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3 CoLO -7-(OT); StL a 7:00 7:30 7-30 TV CIV CTV Fret Press Wire Reports FT. MYERS, Fla. The Boston Red Sox ended their Jose Canseco outfield experiment Friday after the oft-injured BQpr rnmnlainpH that thrnwmo was hiirtino hie arm My defensive play can be substituted easily, a lot more llir fVton mti Kit Ponr-aA ooi1 nAAlnn Via trill ir the field a couple of times a week. 5 Clark the toughest of team's three cuts The Red Sox signed Canseco to a two-year, $9-million con By Gene gutdi Free Press Sports Writer LAKELAND, Fla. Tony Clark will start the season at Triple-A Toledo, though manager Buddy Bell said Clark played well enough in spring training to earn a spot on the major league roster.

"Quite frankly, the way he's played, Tony deserves to be here," Bell said Friday before the Tigers' 7-4 victory over Pittsburgh. "But there is time. Toledo won't hurt him. It can only help him to go there and play every day, something that would have been difficult with us." In addition to sending first baseman Clark to Triple-A, the Tigers shipped Phil Nevin to Double-A Jacksonville, where he will catch every day, and optioned right-handed reliever Jeff McCurry to Toledo. The Tigers made Clark the No.

2 overall pick in the major league draft in 1990; Houston made Nevin the No. 1 overall pick in 1992. "With Phil, we thought Triple-A might be a little too much for him since he's just starting to catch," Bell said. "And he'll play for (former major league catcher) Bill Plummer at Jacksonville, which should help him. "I still like McCurry, and I think he has a future in the big leagues." McCurry pitched in six spring games, with no decisions and a 2.57 ERA.

Clark hit .350 with three homers and eight RBIs in 15 games; Nevin hit .150 with one homer and three RBIs in 10 games. All three players said they understood why they were being Walz called up; he'll need to get in shape by Vrv Bernstein Free Press Sports Writer First, he publicly criticized the Red Wings for breaking a promise to recall him from Adirondack. Then he demanded a trade. Finally, he walked out on the A-Wings in January and went home to Calgary. No wonder Wes Walz is surprised to be in Detroit and on the Red Wings' roster.

The Wings, who had suspended Walz after he left Adirondack, recalled him Wednesday to add depth at forward for the playoffs. "I am a little surprised," Walz said Friday. "I went home and I asked for a trade, I wanted a trade for the longest time. I don't know if it was a combination of teams not interested. I think it's a feather in my cap, because I felt like they didn't want to trade me because they felt I could help their team in the long run.

"When the team has confidence in you Wee that, it gives me a lot of confidence. I can't wait to get in the lineup so I can show them what I can do." It will be a few days or a week before Walz plays. He hasn't played since January and, while home in Calgary, skated only two or three times a week with a Tier II junior team. Walz said it will take three or four days to get his skating legs back and, obviously, he'll need some time to get in game shape. But at least he's where he wants to be.

Walz, a free agent last summer, has had second and third thoughts about signing with the Wings in the off-season. "I woke up many a morning in Adirondack and wondered if I should have ever signed here because I did have other opportunities to sign with other teams," he said. "But I wanted to go somewhere where they had an opportunity to win the Stanley Cup. The other teams that were interested were rebuilding. Obviously, it's everybody's dream to play in the National League and have a shot at the Stanley Cup." Walz said the Wings, who assigned him to Adirondack at the start of the season, promised to recall him.

"That was definitely one of the things I was told," he said. "You look at it, I'm here now. They said I was back and they kept that part of the deal. I am back. But I thought it would happen sooner than it did.

It forced me to go home. I didn't want to go home. Obviously, it was one of the things I felt I had to do. It's going to be forgotten in the next few days. It's over with now." OUT, BUT NOT DOWN: Right wing Mathieu Dandenault said he was not disappointed to be assigned to Adirondack for a two-week conditioning stint.

