NHL ROUNDUP : Slumping Canadiens Beaten by Sabres, 5-0

Goaltender Dominik Hasek of the Buffalo Sabres continued his hot play Thursday night, stopping 25 shots in a 5-0 victory over the slumping Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo.

“I can’t remember having a better streak than this,” said Hasek, who tied a club record with his fifth shutout of the season.

It was the sixth loss in seven games for the defending Stanley Cup champions.

“Some of the players on this team are just a bunch of fat cats,” Coach Jacques Demars said. “They think that winning the Stanley Cup is the end of a career. Well it’s not and we’re going to do something about it.”

The Canadiens gave up 43 shots.

“We were ideal tonight,” Sabre Coach John Muckler said. “If we can play like this every night, we’ll be awesome.”

N.Y. Rangers 1, Washington 0--Former King goaltender Glenn Healy stopped 20 saves for the sixth shutout of his career, and Adam Graves scored the only goal midway through the third period at Landover, Md.

Washington defenseman Kevin Hatcher broke his left hand during the first period and, although he continued to play, is expected to be sidelined for at least a week.

Chicago 5, San Jose 3--Joe Murphy had two goals and two assists and Jeremy Roenick had four assists at Chicago as the Blackhawks extended the Sharks’ winless streak to eight games.

Stephane Matteau’s goal at 13:45 of the third period broke a 3-3 tie.

Winnipeg 5, Quebec 2--Teemu Selanne scored three goals as he and linemates Alexei Zhamnov and Keith Tkachuk combined for 11 points to lead the Jets at Winnipeg.

Detroit 3, Philadelphia 1--Sergei Fedorov had a goal and an assist at Philadelphia to help the Red Wings gain their seventh victory in eight games.

The Flyers are 1-7-1 and have scored only 14 goals in their last nine games.

Hartford 2, Ottawa 1--Geoff Sanderson’s goal midway through the third period lifted the Whalers to victory at Ottawa.

St. Louis 7, Tampa Bay 4--Light-scoring Vitali Karamnov and Philippe Bozon each scored two goals to help the Blues rally from a 3-0 deficit at St. Louis for their fourth victory in a row.

New Jersey 3, Toronto 2--Claude Lemieux scored two goals, and goaltender Martin Brodeur extended his unbeaten streak to eight games at East Rutherford, N.J.

Dave Andreychuk supplied one of the few highlights for the Maple Leafs, becoming the NHL’s first 30-goal scorer this season.

Pittsburgh 4, Boston 3--Joe Mullen scored two goals to lead the Penguins at Boston.

Vancouver 4, Calgary 3--Pavel Bure scored his 13th goal at Saskatoon, Canada, to help the Canucks move within five points of the first-place Flames in the Pacific Division.