HOCKEY RESULTS FOR 12/18/90

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NHL HOCKEY STANDINGS FOR 12/18/90.

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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 20 11 5 45 BOS 18 11 5 41 CHI 23 11 2 48 CAL 20 11 4 44
PHL 19 16 3 41 MON 16 16 3 35 STL 20 9 4 44 LA 17 10 5 39
NJ 17 13 5 39 HAR 14 16 4 32 DET 17 14 4 38 VAN 15 17 3 33
WAS 18 17 0 36 BUF 11 15 7 29 MIN 10 19 6 26 EDM 13 16 2 28
PIT 16 16 3 35 QUE 8 21 6 22 TOR 8 25 2 18 WIN 10 20 7 27
NYI 11 17 4 26

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Boston Bruins (18-11-5) 1 0 2 - 3
New Jersey Devils (17-13-5) 2 3 3 - 8

Eight different Devils scored as they extended their home unbeaten streak to
6 games as they pounded the Bruins 8-3.

1st period: NJD, Sundstrom (8th) - (Shanahan, Kasatonov) (pp) 12:17
BOS, Janney (10th) - (Nilan, Galley) 12:56
NJD, Kasatonov (5th) - (Shanahan) (pp) 19:09

2nd period: NJD, Stewart (5th) - (Driver) 0:54
NJD, Stastny (10th) - (Lemieux) 1:46
NJD, Brown (5th) - (Conacher) 13:25

3rd period: NJD, Fetisov (1st) - 1:56
BOS, Neely (17th) - (Janney) 4:03
NJD, MacLean (23rd) - (Weinrich, Stastny) (pp) 9:05
BOS, Poulin (5th) - (Wesley, Weimer) 9:21
NJD, Morris (3rd) - (Conacher) 13:26

Powerplay Opportunities-Bruins 0 of 3
Devils 3 of 7

Shots on Goal-Bruins 10 9 8 - 27
Devils 8 6 10 - 24

Boston Bruins--Lemelin (8-5-1) (13 shots - 8 saves) Moog (13:25 second)
(11 shots - 8 saves)
New Jersey Devils--Terreri (13-7-2) (27 shots - 24 saves)

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Toronto Maple Leafs (8-25-2) 1 1 0 0 - 2
New York Islanders (11-17-4) 1 0 1 0 - 2

LaFontaine's 20th goal of the season early in the third period lifted the
Islanders to a 2-2 tie with Toronto.

1st period: TOR, Fenton (8th) - (Hannan) (sh) 4:59
NYI, Flatley (8th) - (Chyzowski, Pilon) 10:19

2nd period: TOR, Krushelnyski (5th) - (Gill) 4:53

3rd period: NYI, LaFontaine (20th) - (Norton) 2:47

Overtime: NONE

Powerplay Opportunities-Maple Leafs 0 of 4
Islanders 0 of 2

Shots on Goal-Maple Leafs 11 10 7 2 - 30
Islanders 6 9 7 5 - 27

Toronto Maple Leafs--Ing (6-14-1) (27 shots - 25 saves)
New York Islanders--Healy (7-6-4) (30 shots - 28 saves)

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Montreal Canadiens (16-16-3) 2 1 1 - 4
Quebec Nordiques (8-21-6) 1 2 3 - 6

Hrkac's tie-breaking goal early in the third period led the host Nordiques
to a win over the Canadiens. It was the Habs third straight loss.

1st period: MON, Richer (14th) - (Schneider, Savard) (pp) 6:52
MON, Turgeon (1st) - (Richer, Savard) 10:57
QUE, Finn (4th) - (Nolan, McKegney) 12:55

2nd period: MON, Svoboda (1st) - (Schneider, Pederson) (pp) 3:19
QUE, Fogarty (8th) - (Sakic, Cirella) (pp) 5:21
QUE, Velischek (1st) - (Loiselle) 16:22

3rd period: QUE, Hrkac (6th) - 2:58
QUE, Sakic (21st) - (Hough, Sundin) 5:38
QUE, Sundin (10th) - (Wolanin, Sakic) 15:38
MON, Chorske (6th) - (Pederson, Lafebvre) 16:42

Powerplay Opportunities-Canadiens 2 of 8
Nordiques 1 of 3

Shots on Goal-Canadiens 12 13 14 - 39
Nordiques 9 10 9 - 28

Montreal Canadiens--Bergeron (3-4-0) (21 shots - 16 saves) Racicot (6:23 third)
(7 shots - 6 saves)
Quebec Nordiques--Tugnutt (7-12-5) (39 shots - 35 saves)

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Vancouver Canucks (15-17-3) 1 1 1 - 3
Calgary Flames (20-11-4) 1 0 1 - 2

Mazur scored his first NHL goal as the Canucks snapped a 6 game winless streak
with a 3-2 win over the Flames. It was the Canucks first win in Calgary since
Feb. 3rd, 1987.