Dandenault left for Adirondack after practice Friday morning. "It's good for me to get some ice time, get a chance to play, get some confidence back," said Dandenault, who has played in 32 of the Wings' 71 games. "I'm just happy to be getting some ice time. I've got to play." Dandenault can't be assigned to Adirondack permanently until after his junior team, Sherbrooke, completes its season. But the Wings placed Dandenault on Adirondack's playoff roster, meaning he can play for either the Wings or A-Wings in the playoffs.

JOHNSON, ERREY OUT: Center Greg Johnson has a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee. Johnson was hurt Tuesday in a 6-5 victory over Toronto. He is expected to miss up to four weeks, which means he will not play the remainder of the regular season. Meanwhile, the Wings have told left wing Bob Errey to rest his aching right foot for at least a week. Errey has a bone bruise suffered in February that hasn't healed as he continued to play.

Tigers 7, Pirates 4 PITTSBURGH abrhM 5 010 4221 3120 2110 3011 DETROIT abrhbl 4 0 11 Curtis cf 5 0 2 0 Htoinson rf 2 10 0 Fryman 3b 1 0 0 0 Garcia pr-ss 3 0 0 0 Fielder lb 2 010 Hyers pr-lb 3 0 10 Planner oti 0 10 1 2011 2 0 10 EWWlams pr-dh 1011 JUUAN H. GONZALEZDetrolt Free Press Red Wings goalie Mike Vernon focuses on Colorado's Claude Lemieux in front of the net. Vernon made 15 saves for his third shutout of the season. Red Wings bury Avalancher7-0 RED WINGS, from Page IB points). "We got those things last year.

By the time the finals were over, nobody was wearing them. They're nice. They're a great, accomplishment. But we're looking at the overall picture." Detroit scored five goals on 21 shots against goalie Patrick Roy, sending him to the bench in the third period after scoring two goals on three shots. The last time the Wings scored that many on Roy, he was yanked from the net in Montreal on Dec.

2 after giving up nine goals in Montreal's 11-1 loss. It was his last game with the Canadiens. Roy was traded shortly thereafter to Colorado, where the Avalanche anointed him its playoff goalie. That playoff goalie is 0-5 against the Wings this season, including 0-3 with Colorado. It got almost comical in the third period, when the Wings scored five times and were credited with four goals.

Martin Lapointe, playing his second game after missing eight with a knee injury, scored on a series of shots at Roy early in the third. The shots from point-blank range came so fast, no one saw that the puck actually went in and bounced out, only to have Roy stop Lapointe's final bid. Play continued and, less than a minute later, Tim Taylor scored a breakaway goal on Roy. Taylor got the puck at the blue line, skated down the slot, cut across and backhanded a shot over Roy's glove four minutes into the period. That was the first whistle following Lapointe's flurry.

While Taylor celebrated his goal, video replay official Matt Pavelich studied the tape. The result: Lapointe was credited with a goal at 3:36. According to NHL rules, anything that happened after that goal doesn't count. So Taylor's breakaway goal was negated. No matter.

The Wings scored two shorthanded goals while killing a penalty to Darren McCarty. Primeau got one of the goals at 6:06 off a two-on-one break with Larionov, who also set up defenseman Slava Fetisov's one-timer from the slot at 6:38 on another break. Primeau's goal knocked out Roy for Stephane Fiset. Fetisov scored on Fiset. Captain Steve Yzerman also scored a shorthanded goal in the first period, and the Wings tied two team records.

It was the fourth time in team history they scored three shorthanded goals in a game. They also tied a team record with two in one period. The Wings and Avalanche spent almost the entire second period on power plays or killing penalties. The Wings were better at both. They killed two penalties, and Paul Coffey scored a power-play goal to give the Wings a 3-0 lead after two periods.

Both Wings coach Scotty Bowman and Avalanche coach Marc Crawford had heated discussions with referee Rob Shick in the second period. Bowman may have been upset that Shick called only a minor penalty for interference on Valeri Kamensky after he cross-checked defenseman Mike Ramsey at 12:40 of the second period. Crawford argued after the Avalanche was penalized for having too many men on the ice at 17:45 of the second period with the sides skating 4-on-4. Agitators Vhdimir Konstantinov and Claude Lemieux were already in the penalty box for a pair of roughing minors. The Wings scored on the ensuing four-on-three power play.

