HOCKEY RESULTS FOR 2/24/91

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NHL HOCKEY STANDINGS FOR 2/24/91.

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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

NYR 32 22 10 74 xBOS 36 20 8 80 xSTL 38 18 7 83 LA 36 20 7 79
PHL 31 27 7 69 xMON 32 24 8 72 xCHI 38 20 6 82 CAL 34 21 7 75
PIT 32 27 4 68 HAR 28 28 7 63 DET 26 31 8 60 EDM 30 29 4 64
NJ 26 26 11 63 BUF 23 25 15 61 MIN 21 32 11 53 WIN 22 33 11 55
WAS 28 31 4 60 QUE 12 41 11 35 TOR 17 39 7 41 VAN 22 36 7 51
NYI 21 35 8 50

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New Jersey Devils (26-26-11) 0 1 1 - 2
New York Rangers (32-22-10) 4 0 1 - 5

The Rangers got 4 goals in the first period as they cruised by the Devils 5-2.

1st period: NYR, Miller (17th) - (Turcotte, Leetch) (pp) 4:16
NYR, Ogrodnick (25th) - (Kisio, Leetch) (pp) 5:21
NYR, Kisio (12th) - (Leetch, Patrick) (pp) 14:45
NYR, Janssens (8th) - (Hull) 15:56

2nd period: NJD, Stastny (16th) - (Albelin, Shanahan) (pp) 17:02

3rd period: NJD, Sundstrom (11th) - (MacLean, Albelin) (pp) 3:20
NYR, Erixon (7th) - (Hull, Rochefort) 7:11

Powerplay Opportunities-Devils 2 of 4
Rangers 3 of 5

Shots on Goal-Devils 5 5 7 - 17
Rangers 17 13 12 - 42

New Jersey Devils--Terreri (19-16-3) (17 shots - 13 saves) Burke (0:00 second)
(25 shots - 24 saves)
New York Rangers--Richter (18-9-5) (17 shots - 15 saves)

ATT-16,792

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Pittsburgh Penguins (32-27-4) 2 2 1 0 - 5
Washington Capitals (28-31-4) 2 1 2 0 - 5

Ciccarelli's goal with 32 seconds left in the third period capped a Capital
two-goal comeback in the final 3:35 of regulation for a 5-5 tie with the Pens.

1st period: WAS, Druce (19th) - (sh) 2:29
PIT, Errey (17th) - (Lemieux, Recchi) 7:21
PIT, Recchi (33rd) - (Murphy, Coffey) (pp) 15:29
WAS, Ridley (19th) - (Ciccarelli, Hatcher) 19:59

2nd period: WAS, Iafrate (7th) - (Kypreos, Druce) 3:30
PIT, Cullen (29th) - (Stevens, S.Young) (pp) 10:03
PIT, Jagr (24th) - (Lemieux, Recchi) (pp) 19:56

3rd period: PIT, Lemieux (8th) - (Coffey, Recchi) 9:28
WAS, Bondra (11th) - (Pivonka, May) 16:25
WAS, Ciccarelli (21st) - (Hunter) 19:28

Overtime: NONE

Powerplay Opportunities-Penguins 3 of 7
Capitals 0 of 5

SHots on Goal-Penguins 11 17 8 0 - 36
Capitals 13 8 13 1 - 35

Pittsburgh Penguins--Barrasso (13 shots - 11 saves) W.Young (4-5-2) (0:00
second) (22 shots - 19 saves)
Washington Capitals--Hrivnak (4-1-1) (36 shots - 31 saves)

ATT-18,130

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Los Angeles Kings (36-20-7) 1 2 2 - 5
Winnipeg Jets (22-33-11) 0 2 1 - 3

Gretzky, Sandstrom, and Granato each had a goal and two assists as the Kings
swept the 2 home games at Winnipeg, winning the second 5-3.

1st period: LAK, Sandstrom (34th) - (Granato, McSorley) 13:57

2nd period: LAK, Granato (22nd) - (Gretzky, Sandstrom) (pp) 0:59
WIN, Steen (13th) - (Housley, Olczyk) (pp) 7:40
LAK, Gretzky (37th) - (Sandstrom, Granato) 8:20
WIN, Osborne (10th) - (McLlwain, Numminen) 17:10

3rd period: LAK, Elik (16th) - (Benning) 4:48
WIN, Housley (21st) - (Evans, Steen) 5:36
LAK, Kasper (6th) - (Gretzky, McSorley) (en) 18:03

Powerplay Opportunities-Kings 1 of 3
Jets 1 of 6

Shots on Goal-Kings 6 6 9 - 21
Jets 7 16 8 - 31

Los Angeles Kings--Berthiaume (19-8-2) (31 shots - 28 saves)
Winnipeg Jets--Essensa (15-17-6) (20 shots - 16 saves)

ATT-15,568

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New York Islanders (21-35-8) 1 1 1 - 3
Philadelphia Flyers (31-27-7) 2 1 1 - 4

Sutter had a goal and as assist as the FLyers swept the home and home series
from the Islanders this weekend, winning 4-3.

