Sabres Go Wild Against Flyers, 6-1

Whoever said the Buffalo Sabres were all Dominik Hasek and little else should have seen them dominate the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night at Buffalo.

Miroslav Satan scored two goals as the Sabres scored four times in the second period en route to a 6-1 victory and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series.

“I don’t think anybody would expect six goals in one game,” said Satan, who had been a month-long scoring slump. “I didn’t expect it, either.”

The six goals were the most scored by the Sabres in 24 playoff games against the Flyers.

Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 1--Shayne Corson scored two goals as the Canadiens took a 2-1 lead in the series by winning at home.

Martin Rucinsky had Montreal’s other goal, scoring in the first period after Jaromir Jagr opened the scoring for the Penguins.

NHL Notes

After a 13-month battle, Tampa Bay Lightning center John Cullen, 33, learned his cancer is in remission. Cullen received the good news after tests at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Cullen was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in March 1997.