Coffey scored his 10th goal the 15th time he has reached double figures in a season to put the Wings up three. Coffey took a rising slap shot from above the right circle that beat Roy high to the short side with 44 seconds left in the period. Primeau provided the screen and was originally credited with the goal before a scoring change. Vernon made several tough saves. He stopped Joe Sakic on a shot from the slot at 7:55 of the second.

He also came out to block a shot from defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh alone in the right circle on a power play with about 3:20 left. The Wings had five power plays in the second but managed only nine shots in the period. Colorado was scoreless on its four power plays over two periods. SUMMARIES Klnoery cf Martin If Merced rf Cummings rf King lb Johnson lb Hayes 3b Young 3b Clark dh Bell ss Womack pr-ss Liriano 2b Kendall Encarnaclon Totals Pittsburgh Mrott 4 2 10 Lewis 2b 4 0 0 0 3 12 2 Pride If 310 0 0 0 0 0 Flaherty 4 0 11 4 0 0 0 Trammell ss-3b 3 12 1 2 0 2 1 1000 411 4 Totals 34 7 12 7 022 000 000 4 sent out. "I know I've got to play every day to get better," said Clark, 23.

Bell said that most of his recent roster discussions with general manager Randy Smith involved Clark and Nevin. "These decisions are tough on everybody," Bell said. "But (Tony's) a part of our future, along with guys like (Justin) 000 203 IlK -7 Fielder, Trammell, Klnoery. DP: Detroit 2. LOB: Pittsburgh 11, Detroit t.

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Although management insisted it intended to make Canseco the everyday rightfielder, few took that seriously. He played nine games in the outfield this spring. COLORADO: Starting catcher Jayhawk Owens could miss up to two months after spraining his left thumb while sliding headfirst into first base against Milwaukee on Friday. MILWAUKEE: The Brewers secured $90 million for their share of a new stadium, meeting a noon deadline that had threatened to derail the troubled and controversial project. The announcement came one day after Miller Brewing Co.

committed $41.2 million to the team for the right to name the $250 million retractable-roof stadium Miller Park. PHILADELPHIA: Tyler Green, an All-Star pitcher last season, might need season-ending shoulder surgery, the club's physician said. Philadelphia already will be without injured projected starters Curt Schilling, David West and Bobby Munoz when the season opens. TEXAS: Jeff Russell signed a minor league contract. Russell had 20 saves for the Rangers last season, but a herniated disk forced surgery in January.

Because they didn't offer him arbitration, the Rangers may not sign Russell to a major league contract before May 1. Spring standouts Grapefruit League: Radke prepares for Tigers Minnesota 4, Baltimore 2: Brad Radke scheduled to be the Opening Day starter April 1 in the Metrodome against the Tigers' Felipe Lira allowed one run and four hits In five Innings for the Twins Kirby Puckett (.356) had three hits and three RBIs. Baltimore's Jeffrey Hammonds hit his third homer, as did Chris Hoiles. Kansas City 14, Cincinnati 3: Patrick Lemon and Michael Tucker homered for the Royals. Lennon, a first-round pick of the Seattle Mariners in 1987, is hitting .361 with three homers.

He's a non-roster invitee. Tucker (.351, 13 RBIs) hit his fourth homer. KC's Bob Hamelin went 3-for-4. Houston 4, Los Angeles 1: Doug Brocail, John Johnstone, Alvin Morman (1-0) and Anthony Young pitched two scoreless innings for the Astros. Los Angeies' Chan Ho Park pitched four hitless innings.

Boston 8, Montreal 5: Roger Clemens struck out five in six innings, and ex-Expo Wil Cordero drove in three runs. Clemens allowed three runs and six hits. Mo Vaughn hit his third homer for Boston. NY Mets 5, Atlanta 4: Butch Huskey hit his seventh homer and his second off Atlanta's Greg Maddux, who gave up four runs and six hits in seven innings. Ryan Klesko drove in three runs for the Braves.

