Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!looking!clarinews From: clarinews@clarinet.com (JOHN SWENSON, UPI Sports Writer) Newsgroups: clari.sports.hockey,clari.sports.top Subject: NHL Roundup Keywords: hockey, men's professional Message-ID: Date: 17 Jan 90 08:32:48 GMT Lines: 71 Approved: clarinews@clarinet.com ACategory: sports Slugword: hkn-nhlrup Priority: major Format: summary ANPA: Wc: 756; Id: s0379; Sel: ns--s; Adate: 1-17-330aes; Ver: sked Codes: yshpmxx. New Washington Capitals Coach Terry Murray was not pleased with his team's performance Tuesday night, but he accepted the outcome. ``That's certainly not the way I want my team to play,'' said Murray of his first NHL victory, a 9-6 shootout triumph over the New Jersey Devils. ``We won't be doing that every night.'' The victory over the division-leading Devils ended the Capitals' eight-game winless streak and the nine goals were a season high for a team not noted for firepower. ``During the anthem, I just wanted to get it started,'' said Murray, who took over Monday after his brother Bryan was fired. ``Coming off the ice, I wanted to turn a couple of somersaults.'' But Murray was cringing early in the game when New Jersey took a 3-0 lead in the first 9:15 of the game when Ken Daneyko scored two goals and Janne Ojanen added one against goalie Don Beaupre, who was jeered by the hometown fans. ``I wasn't having much fun out there,'' Beaupre admitted. ``It's my job to keep us in it, and I wasn't doing it. I can't blame the fans, but Terry (Murray) never made any sign of pulling me.'' ``I hesitated to make a lot of changes tonight, especially with Beaupre,'' Murray said. ``I have to show confidence in the players, but we made some mistakes, and we have to correct these things. This is a good starting point.'' Dino Ciccarelli broke the ice for Washington at 13:12 of the first, but John MacLean made it 4-1. Geoff Courtnall and John Tucker scored to close the gap to 4-3. Steve Leach tied it for Washington at 1:47 of the second, then Michal Pivonka scored two second-period goals to put Washington ahead 6-4. After Kevin Hatcher made it 7-4, the teams traded goals, with Rob Browne and David Maley scoring for New Jersey and Bob Rouse and Courtnall for the Capitals. ``I hate shootouts,'' Devils Coach John Cunniff said. ``They made some errors, and we got ahead, but they came right at us and once it worked, they just kept on coming. We couldn't stop anything.'' Elsewhere in the NHL, the New York Islanders blanked Vancouver 3-0, Pittsburgh edged Philadelphia 4-3, Calgary beat St. Louis 5-2, Quebec outscored Winnipeg 8-6, Detroit beat Edmonton 6-4, and Buffalo topped Los Angeles 4-2. _I_s_l_a_n_d_e_r_s_ _3_,_ _C_a_n_u_c_k_s_ _0 At Uniondale, N.Y., Glenn Healy stopped 51 Vancouver shots to lead the Islanders to their seventh victory in a row. The Canucks have lost five straight games. The resurgent Islanders moved ahead of the idle New York Rangers into second place in the Patrick Division, two points behind New Jersey. _P_e_n_g_u_i_n_s_ _4_,_ _F_l_y_e_r_s_ _3 At Pittsburgh, Rob Brown scored two goals, Mario Lemieux extended his scoring streak to 34 games and Paul Coffey became the 37th player in NHL history to record 900 or more career points. The Penguins have won 5 of 6 and Philadelphiafell to 0-4-3 in its last seven games and 2-9-3 in its last 14. _F_l_a_m_e_s_ _5_,_ _B_l_u_e_s_ _2 At St. Louis, Doug Gilmour snapped a tie with his 14th goal of the season, then added two assists and Calgary scored three goals in a span of 2:38 early in the second period to break open a close game. _N_o_r_d_i_q_u_e_s_ _8_,_ _J_e_t_s_ _6 At Winnipeg, Manitoba, Claude Loiselle had a goal and three assists, including an assist that set up the game-winning goal by Darin Kimble at 15:00 of the third period. Quebec snapped a ten-game road winless streak (0-9-1). Guy Lafleur scored his 12th goal of the season and added an assist for Quebec. _R_e_d_ _W_i_n_g_s_ _6_,_ _O_i_l_e_r_s_ _4 At Edmonton, Alberta, Steve Yzerman's 31st and 32nd goals of the season paced Detroit to a come-from-behind victory. The Red Wings sharpshooter scored the winning goal at 39 seconds of the third period on an unassisted play after the Oilers turned the puck over behind their own net. _S_a_b_r_e_s_ _4_,_ _K_i_n_g_s_ _2 At Inglewood, Calif., Phil Housley struck for a goal and two assists to spark Buffalo's three-goal outburst in the second period. Los Angeles is winless in seven games since New Year's Day, going 0-6-1 in that span.