NHL ROUNDUP : Belfour Blanks Whalers

This time, Ed Belfour held out on the Hartford Whalers.

Belfour, the NHL’s top goaltender last season but a holdout until the last week of October who has struggled since he returned, stopped 18 shots Sunday night for the fifth shutout of his career as the Chicago Blackhawks downed the Whalers, 3-0.

Brent Sutter gave Belfour the lead by scoring 67 seconds into the game and Chicago moved back into first place in the Norris Division, one point ahead of St. Louis.

Chicago defenseman Steve Konroyd scored on a 40-foot slapshot at 12:51 of the second period and Mike Stapleton added the Blackhawks’ final goal with 5:37 left.

Detroit 6, St. Louis 4--Bob Probert scored two goals and the Red Wings beat the Blues for the second time in four nights at Detroit.

Paul Ysebaert put the Red Wings ahead to stay, 4-3, with his 11th goal at 11:26 of the second period and the Blues went down to a fourth consecutive defeat.

The Red Wings beat the Blues, 10-3, Thursday night at Detroit.

Before the game, the Red Wings retired the numbers of Alex Delvecchio and Ted Lindsay, who helped bring Detroit its last Stanley Cup championship in 1955.

Washington 10, Quebec 3--Randy Burridge had two goals and three assists as the Capitals trounced the Nordiques at Quebec.

Dino Ciccarelli and Mike Ridley also had two goals each for the Capitals, who have a 7-2 record on the road, best in the NHL.

Vancouver 6, N.Y. Islanders 0--Cliff Ronning, Geoff Courtnall, Greg Adams and Igor Larionov each had a goal and an assist as the Canucks routed the Islanders at Vancouver. Kirk McLean got the shutout by stopping 28 shots.