Texas 13, St. Louis 4: Warren Newson hit a two-run homer for the Rangers; Luis Ortiz added a two-run pinch homer, giving him a team-high five homers and 14 RBIs this spring. Toronto 2, Philadelphia 0: Erik Hanson (Blue Jays) and Sid. Fernandez (Phillies) pitched six scoreless Innings, and former Tiger Rich Rowland homered for Toronto. NY Yankees 3, Chicago 2: Mark Dalesandro hit a two-run homer for the Yankees.

Bemie Williams homered off the White Sox's Wilson Alvarez, who struck out eight in four innings. Chicago reliever Joe Magrane extended his scoreless streak to 11 with two innings. Cactus league: Alomar's complete Cleveland 5, Florida 1: Dennis Martinez pitched six shutout innings for the Indians. Catcher Sandy Alomar threw out two runners attempting to steal and picked another off first base. He also had three hits Colorado 3, Milwaukee 2: Dante Bichette, 7-for-60 before the game, looped a two-run single.

Brewers starter Steve Sparks allowed one run and four hits In six Innings. Former Tiger Kevin Ritz, Colorado's scheduled Opening Day starter, gave up two runs and six hita California 9, San Diego 5: Jim Edmonds hit a three-run homer for the Angels; Wally Joyner drove in three runs for the Padres. San Diego's Marc Newfield (.530) hit his fifth homer. Tigers make 2 deals TIGERS, from Page IB Gaspar was the Tigers' No. 1 pick in 1994, but Smith didn't like what he saw from the right-hander in spring outings especially Gaspar's lack of velocity.

Steverson, an outfielder, played little in exhibition games and obviously didn't have.much future with the team. In a second trade, the Tigers sent outfielder Phil Plantier signed as a free agent during the winter to the Oakland Athletics for shortstop Fausto Cruz and right-handed pitcher Ramon Fermin. "Cruz is a good hitter with good range in the field," Smith said. The demotions of Clark and Nevin sent two former No. 1 draft picks to the minors.

Clark was drafted second overall by the Tigers in 1990; Nevin was the No. 1 overall pick by Houston in 1992. Nieves, 24, is the only one of the five players acquired by the Tigers who will start the season on the 25-man roster. "I know that he has tremendous power," manager Buddy Bell said. "I also understand that he strikes out a lot and has had some problems in the field, but we'll work with him on that." The acquisition of Nieves left Plantier without a position, so the Tigers traded him before he played a regular-season game in a Detroit uniform.

Even had Plantier stayed in Detroit, he wasn't going to play in the field to start the season. His defense was found lacking in exhibition games, and the Tigers planned to use him as a designated hitter. Cruz, 23, was a 1995 postseason Pacific Coast League Ail-Star with Edmonton. Fermin, also 23, was 6-7 with seven saves for Double-A Huntsville last season. Both appeared briefly in the majors in 1995.

Cruz will open the season at Triple-A Toledo, Fermin at Doubled Jacksonville. Lewis, 30, a right-handed reliever, is the only player the Tigers received who has much major league experience. In 2 1 games with the Florida Marlins last season, Lewis was 0-1 with a 3.75 ERA. He has pitched in the majors in parts of four seasons; his career high in victories (six) came in 1993. Lewis is expected to open the season in Triple-A.

Smith and Bell said it was difficult parting with Bergman, who seemed headed for a spot in the starting rotation this season. "But we think we have young pitchers in the minors Justin Thompson, Mike Drumright, Trever Miller and J. Nitkowski who will be a part of our future," Smith said. "We looked at our organization and felt this is an area we can now deal from if necessary." "He (Bergman) is a guy who could come back and haunt us by putting up some good numbers," Smith said. "But he's 26 and we felt it was something we had to do because of what we could get in return." Casanova, 23, was rated the sixth-best prospect in the Padres' organization by Baseball America.

The switch-hitting catcher batted .340 and had 23 homers and 120 RBIs in 1994 in Class last season, he was limited to 89 games in Double-A because of injuries, but still had 12 homers and 44 RBIs. "If you look at our system, you can see how much we need catching," Smith said. Thompson and (Mike) Drumright. We want to make sure when they come up, they're ready to come up to stay." Bell told Nevin, 25, he wasn't going to make it as an everyday outfielder with Detroit, and he didn't have much future at third base with Travis Fryman there. "So to me, that left catching," Bell said.

