Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey

BRITISH LEAGUE Premier Division (Saturday): Billingham 4 Nottingham 10; Basingstoke 1 Fife 7; Cardiff 8 Murrayfield 4; Peterborough 5 Durham 9. (Sunday): Whitley 2 Nottingham 2; Durham 10 Murrayfield 5; Billingham 2 Fife 7; Humberside 4 Bracknell 5; Pirates 4 Sheffield 10. First Division (Saturday): Slough 23 Oxford City 4; Medway 4 Paisley 7; Dumfries 7 Swindon 7; Milton Keynes 15 Lee Valley 3. (Sunday): Blackburn 8 Dumfries 7; Trafford 8 Swindon 5; Solihull 3 Milton Keynes 7; Streatham 3 Medway 4; Guildford 15 Oxford City 2; Chelmsford 9 Romford 5.

IZVESTIA CUP (Moscow): Russia I 4 Finland 3; Canada 2 Belarus 2; Russia II 4 Sweden 3; US 9 Czech Republic 4.

NHL: Quebec 7 San Jose 5; Dallas 3 Vancouver 1; Boston 2 Florida 1 (OT); Buffalo 3 Tampa Bay 3 (OT); New Jersey 4 Philadelphia 2; NY Rangers 6 Ottawa 3; NY Islanders 6 Pittsburgh 3; St Louis 4 Edmonton 1; Chicago 2 Anaheim 0.

----------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CONFERENCE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Northeast Division W L T F A P Boston 16 10 7 110 98 39 Pittsburgh 16 9 7 117 110 39 Buffalo 16 15 3 115 99 35 Montreal 14 12 6 102 90 34 Quebec 14 14 5 121 115 33 Hartford 10 19 3 91 115 23 Ottawa 7 24 3 102 166 17 Atlantic Division NY Rangers 23 7 3 124 84 49 New Jersey 19 10 4 117 87 42 Philadelphia 18 15 2 134 132 38 Washington 14 16 2 104 105 30 Florida 12 15 5 88 95 29 NY Islanders 13 15 3 115 110 29 Tampa Bay 10 19 4 82 103 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN CONFERENCE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Central Division Toronto 21 9 5 125 96 47 Dallas 16 12 7 124 114 39 St Louis 17 11 5 105 106 39 Chicago 16 10 4 96 79 36 Detroit 17 13 2 139 118 36 Winnipeg 12 18 5 117 140 29 Pacific Division Calgary 19 10 5 130 107 43 Vancouver 17 15 0 107 108 34 San Jose 11 19 5 85 109 27 Anaheim 12 20 2 85 105 26 Los Angeles 11 19 2 118 133 24 Edmonton 8 22 5 96 124 21 -----------------------------------------------------------------