Eric Lindros bounced back from a poor performance with a great one.
Lindros, benched for most of the third period of his previous game, scored his 200th NHL goal and had four assists as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-1 Tuesday night."There's a lot of positive things we can take out of tonight," said Lindros, who was shut down in a 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Friday.
Lindros scored his landmark goal at 9:05 of the second period, snapping a 15-foot wrist shot past goalie Corey Schwab to give Philadelphia a 5-1 lead. The goal moved Lindros past Ilkka Sinisalo into ninth place on the Flyers' all-time list.
The Flyers also got a big game from rookie Vinnie Prospal, who was filling in for injured Dainius Zubrus. Playing on the first line with Lindros and John LeClair, Prospal scored twice and had two assists.
Canucks 5, Stars 1
At Dallas, Arturs Irbe stopped 16 first-period shots against his former team and Pavel Bure scored three goals for Vancouver.
Irbe, signed as a free agent in the offseason, made 29 saves in his first appearance of the season. Irbe, the Stars' backup goalie last season, kept the score tied 1-1 in the opening period despite Dallas' 17-2 advantage in shots.
Bruins 2, Oilers 1
At Edmonton, Dave Ellett scored a power-play goal with 4:26 left in the game to give the Boston Bruins their fifth consecutive road victory.
Ellett took a pass from Anson Carter and snapped a shot past goaltender Curtis Joseph, who was screened on the play. Doug Weight's goal in the second period ended Boston's shutout streak at nearly 159 minutes.
Mighty Ducks 4, Coyotes 3
At Phoenix, Sean Pronger scored a power-play goal early in the third period as Anaheim defeated the Coyotes.
Teemu Selanne had a goal and an assist for the Mighty Ducks (3-3-2), who scored more than three goals for the first time this season. Kevin Todd and Ted Drury scored the other goals for Anaheim.
Brad Isbister, Deron Quint and Keith Tkachuk scored for the Coyotes.
Kings 3, Islanders 2
At Inglewood, Calif., Luc Robitaille scored the go-ahead goal on a give-and-go from Vladimir Tsyplakov in the third period as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Islanders.
Frederic Chabot stopped 26 shots for his first NHL victory.