"He's still young enough to give it a fair shot to work." Friday's moves leave 34 players in the Tigers' major league camp. GOHR IN ROTATION: Sean Bergman's departure in Friday's trade leaves a hole in the Tigers' rotation one they expect to fill with Greg Gohr. "I think it will take about 15 days to build Greg's arm up to the point that he can start games," pitching coach Jon Matlack said. 1 "The way I feel now, that sounds about right," Gohr "This is the strongest my arm has been in four years." Gohr came into camp projected as the Tigers' closer of the future. But he lost that designation to Brian Williams last week and was projected as a setup man.

Now he's being asked to become a starter, which he has done six times in the majors all in 1994. MIL STANDINGS Western Conference TODAYASTROS Red Wings 7, Avalanche 0 0 0-0 Colorado CENTRAL PTS OP L8T 10 OF-OA AWAY H-Detrolt 55 12 4 114 71 9-1-0 280-158 24-9-2 3- Chicago 37 24 11 85 72 5-5-0 245-192 16-12-6 4- St. Louis 31 28 12 74 71 5-4-1 193-202 16-14-6 7- Toronto 28 33 12 68 73 3-5-2 215-226 11-20-5 8- Wlnnipeg 30 36 5 65 71 3-6-1 238-260 11-21-2 Dallas 23 35 12 58 70 5-4-1 196-232 10-20-4 PACIFIC PTS OP L8T 10 OF-QA AWAY 2x-Colorado 41 22 10 92 73 6-4-0 286-214 19-15-3 5- Calgary 29 30 11 69 70 7-3-0 210-208 13-17-6 6- Vancouver 27 30 15 69 72 3-6-1 249-249 16-14-8 Anaheim 28 36 6 62 70 7-2-1 197-217 10-21-3 Edmonton 26 38 7 59 71 4-5-1 206-267 12-20-3 Los Angeles 21 37 15 57 73 3-7-0 226-271 6-22-8 San Jose 17 49 7 41 73 3-6-1 228-316 7-27-4 Eastern Conference ATLANTIC PTS OP L8T 10 OF-OA AWAY 2- NY Rangers 36 20 14 86 70 2-5-3 242-197 17-14-5 3- Florlda 38 24 9 85 71 3-5-2 235-204 15-15-5 4- Phlladelphia 35 22 13 83 70 4-4-2 237-186 12-14-8 7- New Jersey 32 28 11 75 71 4-3-3 184-169 11-14-9 8- Washington 33 29 9 75 71 4-4-2 199-185 13-16-6 Tampa Bay 32 28 11 75 71 4-3-3 209-221 13-17-6 NY Islanders 20 42 8 48 70 1-9-0 201-272 7-24-4 NORTHEAST PT8 OP L8T 10 OF-OA AWAY 1-PlttSburgh 42 24 4 88 70 6-4-0 313-241 14-17-4 5- Montreal 36 27 8 80 71 6-3-1 232-214 15-19-3 6- Boston 34 28 9 77 71 7-2-1 242-234 14-16-5 Hartford 30 32 8 68 70 4-4-2 209-223 11-19-4 Buffalo 27 37 7 61 71 1-8-1 205-221 10-23-2 Ottawa 15 52 4 34 71 3-6-1 165-255 9-29-0 1 1 4-7 Dlrort ClM MTlAfl GAME: Tigers vs. Houston, 1:05 p.m., Lakeland, Fla RADIO: WJR-AM (760). STARTING PITCHERS: Detroit TBA; Houston Sharx Reynolds.

