Ty Conklin made 20 saves for his fifth career shutout and Jiri Hudler and Niklas Kronwall each had a goal and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Monday night.
Mikael Samuelsson and Johan Franzen also scored for Detroit, which has won five of six. Henrik Zetterberg added two assists for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Dwayne Roloson stopped 37 shots for Edmonton.
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Kronwall had a power-play goal in the first and Detroit added two more in the second before Franzen scored with 9:56 left in the game.
He has scored in each of the last four games after missing five with a knee injury.
RANGERS 2, SENATORS 1, SO
At New York, Nikolai Zherdev scored the only goal in a shootout and New York’s Henrik Lundqvist denied all three Ottawa shooters.
The Rangers opted to shoot first and Zherdev beat Alex Auld between the pads. That left it up to Lundqvist to stop Jason Spezza, Jarko Ruutu and Antoine Vermette for his NHL-leading 12th win.
Fredrik Sjostrom scored for the Rangers in regulation as the Eastern Conference leaders stretched their winning streak to three.
Daniel Alfredsson had the lone goal for the Senators, who lost their fifth straight.
ISLANDERS 2, CANUCKS 1, SO
At Uniondale, New York, Roberto Luongo made 34 saves against the team that let him get away, but couldn’t stop Frans Nielsen in a shootout as New York beat Vancouver for its season-best third straight victory.
Nielsen scored on the first shot of the tiebreaker, and Joey MacDonald turned aside all three Canucks shooters — ending the game with a poke check against Alex Burrows. MacDonald stopped 31 shots through overtime.
Luongo, the Canucks captain, could have been the Islanders’ prized possession after he was taken with the No. 4 pick in the 1997 draft.
He appeared in 24 games with New York during the 1999-2000 season, but was traded when the team made goalie Rick DiPietro the face of the franchise.
Pavol Demitra gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead in the opening minute, and it stood up until Doug Weight tied it with a power-play goal in the second period.
Luongo is on an amazing run, one that recently featured a team-record shutout streak of 242 minutes, 36 seconds. During the just-completed homestand, Luongo went 4-1-1 and allowed only six goals — five on power plays.
SHARKS 4, PREDATORS 1
At Nashville, Tennessee, Devin Setoguchi had a power-play goal and an assist to help San Jose beat Nashville.
Jody Shelley, Tomas Plihal and Patrick Marleau also scored for the Sharks, who jumped to a 2-0 lead with two goals in a span of 1{ minutes during the first period.
David Legwand scored for the Predators.
BRUINS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2
At Toronto, Michael Ryder, Phil Kessel and Matt Hunwick scored, leading Boston past Toronto.
Marc Savard and Milan Lucic each added two assists for the Northeast Division-leading Bruins, who handed Toronto a loss in its return from a weeklong road trip.
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