Penguins Power Past Maple Leafs

Matthew Barnaby got Toronto goalie Curtis Joseph’s attention with some rough play. Maple Leaf Coach Pat Quinn is still trying to get the referees to take notice.

“I’d like to take a stick and hit them over the head, but you can’t do that,” Quinn said after Toronto’s 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night at Pittsburgh.

“What do you do? You cry. I’m sitting here crying.”

The Penguins were only called for three penalties, none of them involving contact with Joseph. Quinn and Joseph were particularly upset about a sequence that led to Michal Rozsival’s goal that gave the Penguins a 3-1 lead.

“They ran the goaltender on it. He hadn’t recovered when it goes in the net,” Quinn said. “They ran the goaltender several times and it seemed to be all right.”

Pittsburgh Coach Herb Brooks won for the 200th time in his NHL coaching career. Brooks, 10-4 since replacing Kevin Constantine on Dec. 9, has a career record of 200-202-61 with the New York Rangers, Minnesota, New Jersey and Pittsburgh.

Alexei Kovalev scored a short-handed goal with 2:01 left in the second period to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead.

Jaromir Jagr assisted on Pittsburgh’s final two goals to increase his NHL-leading points total to 70. He has 32 goals and 38 assists in 38 games.

Edmonton 5, Tampa Bay 1--Tommy Salo made 27 saves, including one on Mike Sillinger’s penalty shot in the second period, as the Oilers defeated the Lightning at Edmonton, Canada, extending the Lightning’s winless streak to 10 games.

Colorado 4, Montreal 1--Milan Hejduk had his fourth two-goal game of the season as the Avalanche completed a two-game season sweep of the Canadiens and extended its unbeaten streak to a season-best five games with a victory at Denver.

Vancouver 3, Dallas 1--Donald Brashear scored the go-ahead goal with 7:03 remaining as the Canucks rallied from a 1-0 deficit after two periods to defeat the Stars at Dallas.

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Prosecutors from Camden County, N.J., are reviewing the way police handled a New Year’s Day car accident involving Philadelphia Flyer captain Eric Lindros. Lindros and his girlfriend, Jessica Lloyd, were involved in a crash shortly after leaving the team’s practice complex. Police said Lloyd was driving Lindros’ 1995 Mercedes Benz when it jumped a curb and came to rest in a cluster of trees. Voorhees Police Chief Keith Hummel confirmed that he had been notified that the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office is reviewing the police account of the crash. “Apparently, someone has said that there are some irregularities in the report,” Hummel said. “They’re claiming that Eric Lindros was the driver and Jessica Lloyd was the passenger.”