Exhibition sta.iD.kgs American League National League New Jersey 0 0-2 First period Chi, Black 1, 601 Chi, Shanlz 4 (Carney), 1308 (sh) Second period Chi, Suter 19 (Chelios, Murphy), 8:18 (pp) NJ, Thomas 24 (Guerin, Stevens), 10:12 NJ, Hotik 9 (Simpson), 1138 Third period Chi, Murphy 20 (Black, Savard), 6:43 Penalties 1st Russen, CM, malor, 709; Simpson, NJ, maior, 709; Sutter, Chi, 1034; Black, Chi, 12:57. 2nd: Hollk, NJ, Simpson, NJ, 731; Probert, Chi, maior, llil; Simpson, NJ, maior, Carney, Chi, 1329. 3rd: Clccono, Chi, Housley, NJ, S.Smith, Chi, 1739. Jersey 7-11-13-31. Power plays: Chicago 1 of New Jersey 0 of 5 Goalies: Chicago, Hackett 18-10-3); New Brodeur 29-25-11 (12-9), Schwab (8:18 second, 9-8).

19,040. Reterec Bl McCrearv. PCT 6 .667 Atlanta New York Chicago Colorado Los Angeles Pittsburgh San Diego St. Louis Cincinnati 12 .13 13 15 12 10 11 10 9 PCT California 17 6 .739 Texas 14 8 .636 Kansas City 13 9 .591 Detroit 13 9 .591 Chicago 14 10 .583 New York 13 10 .565 Cleveland 14 11 .560 Minnesota 14 11 .560 Baltimore 10 8 .556 Oakland 12 11 .522 Boston 9 12 .429 Seattle 8 12 .400 Toronto 8 15 .348 Milwaukee 6 16 .273 Teams may have two game 7 .650 8 .619 11 .577 9 .571 11 .476 13 .458 12 .455 13 .409 12 .400 14 .391 14 .364 13 .350 18 .280 Canadiens 4. Sabres 1 .1 1 1-4 Montreal -0 1 0-1 Buffalo z-conference title; y-dlvlalon winner; x-playotf berth Numerala Indicate the top eight teams In each conference.

The division winners and six teams from each conference with next highest number of points make the playoffs. In the playoffs, 1 plays 8, 2 plays 7, 3 plays 6, 4 plays 5. Houston 8 San Francisco 9 Philadelphia 8 Montreal 7 Florida 7 Govern (CoHey, Yzerman), Ml (po) Yzerman 36, 1534 (sh) Second period Coffey 10 (Primeau, Larkmov), (00) Third period Lapointe 6 (Taylor), 336 Primeau 23 (Larionov), 606 (sh) Fetisov 5 (Larionov, Primeau), 630 (sh) Taylor 8 (Ciccarelll, Fetisov), 1807 (po) PfrwrHes 1st Kozkw, Det (hooKlns), Ozolinsh, Col, double minor (hioh-stlcklna, tripping), Ramsey, Det (hioh-itlcklno), Lemieux, Col, double minor (crosschecking), Primeau, Det (hooking) 18:00. 2nd: Young, Col (high-sticking). Gusarov, Col (high-sticking), Yzerman, Det (holding stick), Kamensky, Col (Interference), McCarty, Del (Interference), 1501; Lemieux, Col (boarding), Konstantinov, Det (roughing), Colorado bench, served bv Dead-marsh (too many men), 17:45.

3rd: McCarty, Del (holding), Yelle, Col (charging), 16:12. Shots: Colorado 6-6-3-15. Detroit 9-9-5-23. Power plays: Colorado 0 of Detro 13 of 9. Goalies: Colorado, Roy 29-22-2 (21 shots-15 saves), Fiset (6:06 third, 2-1).

Detroit, Vernon (18-7-1). 19,983. Reftrtt: Rob Shick. Whalers 1, Senators 1 Hartford 0 0 10-1 Ottawa 1 0 0 0-1 First period Ottawa, Duchesne 12 (Yashin, Demltra), 17J0 (pp). Third period 1223.

Penalties 1st Dahiqulst, Ott, 1237; Gtynn, Har, 16:02. 2nd; Featherstone, Har, Muzzattl, Har, served by Kapanen, 1335. 3rd Demltra, Ott, 433; Wesley, Har, 10:16. OT: O'NelH, Har, Elynulk, OH, 3:18. Shots: Hartford 12-6-11-2-31.