1st period: VAN, Capuano (11th) - (Kron, Quinn) 9:01
CAL, Sweeney (4th) - (Gilmour, Makarov) 17:09

2nd period: VAN, Odjick (3rd) - (Smyl, Bozek) 16:54

3rd period: VAN, Mazur (1st) - (Larionov) 13:52
CAL, Reichel (11th) - (MacInnis, Otto) (pp) 19:26

Powerplay Opportunities-Canucks 0 of 2
Flames 1 of 3

Shots on Goal-Canucks 10 9 8 - 27
Flames 11 9 16 - 36

Vancouver Canucks--McLean (7-11-1) (36 shots - 34 saves)
Calgary Flames--Vernon (15-8-2) (27 shots - 24 saves)

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Philadelphia Flyers (19-16-3) 1 0 0 - 1
Detroit Red Wings (17-14-4) 0 1 2 - 3

Federov muscled a rebound past Flyers goalie Hextall with 2:54 remaining in
the 3rd period to give the Red WIngs a 3-1 win over the Flyers.

1st period: PHL, Fenyves (1st) - (Eklund, Tocchet) 14:45

2nd period: DET, Fedyk (6th) - (Fedorov, Zombo) 1:18

3rd period: DET, Fedorov (16th) - (Garpenlov, Green) 17:06
DET, Yzerman (19th) - (Fedyk) (en) 19:47

Powerplay Opportunities-Flyers 0 of 3
Red WIngs 0 of 6

Shots on Goal-Flyers 12 4 4 - 20
Red Wings 7 7 16 - 30

Philadelphia Flyers--Hextall (2-5-1) (29 shots - 27 saves)
Detroit Red Wings--Hanlon (4-1-1) (20 shots - 19 saves)

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Winnipeg Jets (10-20-7) 2 0 0 - 2
Pittsburgh Penguins (16-16-3) 3 2 4 - 9

Coffey became the third defenseman in the NHL to record 700 assists and Stanton
had his first two goal game as the Penguins routed the Jets 9-2.

1st period: PIT, Errey (8th) - (Jagr, Hrdina) 2:15
WIN, Numminen (5th) - (Evans, Arniel) 2:38
WIN, Duncanson (2nd) - (Elynuik, Cronin) 7:20
PIT, Bourque (11th) - (Mullen, Recchi) (pp) 11:33
PIT, Recchi (16th) - (Bourque, Coffey) 14:38

2nd period: PIT, Tanti (5th) - (Cullen, Murphy) 8:49
PIT, Stanton (2nd) - (Mullen, Recchi) 19:47

3rd period: PIT, Stevens (20th) - (Coffey, Taglianetti) 0:26
PIT, Cullen (13th) - (Stevens) (pp) 8:17
PIT, Coffey (13th) - (Barrasso) 14:40
PIT, Stanton (3rd) - (Cullen, Tanti) (pp) 17:02

Powerplay Opportunities-Jets 0 of 3
Penguins 3 of 7

Shots on Goal-Jets 4 13 11 - 28
Penguins 16 17 10 - 43

Winnipeg Jets--Beauregard (3-10-1) (43 shots - 34 saves)
Pittsburgh Penguins--Barrasso (7-7-1) (28 shots - 26 saves)

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Buffalo Sabres (11-15-7) 1 2 0 1 - 4
Hartford Whalers (14-16-4) 0 2 1 0 - 3

Andreychuk scored 1:07 into overtime to give Buffalo at 4-3 victory over the
Whalers ending the Sabres 5 game losing streak.

1st period: BUF, Krupp (5th) - (Hawerchuk, Bodger) (pp) 7:57

2nd period: HAR, Cyr (5th) - (Evason) 1:19
HAR, Krygier (7th) - (Wilson, Holik) 6:10
BUF, Vaive (11th) - (Hawerchuk) 10:18
BUF, Vaive (12th) - (Hawerchuk) 19:55

3rd period: HAR, Holik (9th) - (Krygier, Wilson) 10:53

Overtime: BUF, Andreychuk (15th) - (Turgeon) 1:07

Powerplay Opportunities-Sabres 1 of 3
Whalers 0 of 4

Shots on Goal-Sabres 5 11 8 2 - 26
Whalers 9 10 7 0 - 26

Buffalo Sabres--Puppa (3-5-3) (26 saves - 23 saves)
Hartford Whalers--Reaugh (4-2-0) (26 shots - 22 saves)

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Los Angeles Kings (17-10-5) 1 1 1 - 3
Edmonton Oilers (13-16-2) 1 1 2 - 4

Viazmikin scored his first NHL goal at 13:44 of the third period as the Oilers
came back to beat the Kings 4-3.

1st period: LAK, Taylor (9th) - (Blake, Benning) 2:32
EDM, Beukeboom (2nd) - 7:43

2nd period: LAK, McIntyre (2nd) - 11:22
EDM, Semenov (5th) - (S.Smith, Beukeboom) 16:48

3rd period: LAK, Taylor (10th) - (Gretzky, Robitaille) (pp) 2:33
EDM, Simpson (14th) - (Klima, Messier) (pp) 8:23
EDM, Viazmikin (1st) - (Anderson, Lowe) 13:44

POwerplay Opportunities-Kings 1 of 7
Oilers 1 of 2

Shots on Goal-Kings 9 8 9 - 26
Oilers 8 12 15 - 35

Los Angeles Kings--Berthiaume (10-4-0) (35 shots - 31 saves)
Edmonton Oilers--Takko (4-0-0) (26 shots - 23 saves)

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Wednesday, December 19th:

Quebec (8-21-6) at Montreal (16-16-3) 7:35pm EST
Toronto (8-25-2) at New York Rangers (20-11-5) 7:35pm EST
Washington (18-17-0) at Chicago (23-11-2) 8:35pm EST

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