Tkachuk, Osgood Too Much for Avalanche

Keith Tkachuk scored two goals to become the 74th NHL player to score 400, and Chris Osgood stopped 39 shots to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night at Denver.

Tkachuk, who has all three goals for the Blues this season, recorded his 400th goal in the first period and the game-winner at 6:47 of the third period. Doug Weight had two assists and the Blues killed six power plays in winning for the first time this season.

Paul Kariya scored his second goal in as many games for the Avalanche, which was one of seven on the power play.

The Avalanche had more scoring chances, but St. Louis cashed in on a five-on-three power-play to lead, 1-0, after one period. Osgood withstood a pair of three-shot flurries

Osgood continued to play well in a scoreless second period when the Blues were outshot, 19-3, and had to kill four penalties. He stopped Peter Forsberg twice during a 45-second five-on-three disadvantage late in the period.

Kariya tied the score at 4:23 of the third period with Colorado on its sixth power play. Teemu Selanne fed Rob Blake with a cross-ice pass and Blake sent the puck to Kariya in the slot.

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San Jose 3, Minnesota 2 -- Alyn McCauley’s power-play score sparked a three-goal flurry over the final four minutes of the first period, and the Sharks held on at St. Paul, Minn.

Christoph Brander got his first career goal 6:24 into the game before McCauley’s goal started San Jose’s spurt.

Only 37 seconds later, Mike Ricci redirected a pass from Scott Thornton past goaltender Dwayne Roloson to give the Sharks the lead. Patrick Marleau scored a power-play goal with 9.9 seconds left.