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Huet shuts out Red Wings as Blackhawks soar ahead
December 22, 2009, Tuesday
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THE Chicago Blackhawks grabbed sole possession of first place in the Central Division with a 3-0 victory over the injury-hit Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.
Blackhawks goalie Cristobal Huet recorded his second consecutive shutout, stopping all 20 shots, to help Chicago win its fourth successive game.
"Even though they were missing a lot of guys, and key guys, they've been finding ways to win the past couple of weeks," Huet told reporters. "We knew it was going to be a tight game. We were very disciplined and it paid off."
The Red Wings were without leading scorer Henrik Zetterberg, centers Johan Franzen and Valtteri Filppula, winger Dan Cleary and defenseman Niklas Kronwall.
"They're missing a lot of guys. You could see they were pretty tired," Blackhawks' Brian Campbell said. "It's a game we needed to win nonetheless, so it's important to get two points and keep climbing up the standings."
The win pushed the Blackhawks two points ahead of the Nashville Predators, with Detroit third after its second consecutive loss.
Duncan Keith's first-period power-play goal opened the scoring for Chicago with Campbell and Dustin Byfuglien adding scores in the second period.
"This was more of a good team effort, forwards and everybody helping out, playing solid defense," Byfuglien said.
The shutout was the second in seven games for the Red Wings, who host Chicago tomorrow.
"Chicago didn't give us many opportunities," Detroit defenseman Brad Stuart said. "They were a step quicker all night because they have a lot of speed. Because of our injuries, our offense has been struggling lately."
In Vancouver, David Backes scored twice and Ty Conklin made 29 saves to help St Louis move out of last place in the Western Conference after beating Canucks 3-1.
Backes opened the scoring on an early power-play deflection and put the Blues back ahead 2-1 with a great individual effort with 8:12 left in the second. He raced around defenseman Kevin Bieksa off the left wing, cut hard to the net and tucked the puck past goalie Roberto Luongo. Keith Tkachuk doubled the lead 1:27 later.
Blackhawks goalie Cristobal Huet recorded his second consecutive shutout, stopping all 20 shots, to help Chicago win its fourth successive game.
"Even though they were missing a lot of guys, and key guys, they've been finding ways to win the past couple of weeks," Huet told reporters. "We knew it was going to be a tight game. We were very disciplined and it paid off."
The Red Wings were without leading scorer Henrik Zetterberg, centers Johan Franzen and Valtteri Filppula, winger Dan Cleary and defenseman Niklas Kronwall.
"They're missing a lot of guys. You could see they were pretty tired," Blackhawks' Brian Campbell said. "It's a game we needed to win nonetheless, so it's important to get two points and keep climbing up the standings."
The win pushed the Blackhawks two points ahead of the Nashville Predators, with Detroit third after its second consecutive loss.
Duncan Keith's first-period power-play goal opened the scoring for Chicago with Campbell and Dustin Byfuglien adding scores in the second period.
"This was more of a good team effort, forwards and everybody helping out, playing solid defense," Byfuglien said.
The shutout was the second in seven games for the Red Wings, who host Chicago tomorrow.
"Chicago didn't give us many opportunities," Detroit defenseman Brad Stuart said. "They were a step quicker all night because they have a lot of speed. Because of our injuries, our offense has been struggling lately."
In Vancouver, David Backes scored twice and Ty Conklin made 29 saves to help St Louis move out of last place in the Western Conference after beating Canucks 3-1.
Backes opened the scoring on an early power-play deflection and put the Blues back ahead 2-1 with a great individual effort with 8:12 left in the second. He raced around defenseman Kevin Bieksa off the left wing, cut hard to the net and tucked the puck past goalie Roberto Luongo. Keith Tkachuk doubled the lead 1:27 later.
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