Jackets' Norrena gets 1st NHL shutout
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Fredrik Norrena made 21 saves in his first NHL shutout, lifting the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-0 win Saturday night over the Edmonton Oilers, who lost captain Ryan Smyth to a fractured thumb.
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Ville Koistinen's first NHL goal was a winner as the Nashville Predators edged the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 Thursday night.
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The Atlanta Thrashers won their first game of the season, ending a six-game losing streak, with a 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday.
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Pascal Leclaire made 21 saves for his third shutout of the season and Rick Nash had a goal and an assist to help the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the host Buffalo Sabres, 3-0, last night.
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Nikolai Zherdev had a goal and an assist, and Fredrik Norrena made 33 saves to help the Columbus Blue Jackets hand the Los Angeles Kings their sixth-straight loss, 2-1 on Friday night.
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Chris Osgood stopped 18 shots for his 47th career shutout, Henrik Zetterberg scored two goals and the Detroit Red Wings snapped a six-game losing skid, beating the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 on Monday night.
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Nikolai Zherdev scored two of the Columbus Blue Jacketsâ three goals in the third period Friday night, breaking open a tie game in a 6-4 victory over the visiting St. Louis Blues.
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Jaromir Jagr scored twice during another milestone night and Henrik Lundqvist made 34 saves in his third career shutout, carrying the New York Rangers to a 4-0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.
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Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock left Nikolai Zherdev in the press box three games ago. He wasn't going to leave him on the bench in a shootout. Given a chance at redemption, the struggling forward bounced back from his Jan. 19 benching and scored the winning goal of the shootout Tuesday night. His shot bounced off Roberto Luongo's glove and gave the Blue Jackets to a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
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Qualifier Ekaterina Bychkova of Russia made her first win of the year a notable one, upsetting sixth-seeded Patty Schnyder 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Open Gaz de France on Tuesday.
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They marched into enemy territory and swiped 2 points from a first-place team. Their netminder allowed only one goal. They scored three times in the first 20 minutes when they came into the night averaging 1.3 first-period goals per game.
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Martin Brodeur posts his NHL-best 10th shutout of the season on Thursday night, stopping 25 shots to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 2-0 victory over the New York Islanders.
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Alexander Radulov scored the only shootout goal and Chris Mason stopped Rick Nash on the final shot of the tiebreaker, lifting the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night.
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Henrik Zetterberg's 30th goal broke a scoreless tie with 2:20 left and Dominik Hasek made 15 saves for his 80th career shutout to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-0 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.
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Nikolai Zherdev scored twice in the last 6 minutes Â one on a highlight-reel move that provided the go-ahead goal Â and the Columbus Blue Jackets got some payback for a bad loss three days earlier, beating the St. Louis Blues 6-4 on Friday night.
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For the San Francisco Giants, it was better luck this time in Miami. Brett Tomko pitched a four-hitter for his first career shutout, and San Francisco beat the Florida Marlins 5-0 Thursday night.
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Jarome Iginla scored his team-leading 24th goal and Miikka Kiprusoff made 36 saves to help the Calgary Flames beat the host Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-1, last night and extend their winning streak to a season-best sixth in a row.