Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!looking!clarinews From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International) Newsgroups: clari.sports.hockey,clari.sports.top Subject: NHL Roundup Keywords: hockey, men's professional Message-ID: Date: 18 Jan 90 07:45:13 GMT Lines: 91 Approved: clarinews@clarinet.com ACategory: sports Slugword: hkn-nhlrup Priority: major Format: summary ANPA: Wc: 872; Id: s0452; Sel: ns--s; Adate: 1-18-235aes; Ver: sked Codes: yshpmxx. The Hartford Whalers haven't exactly been world beaters on home ice this season, so coach Rick Ley was happy to see his team come from behind to earn a tie with the Boston Bruins. It took a dramatic goal by Kevin Dineen with 17 seconds remaining in the third period Wednesday night to lift the Whalers to a 5-5 tie with the Bruins. ``It takes a lot of guts to come back like we did,'' said Dineen. The Whalers erased a 3-0 deficit with four straight second-period goals, but Ray Bourque and Randy Burridge scored 1:53 apart early in the third period. The Whalers pulled Kay Whitmore and forced overtime when Dineen redirected a Ray Ferraro shot past Andy Moog with 17 seconds left in regulation. ``That's the first time that play worked for us,'' said Ley. ``We were 17 seconds away from a loss and it took a big effort to salvage a tie.'' Neither team had a shot in overtime. The Whalers, who own the NHL's best road record (13-8-2), are 8-13-2 at home. Hartford is now 3-2-1 against Boston this season and is the only team to beat the Bruins more than twice. ``Coming back like we did was a morale-booster,'' said Ley. ``It will build our confidence.'' Bourque had two goals and Craig Janney added three assists for Boston. Janney, who was born in Hartford and raised in nearby Enfield, set up goals by Garry Galley, Bobby Carpenter and Bourque. ``This is a game we should have had,'' said Janney. ``Thank God we salvaged something out of it.'' Mikael Andersson, Randy Ladouceur, Scott Young, Pat Verbeek and Dineen had the goals for Hartford. ``Give Hartford credit for playing with a lot of intensity to get back in the game,'' said Boston coach Mike Milbury. ``It's a hard-working team.'' Galley gave Boston a 1-0 lead 2:45 into the game with a power-play goal. Janney dug the puck out of the right corner and centered to Galley, who unleased a slap shot from the point that eluded a screened Whitmore. The Bruins moved to a 2-0 advantage midway through the first period when Janney backhanded a pass to the slot for Carpenter, who avoided a check from Brad Shaw and backhanded a shot past Whitmore's left skate. Bourque rushed up from his defensive position, took a pass from Janney and beat Whitmore to make it 3-0 at of the second period. ``We were lucky to be up 3-0,'' said Milbury. The Whalers responded with unanswered goals by Andersson, Ladouceur, Young and Verbeek to move to a 4-3 lead. ``We sat back and tried to protect the lead,'' said Janney. ``If I could figure out why we did that, I'd be a coach - and a pretty good one.'' After a Dave Babych shot hit Jim Wiemer, Andersson collected the loose puck and beat Moog to the glove side from the slot at 6:55 to slice the margin to 3-1. Ladouceur made it 3-2 midway through the period after Ron Francis made a rink length dash. Young knotted the score at 3-3 at 15:20 when he connected on a low slap shot. Verbeek gave the Whalers a 4-3 lead with 1:18 remaining in the period when he converted a feed from Dave Tippett. ``This team hasn't quit all year,'' said Ley. ``But we learned that it's not fun to dig out of a hole like that.'' Bourque scored on a powerplay at 3:41 of the third period to knot the score at 4-4. Burridge broke loose on a breakaway and beat Whitmore between the pads at 5:44 to boost Boston to a 5-4 edge. The Bruins were without newly acquired center Dave Poulin, who was traded to Boston by Philadelphia on Tuesday for Ken Linseman. General Manager Harry Sinden said he doesn't expect Poulin to report until after the all-star break. Elsewhere in the NHL, NY Islanders beat Montreal 6-3, Chicago topped Minnesota 3-1, and Edmonton iced Winnipeg 6-3. _I_s_l_a_n_d_e_r_s_ _6_,_ _C_a_n_a_d_i_e_n_s_ _3 At Montreal, David Volek scored twice and Pat Lafontaine added his 40th goal of the season to carry New York to its eighth straight victory. The Islanders have lost only once in their last 14 games. The victory carried the Islanders into a first-place tie with the New Jersey Devils in the Patrick Division. _B_l_a_c_k_h_a_w_k_s_ _3_,_ _N_o_r_t_h_ _S_t_a_r_s_ _1 At Chicago, Jacques Cloutier turned aside 25 shots in his first start since Dec. 22 to lead Chicago. Steve Larmer, Dirk Graham and Steve Thomas each tallied once for the Blackhawks, who snapped a two-game losing skid. Rookie Jeremy Roenick, celebrating his 20th birthday, had two assists. _O_i_l_e_r_s_ _6_,_ _J_e_t_s_ _3 At Edmonton, Alberta, Mark Messier scored his second hat trick of the season and 12th of his career. Messier scored twice in the second period and rapped in a loose rebound at 18:21 of the third period to run his goal output to 27 this year. Linemate Glenn Anderson assisted on all of Messier's goals and one other for a four-point night. -- This, and all articles in this news hierarchy are Copyright 1990 by the wire service or information provider and licenced to Clarinet Communications Corp. for distribution. Except for free samples, only paid subscribers may access these articles. Any unauthorized access, reproduction or transmission is strictly prohibited. We will reward the first provider of information that helps us stop violators of this copyright. Send reports to reward@clarinet.com.