Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

Red Wings snap Sharks' win streak

DETROIT -- Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the shootout to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 win over San Jose, snapping the Sharks' six-game winning streak.

Zetterberg also had a goal in regulation, and Chris Osgood made 33 saves for Detroit.

Logan Couture scored his first NHL goal for San Jose. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 35 shots.

First Period--None. Penalties--McGinn, SJ (slashing), 11:25; Draper, Det (slashing), 11:25; Abdelkader, Det (tripping), 15:07.

Second Period--1, San Jose, Couture 1 (Callahan, Thornton), 14:41. Penalties--Boyle, SJ (tripping), 11:22; Malhotra, SJ (tripping), 18:17.

Third Period--2, Detroit, Zetterberg 4 (Helm, Lidstrom), 5:38. Penalties--Kronwall, Det (tripping), 1:02; Ericsson, Det (boarding), 7:02.

Overtime--None. Shootout--San Jose 0 (Boyle NG, Clowe NG), Detroit 2 (Datsyuk G, Ja.Williams NG, Zetterberg G).

Shots on Goal--San Jose 11-7-13-3--34. Detroit 7-8-16-5--36. Power-play opportunities--San Jose 0 of 3; Detroit 0 of 2. Goalies--San Jose, Nabokov 10-3-2 (36 shots-35 saves). Detroit, Osgood 6-2-2 (34-33). Att.--19,558 (20,066). T--2:31. Referees--Dan Marouelli, Wes McCauley. Linesmen--Shane Heyer, Jonny Murray.

Montreal 2, (at) Boston 1 | Patrice Bergeron's goal with 52 seconds left in regulation helped the Bruins avoid a historic third straight shutout, but Michael Cammalleri scored in the shootout to give the Canadiens a victory over Boston.

Boston had not scored in 192 minutes, 6 seconds, dating to Vladimir Sobotka's goal at 7:02 of the third period against Edmonton on Saturday. The Bruins had not been shut out in three straight games since Eddie Shore and the 1928-29 squad scored just once over five games from Feb. 2-14, 1929.

First Period--1, Montreal, Metropolit 3 (A.Kostitsyn, White), 17:32. Penalties--None.

Second Period--None. Penalties--Moen, Mon (interference), 2:02; Carle, Mon (hooking), 4:16; Sturm, Bos (holding stick), 6:13; Chara, Bos (cross-checking), 7:24; Lapierre, Mon (roughing), 17:21; Stuart, Bos (roughing), 17:21.

Third Period--2, Boston, P.Bergeron 5 (Chara, Morris), 19:08. Penalties--Latendresse, Mon (high-sticking), 13:11.

Overtime--None. Shootout--Montreal 1 (Cammalleri G, Gomez NG), Boston 0 (Wheeler NG, P.Bergeron NG, Recchi NG).

Shots on Goal--Montreal 6-12-6-2--26. Boston 9-17-13-4--43. Power-play opportunities--Montreal 0 of 2; Boston 0 of 3. Goalies--Montreal, Price 3-6-0 (43 shots-42 saves). Boston, Thomas 4-6-1 (26-25). Att.--17,565 (17,565). T--2:38. Referees--Paul Devorski, Francois St. Laurent. Linesmen--Andy McElman, Brian Mach.

Columbus 4, (at) Atlanta 3 | Raffi Torres scored two uncontested second-period goals and the Blue Jackets held off the Thrashers.

The Thrashers, coming off road wins at Ottawa and Montreal, lost for the fourth time in five home games.

First Period--1, Columbus, Voracek 5 (Chimera, Brassard), 10:11. 2, Columbus, Brassard 3 (Voracek, Chimera), 12:18. Penalties--Tyutin, Clm (delay of game), :36; Slater, Atl (tripping), 17:15; Antropov, Atl (hooking), 19:49.

Second Period--3, Atlanta, Little 2 (Enstrom, Bogosian), 4:06. 4, Columbus, Torres 7 (MacKenzie, Hejda), 5:49. 5, Atlanta, Enstrom 1 (White, Kozlov), 11:01 (pp). 6, Columbus, Torres 8 (Dorsett, Russell), 12:45. Penalties--Vermette, Clm (tripping), :43; Torres, Clm (tripping), 6:24; Filatov, Clm (tripping), 10:06; Tyutin, Clm (holding), 17:43.

Third Period--7, Atlanta, Kubina 2 (Afinogenov, Hainsey), 2:06 (pp). Penalties--Hejda, Clm (hooking), :21; Dorsett, Clm (hooking), 3:36; Umberger, Clm (holding), 11:43.

Shots on Goal--Columbus 11-8-2--21. Atlanta 6-18-11--35. Power-play opportunities--Columbus 0 of 2; Atlanta 2 of 8. Goalies--Columbus, Garon 2-1-0 (35 shots-32 saves). Atlanta, Pavelec 5-4-1 (21-17). Att.--10,878 (18,545). T--2:21. Referees--Steve Kozari, Dan O'Rourke. Linesmen--Scott Cherrey, Darren Gibbs.

(At) Ottawa 3, Tampa Bay 2 | Jason Spezza scored a power-play goal 4:17 into overtime to give the Senators a victory.

Spezza, sidelined the previous two games because of back pain, drove a slap shot past Antero Niittymaki after Tampa Bay's Mattias Ohlund was sent off for holding 3 minutes into overtime. Spezza also assisted on Daniel Alfredsson's first-period goal.

First Period--1, Tampa Bay, Tanguay 2 (Halpern, Downie), 3:03 (pp). 2, Ottawa, Alfredsson 6 (Spezza, Michalek), 5:02. Penalties--Neil, Ott (interference), 1:34; Stamkos, TB (hooking), 8:31; Foligno, Ott (hooking), 9:45; Spezza, Ott (slashing), 14:33; Walker, TB (tripping), 17:27.

Second Period--3, Ottawa, Fisher 6 (Kovalev, Spezza), 12:00 (pp). 4, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 12 (St. Louis, Lecavalier), 13:40 (pp). Penalties--Neil, Ott (tripping), 6:55; Ohlund, TB (interference), 11:06; Cheechoo, Ott (interference), 13:23; Downie, TB, minor-major-misconduct (instigator, fighting), 14:12; Neil, Ott, major (fighting), 14:12; Craig, TB, major (fighting), 20:00; Carkner, Ott, major (fighting), 20:00.

Third Period--None. Penalties--Campoli, Ott (tripping), 1:36; Kuba, Ott (delay of game), 9:15; Meszaros, TB (roughing), 15:51.

Overtime--5, Ottawa, Spezza 1 (Kuba, Fisher), 4:17 (pp). Shots on Goal--Tampa Bay 7-6-7-0--20. Ottawa 14-6-6-3--29. Power-play opportunities--Tampa Bay 2 of 7; Ottawa 2 of 6. Goalies--Tampa Bay, Niittymaki 3-1-2 (29 shots-26 saves). Ottawa, Leclaire 5-3-1 (20-18). Att.--17,511 (19,153). T--2:33. Referees--Dennis LaRue, Kerry Fraser. Linesmen--Don Henderson, Bryan Pancich.