From: jpc@philabs.philips.com (John P. Curcio;6442;3.55;)
Subject: NHL RESULTS FOR 12 DECEMBER 1992
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 15:32:05 GMT


NHL HOCKEY RESULTS FOR 12/12/92.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  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
 
 PIT  20  8  3  43   MTL  18  8  4  40   CHI  16 11  4  36   LA   19  8  3  41
 WAS  16 13  2  34   BOS  18  8  2  38   MIN  16 10  3  35   CAL  17 10  3  37
 NYR  15 11  3  33   QUE  15 10  5  35   DET  16 15  1  33   VAN  19  9  2  36
 NJ   15 12  1  31   BUF  12 13  5  29   TOR  12 13  4  28   EDM  11 15  4  26
 PHL  10 13  4  24   HAR   8 19  1  17   STL  11 14  4  26   WIN   8 16  3  19
 NYI  10 14  4  24   OTT   3 26  2   8   TB   10 19  2  22   SJ    5 23  1  11

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hartford Whalers (8-19-1)    0   1   2   -   3
Buffalo Sabres (12-13-5)     4   2   3   -   9

The Sabres, led by two power-play goals from both Pat LaFontaine and
Alexander Mogilny, beat the Whalers, holding them to 14 shots on goals.

First period-- 1, Buffalo, LaFontaine 21 (Hawerchuk,Mogilny), 4:07 (pp).  2,
  Buffalo, Sweeney 10 (Andreychuk,Wood), 8:23.  3, Buffalo, Khmylev 3
  (Smehlik), 14:55 (sh).  4, Buffalo, LaFontaine 22 (Andreychuk,Bodger),
  18:33.

Second period-- 5, Buffalo, Mogilny 21 (Andreychuk,Hawerchuk), 6:05 (pp).  6,
  Buffalo, May 9 (Hawerchuk,Smehlik), 10:49.  7, Hartford, Verbeek 9 (Craven,
  Zalapski), 14:57 (pp).

Third period--  8,  Buffalo, Mogilny 22 (LaFontaine,Andreychuk), :44 (pp).  9,
  Buffalo, Wood 7 (Bodger), 3:24.  10, Buffalo, Andreychuk 23 (Svoboda,
  Sweeney), 9:00.  11, Hartford, Sanderson 13 (Cassels,Zalapski), 12:01 (pp).
  12, Hartford, Verbeek 10 (Weinrich), 13:52.

Shots on goal-- Hartford 4-5-5--14.  Buffalo 16-17-13--46.  Power-play
  opportunities-- Hartford 2 of 4; Buffalo 4 of 6.  Goalies-- Hartford, Burke,
  6-11-1 (43 shots-34 saves), D'Alessio (9:00 third, 3-3).  Buffalo, Puppa,
  8-4-4 (14-11).  A--13,011.

Referee-- Bill McCreary.  Linesmen-- Pierre Champoux, Dan Schachte.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

New York Rangers (15-11-3)       1   3   1   -   5
Tampa Bay Lightning (10-19-2)    1   3   0   -   4

Rookie Steven King scored his second straight game-winning goal to lead the
Rangers over the slumping Lightning, who lost their 11th in their last 12
games.

First period-- 1, New York, Messier 14, 6:49.  2, Tampa Bay, Kontos 21
  (Ramage,Bureau), 15:58 (pp).

Second period-- 3, New York, Turcotte 18 (Messier,Leetch), 3:29 (pp).  4,
  Tampa Bay, Creighton 7, 6:04 (sh).  5, New York, Patrick 1 (Leetch,
  Turcotte), 7:14 (pp).  6, New York, Graves 11 (Nemchinov), 9:31.  7, Tampa
  Bay, Bureau 3 (Chambers), 11:15.  8, Tampa Bay, Creighton 8 (Chambers,
  Beers), 18:28 (pp).

Third period-- 9, New York, S.King 3 (Leetch,Patrick), 3:55 (pp).

Shots on goal-- New York 8-13-10--31.  Tampa Bay 11-17-13--41.  Power-play
  opportunities-- New York 3 of 5; Tampa Bay 1 of 7.  Goalies-- New York,
  Vanbiesbrouck, 8-5-2 (41 shots-37 saves).  Tampa Bay, Bergeron, 0-1-0
  (31-26).  A--10,425.

Referee-- Terry Gregson.  Linesmen-- Bernard DeGrace, Jerry Pateman.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pittsburgh Penguins (20-8-3)    1   0   0   -   1
New Jersey Devils (15-12-1)     1   1   0   -   2

Only 8,126 fans braved the bad weather to see the Devils play what could be
their best game of the year to date as they kept the high-scoring Penguins to
one goal, winning 2-1.

First period-- 1, Pittsburgh, McEachern 15 (Errey), 3:51.  2, New Jersey,
  Richer 11 (Driver), 8:58.

Second period-- 3, New Jersey, Semak 8 (Kasatonov), 7:43 (sh).

Third period-- None.

Shots on goal-- Pittsburgh 7-13-12--32.  New Jersey 12-11-6--29.  Power-play
  opportunities-- Pittsburgh 0 of 7; New Jersey 0 of 7.  Goalies--
  Pitttsburgh, Barrasso, 17-6-2 (29 shots-27 saves).  New Jersey, Terreri,
  6-8-0 (32-31).  A--8,126.

Referee-- Kerry Fraser.  Linesmen-- Gord Broseker, Kevin Collins.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Philadelphia Flyers (10-13-4)    0   0   2   -   2
Detroit Red Wings (16-15-1)      0   4   0   -   4

Dino Ciccarelli scored two second-period goals as the Wings won thier second
game in their last nine on a nationally-televised game from Detroit.

