Shanahan Gets 400th as Red Wings Tie, 1-1

Steve Yzerman may be two goals away from No. 600, but Saturday was Brendan Shanahan’s day to celebrate a milestone.

The Detroit Red Wing star scored his 400th goal in a 1-1 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night at Toronto.

“It’s nice to get it out of the way,” Shanahan said. “Milestones aren’t really a focus of mine. It doesn’t really mean much when you’ve got Steve Yzerman two away from 600.”

Shanahan, 30, a native of Mimico, Ontario, ended a seven-game drought with the goal.

“I was definitely pleased to get it. It wasn’t like time was running out. I was just glad to get it in front of my mother and brothers,” the 12-year veteran said.

Shanahan, who was playing his first game after serving a two-game suspension for his intent to injure Tampa Bay’s Darcy Tucker, scored his sixth of the season when he took a pass from Pat Verbeek and blasted it past Curtis Joseph 8:30 into the first period. Verbeek signed with Detroit as an unrestricted free agent Wednesday.

Dmitri Khristich scored the lone goal for the Leafs, 0-3-2 in their last five games. The Leafs looked like they were headed for another loss until Khristich tied it up 6:07 into the third period when he beat goalie Chris Osgood off a rebound.

OTHER GAMES

Robert Lang scored twice and Jaromir Jagr extended his points streak to 15 games with three assists as Pittsburgh defeated Nashville, 6-2, at Pittsburgh. Despite the Penguins’ 4-8-3 record, Jagr has scored at least one point in every one of his team’s games. . . . Mikael Renberg broke a tie with a power-play goal late in the second period as Philadelphia defeated San Jose, 3-2, at Philadelphia. It was the fourth consecutive home victory for the Flyers, who are 10-2-1 since opening the season 0-5-1.

Ken Klee scored the winning goal early in the third period and Olaf Kolzig made it stick with several acrobatic saves as Washington defeated New Jersey, 4-2, at Washington.

Radek Dvorak had two goals and an assist in the second period and Trevor Kidd made 36 saves as Florida extended its winning streak to three games with a 3-1 victory over Buffalo at Sunrise, Fla. . . . Anson Carter had two goals and two assists and Byron Dafoe made 27 saves as Boston defeated the Rangers at New York, 5-2. . . . Shayne Corson and Scott Thornton scored their first goals of the season as Montreal defeated Atlanta, 4-2, at Montreal. . . . Jeff O’Neill, Sean Hill and Andrei Kovalenko scored in the first 6 1/2 minutes at Raleigh, N.C., and Carolina cruised to a 4-2 victory over Tampa Bay.

Pavol Demitra scored the winning goal and added three assists in St. Louis’ 5-3 road victory over the New York Islanders. . . . Chris Dingman scored twice and three others added a goal for Colorado as the Avalanche won, 5-2, at Calgary. The Flames outshot the Avalanche, 32-21, but goalie Marc Denis came up with 30 saves.