Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey

NHL: Buffalo 5 Vancouver 3; Washington 4 New Jersey 0; Dallas 2 St Louis 1; Edmonton 4 Chicago 2.

----------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CONFERENCE ----------------------------------------------------------------- North-East Division W L T GF GA Pts Pittsburgh 20 12 9 152 145 49 Boston 19 12 8 136 117 46 Montreal 19 15 7 130 115 45 Buffalo 19 18 4 138 116 42 Quebec 17 20 5 146 152 39 Hartford 17 22 3 129 137 37 Ottawa 8 33 3 119 211 19 Atlantic Division NY Rangers 27 11 3 146 106 57 New Jersey 24 13 4 147 114 52 Philadelphia 20 19 3 148 158 43 Washington 19 18 4 136 127 42 Florida 16 17 7 111 115 39 NY Islanders 16 20 3 139 142 35 Tampa Bay 14 23 5 108 133 33 ----------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN CONFERENCE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Central Division Toronto 23 14 7 149 127 53 Dallas 22 15 7 153 134 51 Detroit 22 13 4 177 134 48 St Louis 21 16 6 135 138 48 Chicago 20 17 4 125 116 44 Winnipeg 16 23 5 140 174 37 Pacific Division Calgary 21 16 7 163 145 49 Vancouver 20 21 0 139 138 40 Anaheim 17 24 2 116 129 36 Los Angeles 16 21 3 152 161 35 San Jose 12 21 9 105 137 33 Edmonton 13 24 6 133 153 32 -----------------------------------------------------------------

BRITISH LEAGUE Premier Division: Murrayfield 6 Nottingham 5; Whitley 2 Cardiff 12; Fife 15 Durham 3; Petorborough 9 Bracknell 4; Basingstoke 1 Sheffield 4. First Division: Paisley 10 Dumfries 5; Blackburn 2 Romford 8; Solihull 13 Oxford 3; Lee Valley 9 Streatham 2; Medway 9 Trafford 7; Guildford 5 Milton Keynes 9; Chelmsford 5 Telford 8.