Conklin and the Red Wings blank Blue Jackets

Goalie records 8th career shutout

Ty Conklin made 23 saves for his eighth career shutout and Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and two assists, sending the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist and Henrik Zetterberg added a goal for Detroit, which won its fourth straight. Conklin got his fourth shutout this season and stretched his home scoreless streak to 138 minutes, 46 seconds.

Steve Mason stopped 37 shots for Columbus.

Datsyuk got the game's first goal 3:45 into the third period on a power play. He put in a rebound off a goal-mouth scramble for his 17th of the season.

Hossa scored a power-play goal just 2:14 later when he beat Mason with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle for his 18th goal, which also broke his seven-game scoreless drought.

Zetterberg added an empty-net goal in the final minute. It was his 15th.

ALSO TUESDAY

WILD 1, BRUINS 0: Niklas Backstrom stopped 28 shots for his second straight shutout and fifth of the season to lead visiting Minnesota to a win over Boston.

Marek Zidlicky scored a second-period power-play goal, lifting Minnesota to its second win against the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins this season.

It was Boston's second straight loss, coming after its longest winning streak in nearly 36 years was stopped at 10 games on Saturday.

PANTHERS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2: Stephen Weiss, Ville Peltonen, Michael Frolik and Gregory Campbell scored goals to lead visiting Florida to a win over Toronto.

Bryan McCabe added an assist and goaltender Tomas Vokoun stopped 24 shots.

Alexei Ponikarovsky and Jason Blake scored for the Maple Leafs. Vesa Toskala made 30 saves.

PENGUINS 3, THRASHERS 1: Petr Sykora ended Pittsburgh's seven-game drought without a power-play goal while scoring twice and Evgeni Malkin came out of a slump with three assists, leading the host Penguins to victory over Atlanta.

The Penguins, outscored 10-1 in their previous two games, also got captain Sidney Crosby's first power-play goal in 26 games and ended a five-game losing streak.

CAPITALS 2, FLYERS 1 (SO): In a statement game against a "we don't like them" rival, the unusual happened as Washington Capitals red overcame Philadelphia Flyers orange -- on the ice and in the stands at Washington.

Jose Theodore made 33 saves and stopped all three shots in the shootout, strengthening his claim to the No. 1 goaltender spot. Nicklas Backstrom scored in the first period for the Capitals, and Viktor Kozlov was the only player in the shootout to find the net.

SABRES 4, SENATORS 2: Derek Roy had a goal and two assists and Buffalo avoided blowing a three-goal lead to beat slumping and road-weary Ottawa.

Matt Ellis, Drew Stafford and Thomas Vanek with a game-sealing empty-netter in the final minute also scored for the Sabres. Ryan Miller stopped 31 shots to win for the fourth time in five starts.

Jason Spezza scored both goals for the Senators.

AVALANCHE 2, PREDATORS 1: Wojtek Wolski scored both goals for visiting Colorado in a win over Nashville.

It was the fifth loss in a row for the Predators. The Avalanche ended a two-game slide.

Ryan Jones, recalled from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League earlier in the day, scored for the Predators.

LATE MONDAY

OILERS 3, ISLANDERS 2: Andrew Cogliano's goal midway through the third period gave Edmonton a victory over New York.

Kyle Brodziak and Jason Strudwick also scored for the Oilers.

Kyle Okposo and Blake Comeau had goals for the Islanders.