The Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins earned their sixth straight win by beating the St. Louis Blues 5-1 in the NHL Tuesday. Matt Cooke, Tyler Kennedy, Evgeni Malkin, Ruslan Fedotenko and Alex Goligoski scored, while Kris Letang had two assists. Only five of Pittsburgh's 18 skaters failed to record a point in the win that pushed the Penguins' record to an NHL-best 8-1. Paul Kariya scored for the Blues. Canadiens 2, Thrashers 1, SO: At Montreal, Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta scored in the shootout as Montreal snapped a five-game losing streak with a win over Atlanta. Gionta, who scored late in the first period, sealed the win with a backhander past Ondrej Pavelec on Montreal's third attempt of the shootout. Jaroslav Halak stopped Ilya Kovalchuk and Rich Peverley on the Thrashers' first two attempts. The Canadiens avoided their worst start in nearly 70 years with win No. 3. Montreal won one of its first 12 games in 1940. Colby Armstrong scored for Atlanta. Flames 6, Blue Jackets 3: At Calgary, Alberta, Jarome Iginla scored once and added two assists to lead Calgary over Columbus. It was the first multipoint game of the season for the struggling Flames captain, who had only two goals and two assists through the first eight games. Iginla played his second consecutive game on a line centered by Craig Conroy, and the reunited linemates combined to set up first-period goals by Curtis Glencross and Jay Bouwmeester as Calgary took a 3-1 lead. Daymond Langkow, Dion Phaneuf and Fredrik Sjostrom also scored for the Flames. Rick Nash, Derrick Brassard, and Jakub Voracek had goals for the Blue Jackets.
