DETROIT (AP) -Manny Legace made 31 saves for his 20th career shutout to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 2-0 win over the NHL-leading Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.
It was the first time Detroit, winners of 14 of its last 16 games, was held scoreless this season. St. Louis snapped a four-game losing streak.
Erik Johnson and Lee Stempniak scored for the Blues.
Legace, who played with the Red Wings from 1999-2000 until 2005-06, stopped Jiri Hudler on a breakaway with 8:05 left.
Dominik Hasek made 22 saves for the Red Wings.
Sharks 3, Wild 2
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Joe Thornton and Milan Michalek each had a pair of assists and San Jose Sharks made a mark in the NHL record book, beating Minnesota for their 10th consecutive road win.
Steve Bernier, Kyle McLaren and Jonathan Cheechoo scored for the Sharks, who last lost a road game on Nov. 9, and are now tied with four other teams for second on the NHL’s list for consecutive road wins.
Detroit won 12 straight on the road in March and April of 2006.
Dominic Moore and Mark Parrish scored for Minnesota, which had won six of its previous eight games.
Bruins 5, Thrashers 2
BOSTON (AP) – Mark Stuart broke a tie in the second period, Phil Kessel and Matt Lashoff added insurance goals in the third and Boston ended a six-game skid.
Boston’s first goal of the game – a power-play score by Dennis Wideman – was the team’s 18,000th, making the Bruins the second NHL team to reach that mark. Montreal has 18,886.
P.J. Axelsson also scored for the Bruins, winless with one shootout loss (0-5-1) in their previous six games.
Colin Stuart – brother of Boston’s Mark – scored his first NHL goal for Atlanta in just his second career game. Bobby Holik also scored for the Thrashers.
Blue Jackets 4, Oilers 2
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Rick Nash scored three times to break out of a goal-scoring slump and Columbus beat Edmonton.
Jiri Novotny had a goal, and Nikolai Zherdev added two assists for the Blue Jackets, who have won three straight at home.
Edmonton’s Ethan Moreau had his first goal in his second game back from a shoulder injury suffered last October. Steve Staios also scored for the Oilers, 0-4-2 in the past six games.
Pascal Leclaire had 26 saves for Columbus to improve to 13-7-3. Dwayne Roloson had 29 saves in the loss.
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