Red Wings' Osgood unimpressed with shutout
Red Wings' Osgood unimpressed with shutout
Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom scored in the first period, then Chris Osgood finished with his first shutout of the season to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-0 win over the visiting Boston Bruins last nigth.
Osgood made 29 saves and also had help from the posts behind him to prevent a goal in both the first and second periods for the 50th shutout of his career.
Tim Thomas had 24 saves for Boston, which fell under .500 with its third loss in four games.
"I don't put much merit in shutouts," Osgood said. "The only thing they're good for is that you know you have a great chance of winning the game. I grew up watching Grant Fuhr play [for Edmonton] and he was just about winning games, so that's kind of my mentality."
In other games:
* At Anaheim, Pascal Dupuis scored the go-ahead goal with 10:47 to play, and the Pittsburgh Penguins tied an NHL record with their seventh straight road victory to open the season, 4-3 over the last-place Ducks. Michael Rupp, Kris Letang and Alex Goligoski also scored for the Penguins, who won in California for just the second time since January 1999.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for the Penguins, who matched the seven season-opening road victories of the 1940 Toronto Maple Leafs, the 1985 Flyers and the 2005 Detroit Red Wings. New Jersey is also 7-0 on the road this season.
* At Vancouver, Mikael Samuelsson scored two goals as the Canucks defeated the Rangers, 4-1.
* At Montreal, Colby Armstrong scored 13:14 into the third period and the Atlanta Thrashers earned their first regulation win in Montreal in more than 5 years, 5-4 over the Canadiens.
* At Toronto, the Maple Leafs' worst-ever start to a season continued when Tampa Bay's Ryan Malone scored the game-wining goal 2:21 into overtime, giving the Lightning a 2-1 victory.
Noteworthy
* Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said he hopes Alex Ovechkin won't be sidelined more than 2 weeks with an upper-body strain. On Monday, the team said Ovechkin was week-to-week after he was hurt in Sunday's overtime loss to Columbus. Ovechkin had an MRI and was expected to travel with the team while receiving treatment. He did not practice yesterday, but said he was optimistic he could be back by this weekend.
* Ron Liepert, the provincial health minister of Alberta, wants to know if swine flu shots were "inappropriately diverted" to the Calgary Flames while thousands had to stand in line for hours for the vaccine. Liepert said he doesn't know where the team got the vaccine, adding that Alberta Health Services is the only supplier in the province. Team president Ken King said the club contacted the department and asked for the clinic.
