DALLAS (AP) -Marty Turco made 28 saves for his 32nd career shutout and second victory in 15 tries against Detroit, and Niklas Hagman scored as the Dallas Stars handed the Red Wings their season-high sixth straight loss, 1-0 on Sunday.
Turco improved to 2-9-5 against the Red Wings, helping the Stars improve to 9-1 in their last 10 games overall.
Turco preserved the shutout with 48.8 seconds left, falling on his back to make a sliding stop on Detroit’s Brett Lebda. Turco also denied Johan Franzen with 34.8 seconds remaining.
Hagman scored the game’s only goal at 3:13 of the third period, notching his career-best 21st of the season from a sharp angle to the left of Detroit’s third-string goaltender Jimmy Howard, who made 30 saves.
Rangers 3, Sharks 1
NEW YORK (AP) – Chris Drury scored a power-play goal and added an assist, and Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves for the Rangers.
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Lundqvist, who also stopped 29 in a win over Buffalo on Saturday, is 2-0 since signing a six-year contract extension with New York.
Jonathan Cheechoo had the lone goal for the Sharks, who have the fewest road losses in the NHL (17-6-3). San Jose is 4-18-3-0 against New York and hasn’t beaten the Rangers since Oct. 22, 2001.
Blackhawks 2, Avalanche 1
CHICAGO (AP) – Patrick Lalime stopped 21 shots and defenseman James Wisniewski had two assists for Chicago, which won its third straight game and is 4-0-1 in its last five.
Martin Havlat and Dustin Byfuglien scored for the Blackhawks.
Lalime lost a bid for his first shutout this season when Jaroslav Hlinka scored with 2:25 left in the third.
Jose Theodore made 25 saves for Colorado, which lost its third straight and failed to convert any of its six power plays.
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