) 2:50
STL Hull 32 (Butcher) 3:12
STL Ron Sutter 11 (Shanahan,Emerson) 8:39
STL Hull 33 (Oates,Norwood) 10:48
STL Shanahan 16 (Emerson,Brown) 14:27
NYI Turgeon 13 (Berg,McBean) 19:40
3rd period: NONE
Shots on goal: Islanders 15 13 9 - 37
Blues 10 9 10 - 29
Power-play opportunities: Islandres 0 of 4
Blues 1 of 4
Goaltending: Islanders, Weeks, 6-3-2 (15 shots, 10 saves)
Healy (9:12 second, 14 shots, 13 saves)
Blues, Hebert, 2-0-0 (37 shots, 35 saves)
Attendance: 17,828
Referee: Terry Gregson
Linesmen: Jerry Pateman, Ray Scapinello
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Games too late for my paper to stay up for:
Detroit (20-10-4) at Los Angeles (12-13-7), 10:35pm EST
Quebec (9-20-4) at San Jose (7-26-3), 10:35pm EST
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Sunday, December 22, 1991:
Washington (24-10-1) at Philadelphia (11-16-6), 2:35pm EST
Boston (14-14-5) at Montreal (23-13-2), 7:05pm EST
St. Louis (16-11-7) at Chicago (14-13-8), 8:35pm EST
Quebec (9-20-4) at Vancouver (20-11-4), 10:05pm EST
HOCKEY NEWS FOR 12/21/91:
No news today.
-JPC
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