scores for 2/23

[tom wilson]

Brett Hull's hat trick led host St. Louis past Boston in a battle for first
place overall in the NHL standings. The victory was a club-record eighth in a
row at home for the Blues, who have won 11 of 14 overall and lead the NHL with
83 points, three more than Boston.

Bos - 1 0 1 - 2
StL - 1 2 6 - 9

1 - StL, Hull 66 (Brind'Amour, Oates) 12:13
Bos, Skriko 6 (Christian, Hodge) 15:56
2 - StL, Bassen 11 (Sutter, Trilley) 3:40
StL, Hull 67 (Oates, Stevens) 8:30 (pp)
3 - StL, Courtnall 25 (Stevens, Wilson) 2:38
StL, Ronning 13 (Featherstone, G. Cavallini) 3:19
Bos, Janney 23 (Neely, Bourque) 4:24 (pp)
StL, Oates 19 (Lowry, Hull) 5:34
StL, Hull 68 (Oates, Ronning) 11:20 (pp)
StL, Wilson 10 (Courtnall, Tuttle) 12:09
StL, P. Cavallini 9 (Wilson) 17:26

Shots on goal: Bos 10-13-15--38
StL 11-14-13--38
Power-plays: Bos 1 of 4
StL 2 of 4
Goalies: Bos Lemelin 13-10-1, 30 shots, 25 saves
Moog 3:19 third, 8 shots, 4 saves
StL Joseph 16-9-2, 38 shots, 26 saves
Attendance: 18,044

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Michel Goulet became the 30th NHL player to reach 1000 career points, capping
his first hat trick in more than three years with 12:21 left in regulation to
lift Chicago to a 3-3 tie with host Minnesota.

Chi - 1 1 1 0 - 3
Min - 2 0 1 0 - 3

1 - Min, Glynn 6 (Bellows, Gagner) 2:26
Chi, Goulet 20 (Roenick, Chelios) 4:43
Min, Bellows 27 (Dahlen, Smith) 9:00 (pp)
2 - Chi, Goulet 21 (Lemieux) 3:46
3 - Min, Gagner 34 (Modano, Smith) 4:09 (pp)
Chi, Goulet 22 (Graham, Gilbert) 7:31
OT- none

Shots on goal: Chi 14- 9-10-6--39
Min 13-13- 8-2--36
Power-plays: Chi 0 of 7
Min 2 of 8
Goalies: Chi Millen, 7 shots, 5 saves
Belfour 34-16-5, 9:00 1st, 29 shots, 28 saves
Min Casey 16-16-9, 39 shots, 36 saves
Attendance: 14,832

[LOOK AT THE ATTENDANCE! WOW! I can't believe Keenen pulled Millen because of
two goals.]

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Theoren Fleury scored three goals, one on a penalty shot, and had two assists
as host Calgary took 59 shots in beating Quebec, 10-8.

Que - 2 3 3 - 8
Cal - 1 5 4 - 10

1 - Que, Sundin 17 (Sakic) 0:57
Que, Pearson 4 (Vermette, Velischek) 1:50
Cal, MacInnis 23 (Fleury, Musil) 12:35 (pp)
2 - Cal, Makarov 23 (Nieuwendyk, Roberts) 4:19
Cal, Fleury 32 (Johansson, Gilmour) 6:49
Que, Pearson 6 (Hough, Sakic) 8:47
Que, Gusarov 2 (Hrkac, Pearson) 10:47 (pp)
Cal, Matteau 13 14:24
Cal, Fleury 33 (MacInnis) 14:52
Cal, Gilmour 17 (M. Hunter, MacInnis) 17:21 (pp)
Que, Sundin 18 (Finn) 17:59
3 - Que, Hrkac 12 1:28
Que, Sakic 35 7:59 (sh)
Cal, Nieuwendyk 33 (MacInnis, Fleury) 8:41 (pp)
Cal, Otto 14 (M. Hunter, Fenton) 16:18
Cal, Otto 15 (MacInnis, Gilmour) 18:06 (pp)
Que, Sundin 19 (Gusarov, Velischek) 18:33
Cal, Fleury 34 19:21 (ps)

Shots on goal: Que 7- 9- 6--22
Cal 18-19-22--59
Power-plays: Que 1 of 3
Cal 4 of 7
Goalies: Que Cloutier 2-4-1, 59 shots, 49 saves
Cal Vernon 25-14-2, 22 shots, 14 saves
Attendance: 20,132

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Daniel Marois scored 8:22 into the third period to give Toronto a 3-3 tie with
host Montreal.

