Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey

WAYNE GRETZKY failed to score a goal for the fourth successive game as Los Angeles lost 5-3 to Buffalo on Saturday. Gretzky remains three short of Gordie Howe's record of 801 NHL goals.

NHL (Friday): Winnipeg 4 Vancouver 8; Calgary 4 Florida 2; Edmonton 4 Detroit 2; Anaheim 2 Chicago 3. (Saturday): Hartford 2 Dallas 2 (ot); New Jersey 2 Boston 1; Pittsburgh 6 NY Rangers 2; Quebec 4 Washington 3; Calgary 2 San Jose 0; Montreal 4 Philadelphia 4 (ot); Toronto 3 Winnipeg 1; St Louis 5 NY Islanders 5 (ot); Buffalo 5 Los Angeles 3.

BRITISH LEAGUE Premier Division: Basingstoke 4 Humberside Seahawks 5; Nottingham Panthers 11 Durham Wasps 7; Billingham Bombers 6 Sheffield Steelers 13; Whitley Warriors 7 Cardiff Devils 13. First Division: Lee Valley Lions 8 Romford Raiders 6; Milton Keynes Kings 9 Streatham Redskins 3; Slough Jets 12 Blackburn Blackhawks 3; Swindon Wildcats 11 Chelmsford Chieftans 11; Trafford Metros 16 Oxford Stars 2.