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Kings Show Flames Who’s Better In West

Associated Press

NHL

Yanic Perreault scored two goals Friday night as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 in a crucial Western Conference game for both teams at Calgary, Alberta.

Perreault ended a seven-game scoreless streak and increased his season total to 23 goals as Los Angeles became the fourth team in the last seven games to keep Calgary from boosting its record to .500.

Kings 4, Flames 3

Los Angeles 1 2 1 - 4

Calgary 1 2 0 - 3

First period-1, Los Angeles, Perreault 22 (Laperriere, Stevens), 9:16 (pp). 2, Calgary, Stillman 15, 14:21.

Second period-3, Los Angeles, Tsyplakov 4 (Yachmenev), 2:53. 4, Calgary, Nylander 14 (Stillman, McCarthy), 5:48. 5, Calgary, Titov 26 (Roberts, Fleury), 8:12. 6, Los Angeles, Khristich 23 (Yachmenev, Modry), 12:49.

Third period-7, Los Angeles, Perreault 23 (Stevens), 1:06.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 6-15-5-26. Calgary 7-13-12-32.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 1 of 5; Calgary 0 of 5.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 14-22-8 (32 shots-29 saves). Calgary, Tabaracci 17-14-3 (26-22).A-18,280 (20,230).

Flyers 6, Sabres 5 (OT)

Buffalo, N.Y.

Bob Corkum’s goal with 1:10 left in overtime lifted Philadelphia to a victory over Buffalo in a game temporarily suspended by a fight-filled second period.

Philadelphia 2 2 1 1 - 6

Buffalo 1 1 3 0 - 5

First Period-1, Philadelphia, LeClair 44 (Hawerchuk, Lindros), 6:14. 2, Philadelphia, Quinn 12 (LeClair, Lindros), 7:13 (pp). 3, Buffalo, Barnaby 15 (Plante, May), 11:08.

Second Period-4, Buffalo, May 13, :33. 5, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 22 (Falloon, Therien), 3:20. 6, Philadelphia, Lindros 44 (Hawerchuk, Desjardins), 11:00 (pp).

Third Period-7, Buffalo, Burridge 22 (Shannon, LaFontaine), 4:36. 8, Buffalo, Grosek 5 (Jackson, Astley), 7:06 (pp). 9, Buffalo, Dawe 19 (Plante, Galley), 8:58 (pp). 10, Philadelphia, Klatt 7 (Corkum, Svoboda), 9:30.

Overtime-11, Philadelphia, Corkum 8 (Podein, Druce), 3:50.

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 14-12-9-1-36. Buffalo 9-6-8-0-23.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 2 of 5; Buffalo 2 of 9.Goalies-Philadelphia, Snow 10-8-4 (23 shots-18 saves). Buffalo, Trefilov 4-6-1 (36-30).A-16,230 (16,230).

Capitals 5, Senators 0

Landover, Md.

Jim Carey posted his second straight shutout and league-leading ninth of the season and Washington scored two goals on its first four shots to beat Ottawa.

Carey’s shutout moved him ahead of Don Beaupre as Washington’s all-time shutout leader with 13.

Ottawa 0 0 0 - 0

Washington 2 2 1 - 5

First period-1, Washington, Hunter 10 (Eagles, Johansson), :56. 2, Washington, Miller 6 (Hunter, Eagles), 6:10.

Second period-3, Washington, Bondra 45 (Nelson, Pivonka), 8:16. 4, Washington, Krygier 15 (Kaminski, Reekie), 9:56.

Third period-5, Washington, Pivonka 15 (Juneau, Bondra), 13:21 (pp).

Shots on goal-Ottawa 11-5-8-24. Washington 11-9-4-24.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 0 of 2; Washington 1 of 2.Goalies-Ottawa, Bales 2-14-1 (24 shots-19 saves). Washington, Carey 32-21-8 (24-24).A-18,130 (18,130).

Oilers 3, Jets 2

Edmonton, Alberta

Miroslav Satan scored two goals as Edmonton moved closer to a playoff spot with a win over Winnipeg.

The victory tightened the race in the West as the Oilers moved within three points of the Jets. Winnipeg holds down the eighth and final playoff berth with 69 points.

Winnipeg 0 1 1 - 2

Edmonton 2 1 0 - 3

First period-1, Edmonton, Satan 16 (Ciger, Weight), :40. 2, Edmonton, McAmmond 13, 1:09.

Second period-3, Edmonton, Satan 17 (Weight, Ciger), :58. 4, Winnipeg, Manson 7 (Maciver, Kilger), 8:59.

Third period-5, Winnipeg, Numminen 10 (Janney, Maciver), 2:51 (pp).

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 10-5-7-22. Edmonton 11-13-9-33.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 1 of 6; Edmonton 0 of 5.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 22-18-2 (33 shots-30 saves). Edmonton, Joseph 15-14-2 (22-20).A-16,437 (16,230).

Canucks 4, Blackhawks 2

Vancouver, British Columbia

Trevor Linden and Russ Courtnall each scored two goals to spark Vancouver to a win over Chicago in Pat Quinn’s return to coaching.

Quinn, president and general manager of the Canucks, fired coach Rick Ley on Thursday after only two wins in the previous 10 games.

Chicago 1 0 1 - 2

Vancouver 1 1 2 - 4

First period-1, Chicago, Daze 30 (Amonte, Nicholls), 3:30. 2, Vancouver, Linden 31 (Gelinas, Kocur), 4:10.

Second period-3, Vancouver, Courtnall 22 (Ronning, Hirsch), 11:22 (pp).

Third period-4, Vancouver, Linden 32 (Tikkanen, Mogilny), 8:06 (pp). 5, Chicago, Savard 13 (Murphy, Black), 13:33. 6, Vancouver, Courtnall 23 (Ridley), 19:36 (en).

Shots on goal-Chicago 9-6-10-25. Vancouver 5-10-3-18.Power-play opp.-Chicago 0 of 6; Vancouver 2 of 7.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 19-16-9 (17 shots-14 saves). Vancouver, Hirsch 16-12-6 (25-23).A-18,422 (18,422).