Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

Osgood gets shutout as Detroit rolls

DETROIT | Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom scored in the first period, then Chris Osgood finished with his first shutout of the season to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-0 win over the Boston Bruins.

Osgood made 29 saves Tuesday night. He also got help from the posts behind him to prevent a goal in both the first and second periods for the 50th shutout of his career. The rebuilding Red Wings are 3-0-1 in their last four games and have a point in seven of their last eight.

First Period--1, Detroit, Zetterberg 3 (Datsyuk), 14:21 (pp). 2, Detroit, Holmstrom 8 (Datsyuk, Bertuzzi), 17:43. Penalties--Kronwall, Det (interference), 9:32; Sturm, Bos (hooking), 14:19.

Second Period--None. Penalties--Kronwall, Det (interference), 17:04.

Third Period--None. Penalties--Bertuzzi, Det (holding), 4:19; Thornton, Bos (high-sticking), 7:23; Wideman, Bos (interference), 12:52; Ja.Williams, Det (interference), 13:09; Ryder, Bos (holding), 14:38.

Shots on Goal--Boston 13-8-8--29. Detroit 10-7-9--26. Power-play opportunities--Boston 0 of 3; Detroit 1 of 4. Goalies--Boston, Thomas 4-6-0 (26 shots-24 saves). Detroit, Osgood 5-2-2 (29-29). Att.--19,167 (20,066). T--2:20.

Tampa Bay 2, (at) Toronto 1 | Ryan Malone scored at 2:21 of overtime for the Lightning.

Malone tapped in an awkward shot that bounced over Jonas Gustavsson moments after John Mitchell nearly won it for the Maple Leafs on a pretty rush, with the puck nearly taking another funny hop into the goal. Malone's goal stood up after a video review.

First Period--None. Penalties--Beauchemin, Tor (tripping), 10:14; Ohlund, TB (roughing), 13:20; Stajan, Tor, served by Kulemin, double minor (roughing), 13:20; Krajicek, TB, minor-major (interference, fighting), 14:40; Hagman, Tor, major (fighting), 14:40; Halpern, TB (hooking), 19:37.

Second Period--1, Tampa Bay, Lecavalier 2 (Ohlund), 18:34. Penalties--Hedman, TB (tripping), :48; Kessel, Tor (hooking), 1:56; Hedman, TB (hooking), 9:00; Krajicek, TB (interference), 16:22; Walker, TB (tripping), 19:15.

Third Period--2, Toronto, White 3 (Hagman, Beauchemin), 5:04 (pp). Penalties--Halpern, TB (hooking), 3:28; Kulemin, Tor (tripping), 9:01; Ohlund, TB (boarding), 16:05.

Overtime--3, Tampa Bay, Malone 9 (Tanguay), 2:21. Shots on Goal--Tampa Bay 11-10-9-2--32. Toronto 10-19-9-3--41. Power-play opportunities--Tampa Bay 0 of 4; Toronto 1 of 8. Goalies--Tampa Bay, Niittymaki 3-1-1 (41 shots-40 saves). Toronto, Gustavsson 1-2-3 (32-30). Att.--19,301 (18,819). T--2:40.

Atlanta 5, (at) Montreal 4 | Colby Armstrong scored 13:14 into the third period and the Thrashers earned their first regulation win in Montreal in over five years.

First Period--1, Atlanta, Little 1 (Peverley), 17:34. 2, Atlanta, Peverley 7 (T.White, Little), 19:47. Penalties--Hamrlik, Mon (delay of game), 2:14; Enstrom, Atl (tripping), 6:40; Gomez, Mon (interference), 11:36.

Second Period--3, Montreal, Gionta 5 (Gomez), 2:51. 4, Atlanta, Popovic 1 (Afinogenov, Antropov), 7:30. 5, Montreal, Cammalleri 7, 19:24. Penalties--T.White, Atl (roughing), :38; G.Stewart, Mon (cross-checking), 14:04; Boulton, Atl (interference), 16:29.

Third Period--6, Montreal, Gionta 6, 1:26. 7, Atlanta, Kubina 1 (Antropov, Peverley), 4:10 (pp). 8, Montreal, Plekanec 4 (Latendresse, Lapierre), 12:40. 9, Atlanta, Armstrong 2 (Reasoner, Kane), 13:14. Penalties--Carle, Mon (tripping), 2:15; Little, Atl (roughing), 16:59; Plekanec, Mon (roughing), 16:59.

Shots on Goal--Atlanta 13-8-9--30. Montreal 9-16-13--38. Power-play opportunities--Atlanta 1 of 4; Montreal 0 of 3. Goalies--Atlanta, Pavelec 5-3-1 (38 shots-34 saves). Montreal, Price 2-6-0 (30-25). Att.--21,273 (21,273). T--2:18.