Detroit Gets Rare Shutout Against Colorado

Dan Cleary broke a scoreless tie in the third period, and Manny Legace handed Colorado its first shutout of the season, leading Detroit past the Avalanche, 3-0, Saturday at Denver.

Legace stopped 28 shots. His fourth shutout of the season and 10th of his career left only two teams that haven’t been blanked this season: Detroit and Dallas.

The Red Wings are 3-0 against the Avalanche this season, but unlike their first two meetings, when they combined for 17 goals, this one was dominated by defense and missed opportunities on the power play.

Detroit, ranked No. 2 in the league in penalty killing, killed off all seven of Colorado’s power plays.

Through the first two periods, Colorado managed only five shots in five power plays, drawing the ire of the Pepsi Center crowd. Colorado finally put some life into its fans when it got off three shots on its sixth power play, but Legace (22-6-2), who turned 33 on Saturday, kept making the saves.

St. Louis 4, Dallas 3 -- Barret Jackman scored in overtime at home to give the Blues their second straight victory.

Jackman’s third goal of the season also ended the Stars’ six-game winning streak. He took a pass from Keith Tkachuk, and his shot deflected off of Stephane Robidas’ stick and past Marty Turco.

Minnesota 6, Phoenix 4 -- Marian Gaborik and Wes Walz each scored twice in Minnesota’s four-goal second period at Glendale, Ariz.

Walz also had two assists, and Todd White and Pierre-Marc Bouchard also scored to help the Wild win its second straight after a three-game losing streak.

The Coyotes lost for the third time in four games.

Montreal 2, Boston 0 -- Andrei Markov scored in his return to the lineup at Montreal, and former King Cristobal Huet got his first shutout for the Canadiens.

Markov, who sat out eight games because of a shoulder injury, scored a power-play goal 10:22 into the third period, putting a rebound of Alex Kovalev’s shot off the left post into an open left side.

New York Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 4 -- Miroslav Satan notched the seventh hat trick of his career and added a shootout goal to help the Islanders get the win on the road.

Satan scored all three of his regulation goals on the power play for New York, which has won four of its last five.

Sidney Crosby scored his 26th goal after sitting out Pittsburgh’s last game because of flu.

New York Rangers 4, Philadelphia 3 -- Jaromir Jagr scored 1:24 into overtime at Philadelphia to lift New York to its third straight victory.

The Rangers have won seven of their last nine to move one point ahead of the Flyers for first place in the Atlantic Division.

Edmonton 3, Vancouver 1 -- Backup goalie Mike Morrison made 16 saves, and Ryan Smyth and Raffi Torres scored power-play goals to help the Oilers end a five-game home losing streak.

Toronto 4, New Jersey 2 -- Ed Belfour made 36 saves at Toronto and Alex Ponikarovsky scored twice, leading the Maple Leafs to their second victory in 12 games.

Tomas Kaberle and Chad Kilger also scored for Toronto, which was mired in its worst stretch since winning three times in a 24-game span from Jan. 11 to March 8, 1996.

Atlanta 6, Florida 4 -- At Atlanta, Ilya Kovalchuk scored his NHL-leading 36th goal and the Thrashers ended a seven-game losing streak.

Patrik Stefan’s ninth goal with 6:53 remaining gave the Thrashers a 5-3 lead before Peter Bondra made it 6-3 on the power play.

Buffalo 2, Ottawa 1 -- Thomas Vanek scored the winning goal in the shootout at home for the Sabres.

In the second round, Vanek faked a shot before depositing a wrist shot into the top-right corner past Ottawa goalie Dominik Hasek.

Tampa Bay 5, Washington 0 -- John Grahame made 29 saves for his third shutout in his last four games at home for the Lightning.

Grahame stopped Alexander Ovechkin’s shot from the right circle with five minutes to play, one of his key saves in his fifth shutout of the season and 12th overall.

Nashville 6, Chicago 0 -- Scott Hartnell got his first NHL hat trick and added an assist at Nashville, and Tomas Vokoun made 40 saves for his second shutout of the season for the Predators, who scored four goals in the first period and chased starting goaltender Adam Munro.