PITTSBURGH — Jean-Sebastien Giguere turned aside 34 shots for his second shutout in 11 days as the Colorado Avalanche edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 Monday night. Gabriel Landeskog scored the game's only goal 5:26 into the second period as Colorado improved to 8-1, the best start in franchise history. The game was billed as a fight for bragging rights between Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby and Colorado rookie Nathan MacKinnon. The former No. 1 picks both are from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia in Canada. Instead, Giguere stole the show. Pittsburgh went 0 for 7 on the power play and lost for the first time at home despite outshooting the Avalanche 34-14. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 13 shots for the Penguins (7-2). Sharks 1, Red Wings 0: Logan Couture scored in the shootout as San Jose edged Detroit. The Sharks are the NHL's last team without a regulation loss this season. Each goalie got a shutout for not allowing a goal in 65 minutes. Antti Niemi — who got his 24th career shutout — made 24 saves for San Jose and Jimmy Howard, who earned his 17th shutout, stopped 27 shots. It was Niemi's third shutout against Detroit. He also stopped Todd Bertuzzi on Detroit's final shootout attempt with a spectacular pad save. It was the first game of a four-game Eastern road swing for San Jose. In the third game of the night Calgary beat Los Angeles 3-2. Hamrlik retires Defenseman Roman Hamrlik has retired after a 20-year NHL career. The three-time All-Star was drafted first overall by Tampa Bay in 1992. He played 1,395 games in the regular season and 113 in the playoffs with the Lightning, Oilers, Islanders, Flames, Canadiens, Capitals and Rangers. From Zlin, Czech Republic, Hamrlik had 155 goals and 483 assists for 638 points while averaging over 23 minutes in ice time. The 39-year-old Hamrlik said in an NHLPA statement Monday: “As a kid growing up in communist Czechoslovakia, I never imagined that I would one day have the opportunity to play in the National Hockey League.” Hamrlik had one assist and was minus-4 in 16 games last season with the Capitals and Rangers. An All-Star in 1996, 1999 and 2003, he helped the Czech Republic win the gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. — Agencies
