European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 16, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 21 Minnesota s Chris Dahlquist sends san Jose s David Bruce to the ice with a saturday  Roll past penguins by the associated press Pittsburgh goaltender Don Beaupre shut Down Pittsburgh a big gun offence for the third time this season and the Washington capitals continued their domination of the Stanley cup champions beating the penguins 7-2. The division leading capitals Are 3-0 against the penguins outscoring them 214. Washington is 2-0 with a 15-2 scoring Edge in two games in Pittsburgh including an 8-0 Victory on oct. 29 that was thenal worst Home ice shutout loss in the penguins history. The capitals 13-6 Road record is the Best in the nil. Pittsburgh lost for the third time in its last 12 games while ending its seven game Home ice and Patrick division unbeaten streaks. Pittsburgh was 5-0-2 in its last seven Home games and 6-0-1 in its previous seven division games. In other games saturday rangers 6, whalers 2 Hartford Conn. A Brian Leetch scored two Power play goals in the first period and had two assists As new York beat Hartford. The rangers 17th in the league on the Power play scored on three of five chances As Mike Gartner scored the other. The whalers with the fifth Best Power play were 0 for 6.islanders 3, devils 3 Uniondale . A Ray Ferraro a second goal of the game helped new York tie new Jersey. Ferraro continued his torrid Pace with eight goals in his last three games and 16  1, flyers 1 Philadelphia a Dan Quinn a goal with 1 28 left gave Philadelphia a tie with Chicago. Quinn took a Lead pass from Mike Ricci at the Side of the net and redirected the puck past goalie de Belfour for his fifth goal of the  by the associated press new York Xavier Mcdaniel scored a season High 37 Points saturday night As the new York kicks pulled into a first place tie with Boston in the Atlantic division with a 111-101 Victory Over the celtics. Mcdaniel was 16 for 20 from the Field in posting his High in a kicks uniform after being acquired in the off season from Phoenix. His previous High was 28 Points. The celtics played without Larry Bird who has a contusion in his lower Back. The injury sustained in practice More than a week ago is not believed to be serious and is unrelated to his of season Back surgery. Robert Parish had 26 Points and 15 rebounds for Boston which had a four game winning Streak snapped. Kevin Mchale had a season High 22 Points and Reggie Lewis 19 for the celtics while Patrick Ewing scored 20 Points and Mark Jackson had 17 assists for new York. In other games saturday bulls 113, bullets 100 Landover my. A Michael Jordan overcame Early foul trouble to score 29 Points As Chicago beat hapless Washington to win for the 17th time in its last 18kings 4, canucks 4 Inglewood Calif. A los Angeles Wayne Gretzky moved into a second place tie on the nil s All time goal scoring list As the Kings played to a tie with Vancouver. Gretzky scored the 731st goal of his nil career tying him with Marcel Dionne for second on the All time  4, Nordques 2 Quebec a Ron Sutter and Ron Wilson scored shorthanded goals 53 seconds apart in the third period lifting St. Louis past  4, Maple Leafs 3 Boston a defens Eman Ray Bourque scored his 10th goal of the season at 7 02 of the third period and Boston ended Toronto a five game Road unbeaten  games. The defending Aba champions raised their Overall record to 18-4. Washington which got 19 Points from . English extended its longest losing Streak of the season to seven  109, nets 102 East Rutherford . Larry Johnson and Kendall Gill scored 24 Points apiece and sparked a late 15-0 run that carried Charlotte to Victory. The nets appeared on their Way to an easy Victory when Chris Dudley hit one of two free throws with 8 50 to play giving them a 92-80 Lead. But Gill and Johnson scored four Points each As the hornets rallied for a 95-92 Lead. 76ers 104, supersonics 95 Philadelphia Charles Barkley scored 28 Points and sparked a 21-5 run Midway through the final period As Philadelphia Defeated Short handed Seattle. Seattle playing without Shawn Kemp and Derrick Mckey have lost six straight at Philadelphia. The supersonics last win at the spectrum was dec. 8, 1985. Pacers 129, nuggets 108 Indianapolis Reggie Miller North stars 3, Sharks 2 Daly City Calif. A Rob Ramage scored a goal off a  a skate to break a 1-1 tie late in the second period and Minnesota went on to defeat san Jose. Ramage a goal was the second of two Minnesota goals in a second period in which the North stars out shot san Jose 17-3 and erased a 1-0 deficit. Gaetan Duchesne added a Short handed goal Early in the third period to make it 31 for Minnesota which out shot san Jose 38-23. Brian Bellows also scored for the North  4, sabres 2 Montreal a Mike Keane scored a goal and set up two As Montrea rallied after a sluggish Start to defeat Buffalo. The sabres took the first period Lead on goals by Randy Wood and Tony Tanti. Scored 26 first half Points and wound up with a season High 37 As Indiana won a third consecutive game for the first time this  99, Cavaliers 97 Richfield Ohio a Rolando Blackman scored 14 Points in the fourth Quarter including a scoop shot with 41.9 seconds left that proved decisive for Dallas. Cleveland which did not score in the final two minutes blew a 14-Point fourth Quarter Lead and lost for the first time in 10 Home games. Dallas has won three of its last four games. Heat 121, Hawks 101 Miami a Kevin Edwards keyed a second half Miami rally As the heat won its third straight game. Miami led by four Points when a Layup by Glen Rice who had 26 Points and two free throws by Edwards who added 16, made it 84-75 with 2 39 Ift in the third Quarter. Jazz 102, pistons 100 Salt Lake City Jeff Malone scored 26 Points and Mike Brown had 10 of his 17 in the fourth Quarter As Utah edged Detroit despite the ejection of Karl Malone for elbowing Isiah 1 Homas. Kar Malone was ejected with 7 32 left Montreal responded with goals from Keane Petr Svoboda and Denis Savard in the second. John Lcclair added an insurance goal for the canadians in the third  7, jets 5 Edmonton Alberta a streaking Vince Damphousse scored four goals As Edmonton beat Winnipeg in a Battle of Smythy division  wings 4, flames 3, of Calgary Alberta a Sergei Fedorov scored his second goal of the game at 2 10 of overtime to give Detroit a Victory Over Calgary. The win extended the red wings unbeaten Streak to six games. In the first Quarter after he elbowed Thomas As the Detroit guard was going up for a shot. Blood spurted from a Cut Over Thomas Eye and a Brief scuffle  128, magic 107 Oakland Calif. A Rookie Billy Owens scored a season High 24 Points and grabbed 10 rebounds As Golden state dealt Orlando its sixth consecutive  blazers 115, Kings 110 Portland Ore. A Clyde Drexler scored 28 Points and Kevin Duckworth 20 As Portland snapped a two game Lime losing Streak by defeating Sac Ampofo. The Trail blazers now 9-5 at Home after going 36-5 at memorial coliseum last season led 101-85 Midway through the fourth Quarter then held off a Kings rally. Spurs 107, rockets 100 Houston a scan Elliott scored half of his 20 Points in the fourth Quarter leading san Antonio to Only its second Victory in its last eight games. Bucks 103, Timber wolves 92 Milwaukee Jay Humphries scored 13 of his 19 Points in the second half and Milwaukee handed Minnesota its seventh straight loss. Beat celtics tie for first place