Tuesday, December 29, 1998

NHL Roundup

Associated Press

-- Dallas 1, Predators 0

DALLAS -- Shawn Chambers scored the only goal, and Ed Belfour made 14 saves as the Dallas Stars remained unbeaten in 12 games to match a franchise record in a 1-0 victory Monday night over the Nashville Predators.

Belfour got his third shutout of the season and 43rd of his career as the Stars bettered their unbeaten run to 9-0-3. The Stars are in the midst of their longest unbeaten string since the Minnesota North Stars went 9-0-3 from Feb. 18-March 15, 1982.

Defenseman Chambers scored midway through the second period for the Stars, who haven't lost since Dec. 4 at Vancouver.

-- Devils 7, Sabres 4

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo goaltender Dominik Hasek had a rare bad game, and the New Jersey Devils made the most of it by beating the Sabres 7-4 Monday night.

One night after being shut out by the two-time Hart Trophy winner, the Devils scored on each of their first three shots and put four of six past Hasek. The goalie was pulled early in the second period.

-- Panthers 5, Islanders 1

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Defensemen Paul Laus and Terry Carkner scored rare goals as Florida beat the New York Islanders 5-1 Monday night, the Panthers' fourth victory in the last five games.

Oleg Kvasha, Ray Whitney and Carkner all had a goal and an assist, while Viktor Kozlov added three assists to help Florida climb over .500 (13-12-6) for the first time since Nov. 12.

-- Mighty Ducks 2, Senators 2

KANATA, Ontario -- Shawn McEachern's second goal of the game and team-leading 15th this season -- with six seconds left in regulation -- gave the Ottawa Senators a 2-2 tie Monday night with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.

McEachern sent the game into overtime by burying a rebound past goaltender Dominic Roussel with Ottawa goalie Ron Tugnutt on the bench for an extra skater. Anaheim's Serge Trepanier had just returned from serving an interference penalty.

-- Blues 4, Red Wings 4

DETROIT -- Vyacheslav Kozlov scored two goals that counted and two that didn't as the Detroit Red Wings rallied to tie the St. Louis Blues 4-4 Monday night.

The tie ended a five-game losing streak for the Red Wings, their longest since January 1991. They lost to the Blues 4-3 Saturday in St. Louis.

-- Capitals 5, Bruins 1

WASHINGTON -- Peter Bondra, Ken Klee and Sergei Gonchar scored first-period goals as the Washington Capitals returned home from the longest road trip in team history and beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 on Monday night.

The Capitals, who scored only 11 goals while going 2-6 on their three-week trip, had been outscored 30-10 in the first period of their previous 31 games.