The loss overshadowed an outstanding 35-save performance by Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro.
Blues 1, Red Wings 0
At St. Louis, Bill Guerin scored and Manny Legace and Curtis Sanford combined to stop 23 shots as St. Louis handed Detroit its first shutout loss in 176 games.
The Red Wings last were shut out on Jan. 7, 2004, in a 3-0 loss to Boston. Calgary holds the NHL record for consecutive games without being blanked -- 264 from Nov. 12, 1981 to Jan. 9, 1985.
Legace was crunched by the Red Wings' Tomas Holmstrom in a collision in front of the goal with 15:47 left in the second period. He was replaced by Sanford, who made 13 saves.
Wild 4, Panthers 2
At St. Paul, Minnesota, Brent Burns had a goal and an assist in the third period and Niklas Backstrom made 41 saves to lead Minnesota past Florida.
Mark Parrish, Todd White and Pavol Demitra also scored for the Wild, who moved within one point of division-leading Calgary.
Nathan Horton and Martin Gelinas scored for the struggling Panthers, who couldn't overcome a shaky night from 41-year-old goaltender Ed Belfour.
Wild winger Branko Radivojevic tied a career high with three assists and White added one for Minnesota, which bounced back from a recent slide at home.
Predators 4, Maple Leafs 2
At Nashville, Tennessee, Steve Sullivan scored a power-play goal and assisted on another as Nash-ville beat Toronto.
David Legwand, Jean-Pierre Dumont and Vernon Fiddler added goals for Nashville, which won its eighth straight at home.
Alexei Ponikarovsky and Chad Kilger scored for Toronto, but the Maple Leafs' five-game winning streak was snapped.
Thrashers 6, Avalanche 3
At Denver, Garnet Exelby's first goal of the season glanced off Karlis Skrastins and went right past goalie Jose Theodore, who was pulled after allowing three goals on 11 shots in the first period.
Exelby's shot followed goals from Brad Larsen and Vyacheslav Kozlov. Those weren't entirely Theodore's fault, either.
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