York Helps Islanders Double Up Blues With Five-Point Game
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ST. LOUIS – Mike York scored two goals and added three assists for his second career five-point game, lifting the Islanders to a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Blues last night.
York, who entered the game with 13 points, also had five points on January 23, 2002, against Boston when he played for the Rangers.
Mark Parrish added two goals and reached two milestones. His first gave him 150 NHL goals and 100 with the Islanders. Jason Blake and Arron Asham also scored, and Rick DiPietro made 31 saves for New York, 7-3-1 in its last 11 games.
The Islanders have won four straight road games for the first time since 2001.
Keith Tkachuk had a goal and two assists for St. Louis. Eric Boguniecki and Simon Gamache also scored for the Blues.
St. Louis goalie Patrick Lalime had another rough night, allowing four goals on 13 shots. He was replaced by Curtis Sanford after Parrish scored his second goal with 1:31 left in the middle period.
York got the Islanders going when he scored off a scramble in front while Lalime was down and out of position at 4:38 of the first period. York scored again at 16:36 of the period, while the Islanders were on the power play, when he deflected in Radek Martinek’s shot.
Then with less than a minute remain ing in the opening period,York and Parrish broke in 2-on-1 at the end of a penalty kill. York slid the puck to Par rish on the right wing, and he knocked it home at 19:24 to make it 3-0.
St. Louis got back in the game late in the second period when Boguniecki and Tkachuk scored consecutive power-play goals to make it 3-2. But Parrish scored on the power play with 1:31 left in the second period, and Blake and Asham followed with goals early in the third to make it 6-2.
St. Louis, who outshot the Islanders 34-23, fell to 2-10-2 when outshooting its opponent. New York is 11-5-1 when scoring first, while the Blues are 1-10-3 when they allow the first goal.
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In Detroit, Brendan Shanahan had two goals and moved into 15th place on the NHL’s career list, leading the Detroit Red Wings past the Devils 5-2.
Shanahan began the game tied with Mike Bossy among the top goal scorers in league history. He made it 1-1 in the first period on his 17th goal of the season, and his 575th career goal got the Red Wings even at 2 in the second. Detroit’s Tomas Holmstrom and Jason Williams scored late in the second, giving Detroit a two-goal lead, and Steve Yzerman made it 5-2 midway through the third.
The crowd chanted “Stev-ie! Stevie!” for the captain, whose decision to pull his name from consideration for Team Canada at the upcoming Olympics in Italy became public earlier in the day. It was Yzerman’s fourth goal of the season and 682nd career.
The Red Wings avoided losing three straight at home for the first time since the 1996-97 season.
Viktor Kozlov and Zach Parise scored for the Devils, who had won four of five.
Detroit’s Chris Osgood got off to a shaky start, allowing a goal on two shots, before finishing strong. Osgood had 25 saves. Scott Clemmensen, playing in place of Martin Brodeur, gave up five goals on 44 shots.
During the third period, a fan held up a “Fire Millen” sign, referring to maligned Lions owner Matt Millen, and the crowd responded with loud “Fire Mil-len!” chants.