1st period: PHL, Ricci (18th) - (Tocchet, Fenyves) 5:10
NYI, Ferraro (19th) - (LaFontaine, McBean) (pp) 10:10
PHL, R.Sutter (16th) - (Craven, Sandelin) 13:00

2nd period: NYI, Kromm (1st) - (Nylund) (sh) 16:51
PHL, Murphy (11th) - (Carkner, Tocchet) (pp) 17:56

3rd period: PHL, Smith (11th) - (R.Sutter, Lacombe) 10:56
NYI, Ludwig (1st) - (B.Sutter) 16:18

Powerplay Opportunities-Islanders 1 of 5
Flyers 1 of 6

SHots on Goal-Islanders 12 10 6 - 28
Flyers 8 11 11 - 30

New York Islanders--Hackett (5-15-1) (30 shots - 26 saves)
Philadelphia Flyers--Hextall (13-14-4) (28 shots - 25 saves)

ATT-17,382

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Hartford Whalers (28-28-7) 2 1 2 0 - 5
Buffalo Sabres (23-25-15) 1 2 2 0 - 5

Andreychuk's second goal of the game, at 17:07 of the third period lifted the
Sabres to their 15th tie of the season, a 5-5 draw with the Whalers.

1st period: HAR, R.Brown (20th) - (Verbeek, Baca) (pp) 3:24
BUF, Andreychuk (25th) - (Hawerchuk, Ruuttu) (pp) 10:25
HAR, R.Brown (21st) - (Shaw, Francis) (pp) 17:08

2nd period: BUF, Shannon (3rd) - (Mogilny, Turgeon) 1:48
HAR, McKenzie (3rd) - (Evason, Cote) 9:14
BUF, Mogilny (22nd) - (Turgeon, Vaive) (pp) 18:39

3rd period: HAR, Cote (5th) - (R.Brown, Verbeek) (pp) 10:25
BUF, Krupp (9th) - (Hawerchuk, Andreychuk) 15:18
HAR, Tomlak (6th) - (Cote, Samuelsson) 16:22
BUF, Andreychuk (26th) - (Hawerchuk, Haller) 17:07

Overtime: NONE

Powerplay Opportunities-Whalers 3 of 7
Sabres 2 of 8

SHots on Goal-Whalers 10 9 10 0 - 29
Sabres 12 9 8 1 - 30

Hartford Whalers--Sidorkiewicz (21-18-6) (30 shots - 25 saves)
Buffalo Sabres--Malarchuk (9-11-7) (29 shots - 24 saves)

ATT-15,011

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Quebec Nordiques (12-41-11) 1 2 0 - 3
Edmonton Oilers (30-29-4) 0 2 4 - 6

Graves scored twice in the third period for his second consecutive two-goal
game as the Oilers rallied for a 6-3 victory over the Nords.

1st period: QUE, Vermette (1st) - (Pearson, Finn) 19:47

2nd period: QUE, Sakic (36th) - (Sundin, Anderson) 7:20
EDM, Gelinas (13th) - (Murphy, Joesph) 11:55
EDM, S.Smith (13th) - (Tikkanen, MacIver) 13:59
QUE, Wolanin (5th) - 16:18

3rd period: EDM, Graves (5th) - (Gelinas, S.Smith) 5:14
EDM, Graves (6th) - (Lowe) 7:53
EDM, Lamb (4th) - (Anderson, MacIver) (pp) 12:22
EDM, Semenov (12th) - (Murphy, Graves) (pp) 19:16

Powerplay Opportunities-Nordiques 0 of 3
Oilers 2 of 4

Shots on Goal-Nordiques 8 10 6 - 24
Oilers 12 8 16 - 36

Quebec Nordiques--Tugnutt (9-24-8) (36 shots - 30 saves)
Edmonton Oilers--Ranford (25-23-3) (24 shots - 21 saves)

ATT-16,375

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St. Louis Blues (38-18-7) 0 0 2 - 2
Chicago BlackHawks (38-20-6) 4 1 1 - 6

Roenick scored twice in the first period, including a shorthanded goal, and
added an assist as the BlackHawks beat the Blues 6-2.

1st period: CHI, Larmer (35th) - (Chelios, Wilson) (pp) 2:00
CHI, Roenick (32nd) - (Larmer, Goulet) 4:19
CHI, Roenick (33rd) - (Creighton, Chelios) (sh) 8:17
CHI, Thomas (16th) - (Roenick, Creighton) 10:33

2nd period: CHI, Graham (16th) - (Larmer, Chelios) (sh) 0:52

3rd period: CHI, Kucera (2nd) - (Graham, Thomas) 10:54
STL, Bassen (12th) - (Kimble, P.Cavallini) 15:22
STL, Bassen (13th) - (sh) 17:32

Powerplay Opportunities-Blues 0 of 5
BlackHawks 1 of 10

Shots on Goal-Blues 6 10 9 - 25
BlackHawks 17 11 6 - 34

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Monday, February 25th:

Toronto (17-39-7) at Detroit (26-31-8) 7:35pm EST
Washington (28-31-4) at New Jersey (26-26-11) 7:45pm EST
Calgary (34-21-7) at Vancouver (22-36-7) 10:35pm EST

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