Potvin Carries Bruins With a Shutout

Felix Potvin has put his life on the West Coast behind him, as well as the knee injury that cost him his job there.

Potvin made 23 saves for his first shutout in more than 10 months, and Patrice Bergeron and Mike Knuble scored to lead the Boston Bruins over the Montreal Canadiens, 2-0, Tuesday night at Montreal.

Potvin, who signed as a free agent Sept. 3, got his third consecutive victory and 29th career shutout -- his first since Dec. 10 with the Kings at Nashville.

“I felt really good the three years I had in L.A.,” Potvin said. “It was unfortunate that I got hurt and I missed the last three months last year, but I’m just happy to have a chance to play on a good team and do my job.”

Bergeron, the youngest player in the NHL at 18 years, three months and four days, scored on a power play in the first period for his third goal.

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Colorado 4, Calgary 2 -- Jim Cummins scored his first goal since March 18, 2001, to help lift the Avalanche at Denver.

The Avalanche retired goaltender Patrick Roy’s No. 33 in a 20-minute pregame ceremony. Roy retired in May after 19 seasons, holding nearly every major goaltending record.

Vancouver 6, Columbus 3 -- Artem Chubarov scored two goals and Markus Naslund finished with two goals and two assists to lead the Canucks at home.

Chubarov, a healthy scratch in the last game after going six games without a point, scored with 0.6 seconds left in the second period to tie the score.

St. Louis 1, Nashville 0 -- Brent Johnson made 26 saves at St. Louis for his first shutout since December, and Scott Mellanby scored in his season debut.

New Jersey 4, New York Islanders 0 -- Martin Brodeur stopped 25 shots for his first shutout this season and 65th of his career, and Jay Pandolfo had a goal and an assist to help the Devils remain unbeaten on the road (3-0-1-0).

Carolina 3, San Jose 0 -- Josef Vasicek had a career-high three goals, Kevin Weekes recorded his second shutout in a row and the host Hurricanes extended their unbeaten streak to six games (2-0-4).

Weekes stopped 28 shots for his 15th career shutout and extended his shutout streak to a career-best 165 minutes.

Minnesota 3, Buffalo 1 -- Manny Fernandez stopped 32 shots at Buffalo, leading the Wild to its third victory in 10 games.

The Wild scored two power-play goals and a short-handed goal.

Chicago 2, Phoenix 2 -- Branko Radivojevic scored early in the third period at Phoenix to secure a tie for the Coyotes.

Phoenix has played to a tie in three consecutive games after starting 3-0 and then losing three in a row.