Minnesota falls to 0-3 vs. Vancouver

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Kevin Bieksa's power-play goal and an early scuffle sparked Vancouver in the first period, and goalie Cory Schneider picked up his first career victory for the Canucks in a 2-1 decision over the Minnesota Wild in a fight-filled game last night.

Vancouver's four-game losing streak ended, and Minnesota fell to 0-3 this season against its chief Northwest Division rival.

Jason Jaffray scored in the second period to give the Canucks the lead back after Mikko Koivu slammed a long rebound past Schneider just 27 seconds after the first intermission.

That was the only lapse by Schneider, Vancouver's first-round draft pick in 2004.

Vancouver 1 1 0 – 2

Minnesota 0 1 0 – 1

First period:

1, Vancouver, Bieksa 5 (H.Sedin, D.Sedin), 13:55 (pp).

Penalties:

Mitchell, Van (interference), :24; Kesler, Van, major (fighting), :24; Sheppard, Min, major (fighting), :24; Boogaard, Min (boarding), 11:58; Burrows, Van (roughing), 20:00; Burns, Min (roughing), 20:00.

Second period:

2, Minnesota, Koivu 10 (N.Schultz, Miettinen), :27. 3, Vancouver, Jaffray 1 (Hansen, Hordichuk), 3:52.

Penalties:

None.

Third period:

None.

Penalties:

Hordichuk, Van (roughing, misconduct), 9:29; Jaffray, Van, major (fighting), 9:29; Burns, Min, major (fighting), 9:29; Boogaard, Min (roughing, misconduct), 9:29; Pyatt, Van (hooking), 16:38; Brunette, Min (holding), 17:10.

Shots on Goal:

Vancouver 14-12-5–31. Minnesota 3-7-7–17.

Power-play opportunities:

Vancouver 1 of 2; Minnesota 0 of 2.

Goalies:

Vancouver, Schneider 1-2-0 (17 shots-16 saves). Minnesota, Backstrom 14-8-1 (31-29).

Referees:

Dave Jackson, Wes McCauley.

Linesmen:

Shane Heyer, Dan Schachte.

Attendance:

18,568 (18,064).

Time:

2:25.

Flames 4, Blues 3

ST. LOUIS - Michael Cammalleri scored in overtime as Calgary overcame a pair of two-goal deficits to defeat St. Louis.

Cammalleri took a pass from Jarome Iginla and beat Chris Mason with a wrist shot from the top of the right circle 2 minutes, 21 seconds into the extra period.

The Blues led by 2-0 and 3-1.

St. Louis 2 1 0 0 – 3

First period:

1, St. Louis, Backes 5 (Jackman, Stastny), 13:50. 2, St. Louis, Berglund 7 (Boyes, Colaiacovo), 16:11 (pp).

Penalties:

Prust, Cal, major (fighting), 2:44; Janssen, StL, major (fighting), 2:44; Pardy, Cal (interference), 10:38; Phaneuf, Cal (tripping), 14:45; McClement, StL (tripping), 19:47.

Second period:

3, Calgary, Bourque 7 (Phaneuf, Glencross), 7:12. 4, St. Louis, Boyes 13 (Berglund, Colaiacovo), 15:50 (pp).

Penalties:

Phaneuf, Cal (holding stick), 12:13; Ro.Regehr, Cal (slashing), 14:18; Backes, StL (hooking), 18:10.

Third period:

5, Calgary, Iginla 13 (Bertuzzi, Phaneuf), 1:43 (pp). 6, Calgary, Moss 7 (Phaneuf, Glencross), 5:19 (pp).

Penalties:

Polak, StL (high-sticking), :21; Backes, StL (boarding), 3:21; Boyes, StL (hooking), 10:09; Glencross, Cal (slashing), 14:28.

Overtime period:

7, Calgary, Cammalleri 10 (Iginla, Phaneuf), 2:21.

Penalties:

None.

Shots on Goal:

Calgary 2-13-11-4–30. St. Louis 9-12-4-0–25.

Power-play opportunities:

Calgary 2 of 5; St. Louis 2 of 5.

Goalies:

Calgary, Kiprusoff 15-9-1 (25 shots-22 saves). St. Louis, Mason 3-6-1 (30-26).

Referees:

Greg Kimmerly, Marc Joannette.

Linesmen:

Derek Nansen, Darren Gibbs.

Attendance:

17,365 (19,150).

Time:

2:31.

Stars 2, Avalanche 1

DALLAS - Mike Modano scored in the fourth round of a shoot-out, and Marty Turco stopped Ryan Smyth's shot to give Dallas a victory.

Colorado's Wojtek Wolski converted in the first round, but Turco was perfect the next three rounds to end the Avalanche's unbeaten streak in shoot-outs at eight - the third-longest streak in the league since the tiebreaker system was implemented in 2005. Turco came up with the save on Smyth to end it.

Dallas won shoot-out, 2-1.

First period:

None.

Penalties:

Salei, Col (tripping), 7:09; Clark, Col (holding stick), 10:58; Tjarnqvist, Col (tripping), 16:48; Robidas, Dal (hooking), 19:24.

Second period:

1, Dallas, Petersen 3 (Modano, Niskanen), 7:57.

Penalties:

Daley, Dal (interference), 3:58; Grossman, Dal (high-sticking), 11:25.

Third period:

2, Colorado, Svatos 5 (Stastny, Smyth), 19:04.

Penalties:

None.

Overtime period:

None.

Penalties:

None.

Shoot-out:

Colorado 1 (Wolski G, Svatos NG, Hejduk NG, Smyth NG), Dallas 2 (Richards NG, Brunnstrom NG, Ribeiro G, Modano G).

Shots on Goal:

Colorado 7-6-13-1–27. Dallas 8-8-6-2–24.

Power-play opportunities:

Colorado 0 of 3; Dallas 0 of 3.

Goalies:

Colorado, Budaj 9-12-1 (24 shots-23 saves). Dallas, Turco 9-11-4 (27-26).

Referees:

Dennis LaRue, Rob Martell.

Linesmen:

Lyle Seitz, Mark Wheler.

Attendance:

16,651 (18,532).

Time:

2:29.