Busy Schedule Keeps Blues’ Turek Sharp

Playing on consecutive days is no grind for Roman Turek.

The St. Louis goalie had his second dominant outing, making 25 saves in the Blues’ 5-1 victory Saturday night over the Phoenix Coyotes at St. Louis.

Turek stopped 28 shots in a 4-0 shutout Friday in Nashville.

“Two games in a row is OK,” Turek said. “Three or four is a little much for me. But now I know I can have a few days off and I can take a rest.”

Scott Young ended an eight-game goal drought with his 14th on a power play for the Blues. Young, who at one time led the NHL in goals, scored for the first time since Nov. 2 on a power play to give the Blues a 4-0 second-period lead.

Lubos Bartecko, who was benched for three games earlier this month, scored for the third game in a row as the Blues raised their home record to 9-1-1.

Colorado 3, Calgary 2--Milan Hejduk scored his second goal of the game 39 seconds into overtime at Denver as the Avalanche beat the Flames for the eighth consecutive time.

Joe Sakic had a goal and two assists for the Avalanche, which at 16-4-3 matched the 1994-95 start of the Quebec Nordiques as the best opening in franchise history.

Detroit 4, New York Islanders 3--Sergei Fedorov’s second goal of the game with 4:05 left at Uniondale, N.Y., gave the Red Wings a come-from-behind victory over the Islanders, who lost their ninth consecutive game.

Fedorov beat Islander goalie Wade Flaherty off a rush with a wrist shot. Mathieu Dandenault and Nicklas Lidstrom also scored for Detroit, which got 27 saves from goalie Manny Legace.

Ottawa 4, Toronto 2--Alexei Yashin, Radek Bonk, Andreas Dackell and Marian Hossa scored at Toronto as the Senators beat the Maple Leafs for the third time this season.

Ottawa tied the Maple Leafs for first place in the Eastern Conference. The Senators lost to Toronto in the second round of the playoffs last season but have won seven of the last nine regular-season games against the Maple Leafs.

New Jersey 3, San Jose 2--Jason Arnott’s second goal of the season with 10:01 remaining was the difference as the Devils won at San Jose.

Patrik Elias and Scott Gomez scored in the second period to bring the Devils back from a 2-0 deficit.

Dallas 4, Columbus 2--Mike Modano scored a goal and assisted on another as the Stars won their fifth in a row in beating the Blue Jackets at Columbus, Ohio.

Atlanta 2, Washington 1--Defenseman Frantisek Kaberle scored his first goal of the season to help the Thrashers end a four-game winless streak with a victory at Atlanta.

Buffalo 5, Montreal 3--Stu Barnes had a goal and an assist to lead the Sabres to a victory at Montreal.

Florida 2, Tampa Bay 1--Pavel Bure scored with 2:13 left in overtime to give the Panthers the victory at Sunrise, Fla.

Around the League

San Jose radio broadcaster Dan Rusanowsky was in critical but stable condition after a two-car accident near San Jose Arena. Rusanowsky, 39, suffered a broken leg, a fractured pelvis, a ruptured diaphragm and a severe concussion in the afternoon crash. . . . The New York Rangers recalled center Manny Malhotra from Hartford of the American Hockey League. . . . The Avalanche recalled center Joel Prpic and goalie Frederic Cassivi from Hershey of the AHL. . . . The Panthers recalled defenseman Dan Boyle from Louisville of the AHL. To make room for Boyle, Florida sent down defensemen Brad Ference and Lance Ward.