DETROIT – Manny Legace earned his second consecutive shutout, and Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk each had a goal and two assists to send the Detroit Red Wings to a 6-0 win over the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night.
Legace only had to stop 20 shots to stretch his scoreless streak to 165 minutes, 6 seconds. It was the 11th shutout of his career.
Nicklas Lidstrom, Mikael Samuelsson and Mathieu Schneider each added a goal and an assist for Detroit, which won its fourth straight. Brendan Shanahan got the other goal.
The Red Wings opened the scoring just 1:23 in when Lidstrom’s slap shot from the left point deflected off a Nashville player and past goalie Tomas Vokoun.
Blue Jackets 7, Kings 4
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Trevor Letowski and Jason Chimera each scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat Los Angeles 7-4 Wednesday night, sending the reeling Kings to their seventh straight loss.
Jaroslav Balastik had a goal and an assist, and David Vyborny and Sergei Fedorov also scored for Columbus, which tied a team record for goals in a game. Manny Malhotra and Ron Hainsey each had two assists for the Blue Jackets, who have won 11 of 15.
Flyers 5, Islanders 2
PHILADELPHIA – Mike Richards scored three goals, leading the undermanned Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.
Playing without their two leading scorers, Peter Forsberg and Simon Gagne, the Flyers snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the fifth time in 15 games to remain one point behind the Atlantic Division-leading New York Rangers.
R.J. Umberger and Jeff Carter also scored for Philadelphia.
Trent Hunter and Miroslav Satan scored for the Islanders, who lost for the third time in four games.
Gagne, who was second in the NHL with 35 goals, sat out with a stomach virus and Forsberg, who has 62 points, missed his sixth straight game with a groin injury.
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