Blues 6, Canucks 1: David Perron scored three goals, two in a span of 1:54 during a four-goal first period, and Brad Boyes added a goal and three assists to lead St. Louis over visiting Vancouver last night.
The Blues, who were 1-5-1 in their first seven home games, scored four times in the first 7:36. Andy McDonald added a goal and two assists in his 500th NHL game to lead the Blues, who had scored only two goals in their previous four games in St. Louis. Erik Johnson also scored, and Chris Mason made 22 saves for the Blues.
The Canucks, who had won three of four, got a third-period goal from Henrik Sedin.
Bruins 3, Penguins 0: Boston's Tim Thomas stopped 27 shots for his second shutout of the season, and visiting Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby was held without a point for the fifth straight game last night.
Matt Hunwick backhanded a rebound under the crossbar, then had to wait 77 seconds for a whistle so that NHL officials could consult a video replay and give Boston the goal. Mark Recchi had the 900th assist of his career, Daniel Paille had his first goal with the Bruins, and Patrice Bergeron added a short-handed empty-netter.
Thomas recorded his 14th shutout — passing Andy Moog for 10th on the Bruins' career list — while handing Pittsburgh its second straight shutout.
Senators 4, Oilers 3: Jason Spezza scored the winning goal in the shootout for Ottawa, which came from behind twice to beat visiting Edmonton last night.
Chris Neil scored his third goal of the season with just under 7 minutes left in regulation to give the Senators a 3-2 lead. Just under 2 minutes later, Gilbert Brule tied the game with a hard shot from the slot that trickled past Ottawa goalie Pascal Leclaire.
Jonathan Cheechoo and Nick Foligno also scored for the Senators. Leclaire made 31 saves.
Wild 5, Maple Leafs 2: Mikko Koivu had a goal and two assists as visiting Minnesota ended Toronto's two-game winning streak last night.
Marek Zidlicky broke a 1-1 tie at 5:44 of the period. Then, 26 seconds after Koivu beat Jonas Gustavsson at 17:29, Greg Zanon made it 4-1.
Niklas Backstrom made that stand up with 37 saves for the Wild.
Flames 1, Canadiens 0: Miikka Kiprusoff got his first shutout of the season and Jarome Iginla extended his goal-scoring streak to four games for visiting Calgary last night.
Kiprusoff made 25 saves and improved to 10-3-1 this season as Calgary won its fourth straight to begin a four-game trip. It was his 31st career shutout, his first since Feb. 12, when he turned aside 36 shots in a 2-0 win over Los Angeles.
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