FIrst period-- None.

Second period-- 1, Detroit, Fedorov 12 (Sheppard,Probert), 1:54 (pp).  2,
  Detroit, Ciccarelli 13 (Primeau,Burr), 2:07.  3, Detroit, Yzerman 24
  (Fedorov), 3:30.  4, Detroit, Ciccarelli 14 (Racine,Chiasson), 17:26 (pp).

Third period-- 5, Philadelphia, Recchi 17 (Beauregard), 2:19 (sh).  6,
  Philadelphia, Fedyk 12 (Dineen), 18:27.

Shots on goal-- Philadelphia 5-9-10--24.  Detroit 12-12-16--40.  Power-play
  opportunities-- Philadelphia 0 of 5; Detroit 2 of 7.  Goalies--
  Philadelphia, Roussel, 7-6-4 (24 shots-20 saves), Beauregard (0:00 third,
  16-16).  Detroit, Riendeau, 7-1-1 (24-22).  A--19,875.

Referee-- Dave Jackson.  Linesmen-- Scott Driscoll, Mark Pare.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Calgary Flames (17-10-3)         1   3   2   -   6
Toronto Maple Leafs (12-13-4)    2   1   0   -   3

Calgary exploded for three second-period goals, including one on a Theo Fleury
penalty shot, as the Flames defeated the host Maple Leafs.

First period-- 1, Toronto, Mironov 6 (Cullen,Gilmour), 8:02 (pp).  2, Calgary,
  Dahl 2 (Fleury,Makarov), 11:11.  3, Toronto, McLlwain 4 (Borschevsky,Berg),
  12:08.

Second period-- 4, Calgary, Fleury 13 (penalty shot), 5:36.  5, Calgary,
  Nieuwendyk 17 (Suter,Fleury), 16:05.  6, Toronto, Osborne 3 (Sacco,Cullen),
  16:47.  7, Calgary, Suter 6 (Reichel), 19:03.

Third period-- 8, Calgary, Reichel 7, 4:29.  9, Calgary, Fleury 14 (Yawney,
  Nieuwendyk), 10:55 (pp).

Shots on goal-- Calgary 6-8-11--25.  Toronto 14-14-7--35.  Power-play
  opportunities-- Calgary 2 of 6; Toronto 1 of 9.  Goalies-- Calgary , Vernon,
  12-8-1 (35 shots-32 saves).  Toronto, Wamsley, 0-2-0 (25-19).  A--15,668.

Referee-- Andy vanHellemond.  Linesmen-- Mark Vines, Jean Morin.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Winnipeg Jets (8-16-3)           2   2   2   -   6
Washington Capitals (16-13-2)    5   0   3   -   8

Kimitri Khristich and Michal Pivonka each had two goals as the Caps rode a
5-goal first period to their sixth consecutive victory.  Winnipeg rookie
phenom Teemu Selanne turned the trick and added an assist for the losers.

First period-- 1, Washington, Iafrate 9 (Hunter,Elynuik), :39.  2, Washington,
  Khristich 4 (Pivonka,Bondra), 2:11.  3, Washington, Elynuik 7 (Hunter),
  6:21.  4, Winnipeg, Selanne 20 (Zhamov,Shannon), 11:14 (pp).  5, Washington,
  Khristich 5 (Bondra,Pivonka), 11:34.  6, Winnipeg, Selanne 21 (Shannon,
  Steen), 16:24.  7, Washington, Pivonka 2 (Bondra,Khristich), 18:07.

Second period-- 8, Winnipeg, Selanne 22, :40.  9, Winnipeg, Housley 7 (Steen,
  Selanne), 17:44 (pp).

Third period-- 10, Washington, Pivonka 3 (Bondra,Cote), 2:34.  11, Washington,
  Jones 3 (Bondra,Pivonka), 6:12.  12, Winnipeg, Romaniuk 2 (Erickson,
  Zhamnov), 7:29.  13, Washington, Miller 8 (Carpenter,Ridley), 11:17.  14,
  Winnipeg, Davydov 15 (Numminen,Housley), 14:59.

Shots on goal-- Winnipeg 9-5-7--21.  Washington 14-9-9--32.  Power-play
  opportunities-- Winnipeg 2 of 3; Washington 0 of 2.  Goalies-- Winnipeg,
  Essensa, 6-11-3 (31 shots-23 saves),  Tabaracci (11:17 third, 1-1).
  Washington, Hrivnak, 10-3-1 (21-15).  A--14,522.

Referee-- Richard Trottier.  Linesmen-- Swede Knox, Lyle Seitz.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Saturday, 12 December 1992:

     Buffalo (12-13-5) at Nartford (8-19-1), 7:40pm EST
     Winnipeg (8-16-3) at NY Islanders (10-14-4), 7:40pm EST
     New Jersey (15-12-1) at Pittsburgh (20-8-3), 7:40pm EST
     Washington (16-13-2) at Philadelphia (10-13-4), 7:40pm EST
     Edmonton (11-15-4) at Tampa Bay (10-19-2), 7:40pm EST
     Calgary (17-10-3) at Ottawa (3-26-2), 8:10pm EST
     Boston (18-8-2) at Montreal (18-8-4), 8:10pm EST
     Chicago (16-11-4) at Minnesota (16-10-3), 8:10pm EST
     Quebec (15-10-5) at San Jose (5-23-1), 10:40pm EST
     St. Louis (11-14-4) at Los Angeles (19-8-3), 10:40pm EST

-JPC


-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
John P. Curcio 		          Go Bruins!		   Philips Laboratories
jpc@philabs.philips.com 			           345 Scarborough Road
(914) 945-6442               	 		     Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510