Hasek Has Leading Role in Road Show

It really doesn’t matter where Dominik Hasek and the Detroit Red Wings play. They win wherever they are.

Hasek stopped 28 shots Saturday in stretching his unbeaten streak to 15 games in the Red Wings’ latest victory--5-2 over the Blues at St. Louis.

Detroit has won a team-record eight in a row on the road. The Red Wings also have won their last eight overall, one shy of the team’s record winning streak.

Luc Robitaille scored twice for the Red Wings, who lead the league with 100 points and a 46-11-6-2 record. Robitaille, who has 29 goals in his first season with Detroit, has scored six times in six games.

“Today, we were up against the best,” St. Louis Coach Joel Quenneville said. “They got some much skill and talent with the puck. They turn marginal chances into great chances. They have patience in the scoring area. You know, that power play is deadly.”

Detroit was two for nine with the man-advantage.

Hasek, traded from Buffalo to Detroit in the off-season, is 13-0-2 since his last loss Jan. 16 at Phoenix.

“He’s been on a good roll for the last six weeks,” Detroit Coach Scotty Bowman said. “Really, he’s been good all [season]. He seems to make the big saves when we need it.”

The Blues, winless in six games (0-4-2), are 4-3-4 in their 10 games at home against Detroit.

“When it rains it really pours, and it seems like it’s pouring right now,” St. Louis goalie Brent Johnson said.

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Pittsburgh 3, New York Rangers 2--Jan Hrdina scored 37 seconds into overtime, lifting the Penguins at Pittsburgh.

The Rangers have dropped six of eight and lost a point to the Penguins in the race for the Eastern Conference playoffs. Pittsburgh, in 11th place, trails New York by four points.

New York’s Sandy McCarthy forced overtime by scoring with 1:51 left in the third period. Andreas Johansson had the other New York goal.

Ranger center Eric Lindros is out day to day with a bruised foot. He was injured while blocking a shot late in the second period.

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Boston 3, Calgary 2--Sergei Samsonov scored with 2:31 left in the third period at Boston and the Bruins won despite Jarome Iginla’s league-leading 42nd goal.

Rob Zamuner and Marty McInnis also scored for Boston, which posted its second victory in a row after not having won in its previous five games.

Iginla, who leads the league in scoring with 77 points, has seven goals and six assists in his last seven games.

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Phoenix 3, Ottawa 2--Phoenix captain Teppo Numminen scored two goals, coming within one of his career 100th, and host Phoenix vaulted into a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference playoff race.

It was the fourth consecutive victory for the Coyotes, who pulled even with the Kings and St. Louis, all with 73 points.

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Toronto 1, Montreal 1--Joe Juneau scored in the second period and the Canadiens held on at Montreal.

Travis Green scored in the first period for Toronto.

Toronto went undefeated in five games this season against the Canadiens--two victories and three ties.

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Nashville 2, Florida 2--Byron Ritchie’s power-play goal with 7:51 remaining in the third period gave Florida a tie at Sunrise, Fla.

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San Jose 2, Vancouver 0--Rookie Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 32 shots at San Jose for his second shutout this season.

San Jose’s goals came from Marco Sturm, his career-high 17th, and Teemu Selanne.

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Calgary sent veteran goalie Mike Vernon to the AHL and recalled veteran Kay Whitmore to take his place. ... Buffalo forward Slava Kozlov will sit out the rest of the regular season because he’s recovering slowly after tearing his left Achilles’ tendon in December.... Dallas put John Erskine, who broke a foot against Minnesota on Friday, on injured reserve.