Mellanby Shakes Off Injury as Blues Handle Sharks

Scott Mellanby wasn’t about to sit out a game because of a shoulder injury.

Mellanby scored two goals, and Keith Tkachuk had three assists to help the St. Louis Blues beat San Jose Sharks, 4-2, on Thursday night at St. Louis for their sixth consecutive victory.

“I feel fine,” Mellanby said. “I had some soreness. Getting it checked out was a real precautionary situation. Nothing is structurally wrong.”

The Blues are 7-0-1 in their last eight games. St. Louis has won four of those games by one goal, including three in overtime.

This was only the sixth time this season the Blues (20-6-2-1) have won by at least two goals.

“We hear the things people say, that we’re not scoring enough goals,” Mellanby said. “Bottom line is we’re one of the elite teams in the league.”

In their previous meeting this season, the Blues defeated San Jose, 4-3, in overtime. St. Louis has won its last five games against the Sharks and is 9-2 in the last 11 meetings.

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Calgary 5, Boston 0 -- Jarome Iginla scored two goals, and Jamie McLennan made 30 saves for his third shutout of the season to lead the Flames at Boston.

Calgary, 7-1-2-1 in its last 10 games, scored five goals on its first nine shots and moved into a tie with Colorado for second place in the Northwest Division.

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Montreal 5, Nashville 4 -- Sheldon Souray scored 35 seconds into overtime for his first career three-goal game to lift the Canadiens at Montreal.

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Carolina 2, Pittsburgh 1 -- Rod Brind’Amour and Jeff O’Neill scored late to lift the Hurricanes in overtime at Raleigh, N.C., in the coaching debut of Peter Laviolette.

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New Jersey 3, Atlanta 0 -- Martin Brodeur earned his eighth shutout of the season and 72nd of his career, and Rob Skrlac had his first NHL goal to lead the Devils at Atlanta.

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Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 4 -- Martin St. Louis scored the tying goal late in the third period and the winner 2:03 into overtime to lift the Lightning at Philadelphia.

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N.Y. Rangers 4, New York Islanders 3 -- Mike Dunham turned aside 23 shots and four Rangers scored in a victory over the rival Islanders at Madison Square Garden.

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Ottawa 6, Chicago 1 -- Marian Hossa scored two goals and set up another to lead the Senators at Ottawa. Martin Havlat had a goal and two assists.

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Minnesota 1, Edmonton 1 -- Brad Isbister scored with 1.9 seconds left in regulation to lift the host Oilers into a tie at Edmonton, Canada.