St. Louis, Johnson Snuff Out Calgary

Brent Johnson had little to do in earning his second shutout of the season.

Johnson faced only nine shots and Keith Tkachuk scored two goals, leading the Blues to a 4-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday at St. Louis.

Johnson was excited about the opportunity to face former Blues goalie Roman Turek for the first time since Turek was traded to Calgary.

“I was pumped up for this game, especially [playing] against Roman,” said Johnson, who backed Turek last season. “I was raring to go. There just wasn’t much for me to do.”

Chris Pronger and Dallas Drake added goals for the Blues, who scored two power-play goals and outshot Calgary, 35-9.

St. Louis had scored only three goals on its last 23 power plays before the game.

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New Jersey 2, Ottawa 0--Martin Brodeur recorded his first shutout of the season and earned his 300th career victory as Petr Sykora and Jason Arnott scored at Ottawa.

Named to Canada’s Olympic team earlier in the day, Brodeur stopped 39 shots for his 52nd career shutout and first since April 7 against Montreal.

Florida 3, New York Islanders 1--Roberto Luongo’s 36 saves helped the Panthers win at Uniondale, N.Y., their third victory in five games since Mike Keenan took over as coach. Florida won consecutive games for the first time this season.

New York Rangers 4, Buffalo 2--Eric Lindros sat out with a sprained right knee, but Mark Messier and Mike York each had a goal and an assist for the Rangers at New York.

Ranger goalie Mike Richter made 33 saves and had a shutout going until 6:11 remaining in the third period.

Messier became only the third NHL player to reach 1,800 points, behind Gordie Howe (1,850) and Wayne Gretzky (2,857).

Washington 5, Atlanta 2--Jaromir Jagr had two goals, scoring for the first time in 10 games, for the Capitals at Washington. Atlanta’s winless streak stretched to seven games. Peter Bondra scored twice and Joe Reekie also scored for the Capitals.

Philadelphia 5, Boston 2--Paul Ranheim, Ruslan Fedotenko and Jeremy Roenick scored second-period goals to break open a tight game and lift the Flyers at Boston. Flyer goalie Brian Boucher had 32 saves in his first start since injuring his hamstring Nov. 15.

Vancouver 3, Detroit 0--Todd Bertuzzi scored twice and Dan Cloutier made 16 saves at Vancouver, British Columbia, to help the Canucks beat the Red Wings for the first time since Feb. 6 1997 and post their first home win over Detroit since Dec. 20, 1996.

Nashville 5, Chicago 2--Petr Tenkrat had his first career three-goal game, including two in 27 seconds, to lead the Predators at Nashville. The Predators extended their home unbeaten streak to nine games (7-0-2).

Toronto 6, Montreal 4--Gary Roberts had two goals and an assist at Toronto to help the Maple Leafs extend their winning streak to five. Former Canadien Shayne Corson added a goal and two assists for Toronto, which outshot Montreal, 48-16.

Dallas 6, Phoenix 2--Valeri Kamensky scored his first two goals of the season as the Stars won at Phoenix. Dallas, which has won seven of eight, ended Phoenix’s six-game home winning streak.