Tor - 1 1 1 0 - 3
Mon - 2 1 0 0 - 3

1 - Mon, Svoboda 3 (Corson, Bergeron) 11:24 (pp)
Mon, P. Lebeau 1 (S. Lebeau) 14:57 neat, are they brothers?
Tor, Zezel 14 (Damphousse, Ellett) 19:56
2 - Mon, Savard 21 (Schneider) 4:00
Tor, Zezel 15 (Petit) 5:49 (pp)
3 - Tor, Marois 17 (Damphousse) 8:22
OT- none

Shots on goal: Tor 8-13-8-2--31
Mon 10-10-8-1--29
Power-plays: Tor 1 of 2
Mon 1 of 4
Goalies: Tor Reese 3-9-0, 29 shots, 26 saves
Mon Bergeron 6-6-2, 31 shots, 28 saves
Attendance: 17,701

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Keith Acton scored twice and Philadelphia put the host New York Islanders away
early en route to a 5-3 victory.

Phi - 3 1 1 - 5
NYI - 1 0 2 - 3

1 - Phi, Kushner 10 (Craven, Acton) 3:07
Phi, Acton 12 (Berube, Murphy) 6:32
NYI, LaFontaine 35 (Volek, Berg) 14:24
Phi, Smith 10 (Sutter, Lacombe) 19:59
2 - Phi, Acton 13 (Baron, Craven) 4:16
3 - Phi, Samuelsson 8 (Carkner, Eklund) 2:15 (pp)
NYI, Ferraro 17 (Reekie) 4:32
NYI, Ferraro 18 (Baumgartner) 15:17

Shots on goal: Phi 17-11- 2--30
NYI 10- 7-11--28
Power-plays: Phi 1 of 3
NYI 0 of 4
Goalies: Phi Hextall 12-14-4, 28 shots, 25 saves
NYI Healy 15-19-7, 18 shots, 15 saves
Hackett 0:00 2nd, 12 shots, 10 saves
Attendance: 13,714

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Rick Vaive and Greg Paslawski scored second-period goals to break a tie as
Buffalo beat host Hartford, 5-4.

Buf - 3 2 0 - 5
Har - 1 2 1 - 4

1 - Buf, Ramsey 5 (Ray, Shannon) 4:54
Buf, Andreychuk 23 (Krupp, Hawerchuk) 16:30
Buf, Andreychuk 24 (Krupp, Ruuttu) 18:39 (pp)
Har, Verbeek 36 (Francis, Samuelsson) 19:59
2 - Har, Andersson 4 (McKenzie, Houda) 3:44
Har, Samuelsson 3 (Verbeek, Brown) 5:54
Buf, Vaive 22 (Hawerchuk, Andreychuk) 7:07
Buf, Paslawski 11 (Ray, Krupp) 16:48
3 - Har, Dineen 15 (Cyr, Evason) 6:40

Shots on goal: Buf 5-8- 3--16
Har 13-9-19--41
Power-plays: Buf 1 of 2
Har 0 of 7
Goalies: Buf Malarchuk 9-11-6, 41 shots, 37 saves
Har Sidorkiewicz 21-18-5, 16 shots, 11 saves
Attendance: 14,683

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Rookie winger Jay Mazur scored twice in the second period to send host
Vancouver past Detroit, 5-2.

Det - 1 1 0 - 2
Van - 1 3 1 - 5

1 - Van, Adams 21 (Plavsic, Mazur) 3:52
Det, Carson 16 (Kocur, Gallant) 14:39
2 - Van, Odjick 7 (Bozek, Smyl) 2:52
Van, Mazur 10 8:21
Van, Mazur 11 (Adams, Larionov) 14:26
Det, Ysebaert 13 (Fedorov, Yzerman) 17:40 (pp)
3 - Van, Linden 26 (Quinn, Capuano) 19:11 (en)

Shots on goal: not given
Power-plays: Det 1 of 2
Van 0 of 3
Goalies: Det Hanlon 4-5-3, 15 shots, 11 saves
Cheveldae 0:00 3rd, 12 shots, 12 saves
Van Gamble 13-13-4, 35 shots, 33 ssaves
Attendance: 15,806

Tom