Shanahan Is Clutch Again for Red Wings

Brendan Shanahan scored two goals in the third period as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche, 4-2, Thursday night at Denver in a rematch of last year’s Western Conference finals.

Detroit beat Colorado, 7-0, in Game 7 of the conference finals last season and the Avalanche lost this one on a somewhat embarrassing moment.

Colorado seemed to have the momentum after rallying from a two-goal deficit, but a mistake by Adam Foote allowed the Red Wings to win their third straight in the rivalry.

The Avalanche had already made a line change when Joe Sakic flipped the puck back to Foote near the door to Colorado’s bench.

Foote skated off and that allowed Shanahan to skate in and beat Patrick Roy with 7:18 left.

Shanahan finished with his 16th goal of the season, an empty-netter.

Minnesota 5, Vancouver 2 -- Pascal Dupuis recorded the first two-goal game of his career and Marian Gaborik had a goal and three assists to lead the Wild at St. Paul, Minn.

Dupuis’ second goal came with 8:33 left after Trent Klatt had pulled the Canucks within 3-2.

New York Islanders 3, St. Louis 2 -- Oleg Kvasha scored on a backhander with 3:01 left in overtime at St. Louis, and the Islanders rebounded from a 5-0 loss a night earlier to New Jersey.

Philadelphia 4, Montreal 1 -- Joe Sacco, playing in his first game with Philadelphia, scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period to help the host Flyers beat the Canadiens.

San Jose 2, Buffalo 2 -- Jonathan Cheechoo and Patrick Marleau scored 87 seconds apart in the third period for the Sharks, but Chris Gratton’s first goal in 14 games gave the Sabres a tie at San Jose.

Nashville 2, Calgary 2 -- Jarome Iginla scored the tying goal and had an assist at Calgary, Canada, as the Flames tied the Predators to end a four-game losing streak.

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The Phoenix Coyotes traded veteran right wing Claude Lemieux to the Dallas Stars for left wing Scott Pellerin and a conditional pick in the 2004 draft.... The Avalanche hired former Philadelphia Flyer and King right wing Rick Tocchet as an assistant coach.