Olli Jokinen and David Moss had
a goal and three assists each and Curtis Glencross also scored two goals hours
after Avalanche star Peter Forsberg again announced his retirement from hockey
after two games in his latest comeback.
Anton Babchuk , Alex Tanguay and
Matt Stajan also scored and Miikka Kiprusoff had 17 saves for the Flames, who
had five goals in the first period. Backup goalie Henrik Karlsson played the
final 6:51 and made five saves.
Daniel Winnick scored for
Colorado, which has lost eight in a row and 10 of 11. The Avalanche also lost
center Matt Duchene to a hand injury late in the second period.
This was supposed to be
Forsberg’s home debut in his latest NHL comeback but the Avalanche announced
Monday morning he was retiring after two games with the club because of his
troublesome right foot.
Coyotes 3 Capitals 2: In Glendale, Arizona, Ray Whitney had a goal and an assist,
and the Phoenix Coyotes frustrated Washington’s top line.
Ilya Bryzgalov had 29 saves,
Martin Hanzal and Vernon Fiddler each scored and the Coyotes blocked a
season-high 20 shots to win their fifth straight game and move atop the Pacific
Division.
Phoenix also held
Washington’s top line of Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Semin to
one point — an assist by Semin on Marcus Johansson’s goal in the second period.
Matt Bradley scored in the
third period to get Washington back within a goal, but the Caps couldn’t get
past Bryzgalov even after sending Ovechkin out as a fourth forward late.
Blues 3 Canucks 2: In St. Louis, Andy McDonald and Patrik
Berglund scored power-play goals.
Alex Steen also scored for
St. Louis, which won for the third time in the last 10 games. Vancouver lost
for the second time in nine games.
St. Louis had scored just
once in 12 previous power plays, but went 2 for 5 on Monday. Vancouver had
killed off 36 straight penalties before Andy McDonald connected at 5:10 of the
first period for a 1-0 lead.
Berglund added a
man-advantage goal late in the second period to make it 3-1.
Vancouver goalie Roberto
Luongo had a 21-game regulation unbeaten string snapped. He came in with a
16-0-5 mark and had won his previous six starts.
