Red Wings Continue Their Winning Ways at Home

Brett Hull had a goal and assisted on the go-ahead score as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Calgary Flames, 4-2, Tuesday night at Detroit, extending the Red Wings’ unbeaten streak to eight games.

Detroit has the best record in the NHL (21-3-1-1) because its new stars--Hull, Luc Robitaille and Dominik Hasek--continue to blend well with the standouts already in place.

Robitaille’s 14th goal padded Detroit’s lead to 4-2 late in the second. Hasek, who stopped 19 shots, didn’t allow a goal over the final 43-plus minutes.

Calgary had only 12 shots in the last two periods.

“That’s the least chances we’ve given up in back-to-back periods this season,” Detroit Coach Scotty Bowman said.

Robitaille said it was important for the Red Wings to stay aggressive despite their two-goal lead.

“We wanted to play a great third,” Robitaille said. “We played well, we really shut them down.”

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Colorado 4, Florida 1--Dan Hinote, Joe Sakic and Alex Tanguay scored third-period goals, and the Avalanche climbed to .500 with a win at Denver.

Patrick Roy needed to make only 13 saves, giving up his first goal after three straight shutouts at home.

Rob Blake also scored for defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado, which improved to 12-12-1.

Pittsburgh 6, New Jersey 0--Robert Lang scored a goal and set up three others, one when New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur wandered nearly 50 feet from the net, and the Penguins again dominated the Devils at Pittsburgh.

Ian Moran and Alexei Kovalev scored on two of the Penguins’ first three shots--Kovalev has four goals in two games against New Jersey--as they again confounded Brodeur, who has less success against them than any other team.

Brodeur left after allowing four goals on eight shots. He came into the season without a losing record against any NHL team, but fell to 12-13-4 against Pittsburgh.

St. Louis 4, Ottawa 2--Pavol Demitra had two goals and two assists, and Keith Tkachuk added a goal and two assists at St. Louis.

Ottawa has lost two in a row after an 11-game unbeaten streak ended Saturday.

Columbus 3, Phoenix 0--Ron Tugnutt made 26 saves for his 20th career shutout, and Mike Sillinger and Espen Knutsen each had a goal and an assist at Columbus, Ohio.

Minnesota 2, Vancouver 1--Sergei Zholtok’s third-period slap shot ended a scoreless tie, and Manny Fernandez stopped 26 shots for the Wild at St. Paul, Minn.

Carolina 5, Toronto 2--Sami Kapanen had three goals at Toronto.

It was the third career hat trick for Kapanen, who hadn’t scored in his previous eight games. Erik Cole and Sandis Ozolinsh also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won just two of their last six.

Montreal 5, Atlanta 1--Richard Zednik scored two goals at Montreal as the Canadiens extended their season-high win streak to five games.

New York Rangers 2, Buffalo 2--Michael York scored with 8.5 seconds left in regulation to rally the Rangers at Buffalo, N.Y.

Eric Lindros scored a power-play goal late in the second period and Mike Richter made 47 saves.

Washington 5, New York Islanders 5--Mariusz Czerkawski scored his third goal of the game with 46.3 seconds left to lift the Islanders to a tie at Uniondale, N.Y.

Boston 6, Tampa Bay 3--Sergei Samsonov had a goal and three assists as the Bruins won at Boston.

San Jose 3, Nashville 2--Teemu Selanne scored two goals at San Jose as the Sharks ended a four-game losing streak.