NHL: Red Wings seal shoot-out win

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The Detroit Red Wings proved themselves kings of the shoot-out once again with a 3-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday.

Todd Bertuzzi scored in regulation and then made a brilliant backhand shot in the shoot-out as the Red Wings won their fifth in a row.

Three of the wins in Detroit's streak have come in shoot-outs, two of them over Phoenix by identical scores.
No shootout was necessary in Columbus, where the Nashville Predators eased past the Blue Jackets 3-0.

Pekka Rinne saved 38 shots for his fourth shut-out, while Martin Erat, Mike Fisher and Shea Weber scored for the Predators, who won for the ninth time in 11 games.

Elsewhere, Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell scored in a 35-second span in the third period as the Boston Bruins claimed a 4-1 victory at the New Jersey Devils.

That was also the scoreline in New York, where the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Rangers with the assistance of 30 saves from Marc-Andre Fleury, and in Philadelphia, where the New York Islanders saw off the Flyers.

Evgeni Nabokov made 40 saves as the Islanders won for the third time in their last four games, and for the first time in Philadelphia since April 7, 2007.

Jaroslav Halak made 15 saves for his second straight shut-out as the St Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers 1-0, while there was yet another 4-1 scoreline in Toronto as the Maple Leafs enjoyed a
comfortable win over the Minnesota Wild.

The Buffalo Sabres were also on the wrong end of one more 4-1 defeat, losing their franchise-record 11th straight road game at the Winnipeg Jets.
 nd Nik Antropov scored for Winnipeg, while Drew Stafford replied for Buffalo.
Amazingly there was another 4-1 scoreline as the Ottawa Senators beat the San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion.

The Senators scored through Colin Greening (two), Kyle Turris and Eric Karlsson to claim their ninth win in their last 11 games and a first over the Sharks since October 18, 2003.
In the day's final game, the Calgary Flames beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 after a shoot-out, with Mike Cammalleri scoring what proved to be the winner.