ST. LOUIS — Jonathan Toews scored twice, and Ray Emery and Corey Crawford combined on a shutout as the Chicago Blackhawks extended their NHL-record season-opening points streak to 20 games with a 3-0 win over the St. Louis Blues Thursday. Andrew Shaw also scored for Chicago, which was coming off a 6-0-1 homestand and improved to 9-0-2 on the road. The Blackhawks, who have won seven in a row overall, have earned 37 out of a possible 40 points this season with a 17-0-3 start. Chicago, playing its first road game in 18 days, has won four in a row against St. Louis, which has lost three of four. Hurricanes 4, Penguins 1: Jiri Tlusty had two goals and an assist, and Carolina beat Pittsburgh in ex-Penguin Jordan Staal's first game against his former team. Eric Staal had a goal and two assists, Alexander Semin added two assists and Jeff Skinner scored a goal in his first game back from a concussion. The Southeast Division co-leaders erased an early 1-0 deficit by scoring three goals in a span of 6 minutes, 14 seconds and won for just the second time in six games. Chris Kunitz scored for the Penguins. Rangers 4, Lightning 1: Carl Hagelin and Derek Stepan scored in a one-sided first period, and the suddenly healthy New York Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak with a victory over Tampa Bay. Defenseman Marc Staal added just the eighth power-play goal of the season in the second period for New York, which ended an 0-3-1 skid in the second game of a four-game homestand and completed a three-game, season-series sweep of the Lightning. Red Wings 2, Sharks 1, SO: Damien Brunner scored the lone goal in a shootout and Jonas Gustavsson stopped all three shots in his first start of the season to lead Detroit past slumping San Jose. Patrick Eaves scored the equalizer midway through the third period and Gustavsson made 25 saves to get his first win since March 3, 2012, for Toronto against Montreal. Logan Couture scored the only goal for the Sharks, who lost 10 of 12 games in February and have just one regulation win in their past 14 games. Antti Niemi made 33 saves. Maple Leafs 5, Islanders 4, OT: Nazem Kadri had his first career hat trick and Dion Phaneuf scored at 1:11 of overtime to give Toronto a victory over the New York Islanders. Phaneuf's fourth goal of the season lifted Toronto to its third straight win and fourth in five games at New York. Avalanche 5, Flames 4: Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and two assists, and Colorado scored three times in the third period to rally past Calgary. Other results: Sabres 4, Panthers 3, SO; Jets 3, Devils 1; Wild 4, Coyotes 3; Oilers 5, Stars 1. — Agencies