Ottawa 11-13-7-1-32. Power plays: Hertford 0 of Ottawa 1 of 5. Goalies: Hartford, Muzzalli (3-5-3); Ottawa, Rhodes (11-21-4). 13,596. Referee: Blaine Angus.

Blackhawks 4, Devils 2 i because of split squads, FRIDAY'S RESULTS TODAY'S GAMES FRIDAY'S RESULTS DETROIT 7, Colorado 0 Chicago 4, NEW JERSEY 2 Montreal 4, BUFFAL0 1 Hartford 1, OTTAWA 1 WINNIPEG 4, Phlla. 1 Anaheim at St. Louis, inc. San Jose at Calgary, Inc. Dallas at Vancouver, inc.

THURSDAY'S RESULTS BOSTON 3, Ottawa 1 FLORIDA 3, Islanders 2 PITTSBURGH 5, Edmonton 4 TAMPA BAY 3, Washington 3 TODAY'S GAMES NY Rangers at Boston, 1:30 New Jersey at Islanders, 7:00 Edmonton at Montreal, 7:30 Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:30 Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:30 Hartford at Washington, 7:30 Florida at Tampa "Bay, 7:30 Calgary at Vancouver, 10:30 Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 SUNDAY'S GAMES Detroit at St. Louis, 7:00 Anaheim at Chicago, 3:00 Colorado at Winnipeg, 3:00 Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:00 Pittsburgh at NY Rangers, 8:00 First period Montreal, Turgeon 35 (Recchi, Stevenson), 1730 (PP). Second period Montreal, Damphousse 32 (Ruclnskv, Turgeon), 3:47 (pp). Buffalo, Dawe 18 (May, Astley), 431. Montreal, Recchi 23 (Popovic, Kovalenko), 732 (pp).

Third period Montreal, Turgeon 35 (Bureau), 1931 (en). Penalties 1st Brashear, Mon, 01; Rivet, Mon, 01; Murray, Mon, 01; Odelein, Mon, maior, 01; Ray, But, maior-mlsconduct, 01; Pearson, But, 01; Hughes, But, 01; Boughner, Buf, Savage, Mon, Damphousse, Mon, Asllev, Buf, 802; Odeleln, Mon, Damphousse, Mon, 11:50, May, Buf, Damphousse, Mon, 1434; May, Buf, 1434; Boughner, Buf, 1434; Aslley, Buf, Ruclnskv, Mon, 1932. 2nd: Grosek, Buf, 231; Odelein, Mon, Ray, Buf, 527. 3rd: Damphousse, Mon, 104: LaFontalne, Buf, 233; Burrldge, Buf. 603; Odeleln, Mon, 1033; Wilkie, Mon, 1522.

Shots: Montreal 11-18-8-37. Buffalo 6-6-11-23. Power ptavc Montreal 2 of 7: Buffalo 0 of 7. GoMies: Montreal, Jabkmski (5-8-5); Buffalo, Hasek (20-28-6). 16,230.

Rotoree Dave Jackson. Detroit 7, Pittsburgh 4 Boston 8, Montreal 5 California 9, San Diego 5 Cleveland 5, Florida 1 Colorado 3, Milwaukee 2 Houston 4, Los Angeles 1 Kansas City 14, Cincinnati 3 Minnesota 4, Baltimore 2 NY Mets 5, Atlanta 4 Philadelphia 2, Toronto 0 Texas 13, St. Louis 4 Yankees 3, White Sox 2 Chi. Cubs vs. San Fran.

Inc. Seattle vs. Oakland, Inc. Detroit vs. Houston, 1:05 Atlanta vs.

Montreal, 1:05 Baltimore vs. Florida, 1:05 Boston vs. NY Yankees, 1:05 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis, 1:05 Cleveland vs.

1:05 Kansas City vs. 1:05 Minnesota vs. White Sox, 1:05 Texas vs. Toronto, 1:05 Los Angeles vs. NY Mets, 2:10 Colorado vs.

Oakland, 3:35 San Fran. vs. Milwaukee, 3:05 San Diego vs. San 3:05 San Diego vs. Chi.

Cubs, 3:05 California vs. Seattle, 9:05 (Home teams In CAPITALS).