GLENDALE — Patrick La-lime had 38 saves, then blocked all three attempts in a shootout to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to their fourth consecutive victory, 2-1 over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night.
It was the second 2-1 shootout victory in two nights for Chicago. The Blackhawks won by the same score Friday night at Colorado.
Lalime has been in goal for all four wins after taking over from struggling Nikolai Khabibulin.
Patrick Kane and Martin Havlat scored in the shootout against Phoenix goalie Ilja Bryzgalov, and the Blackhawks clinched the victory when La-lime got his third straight block, on a shot by Peter Mueller, who earlier scored Phoenix's lone goal.
The Blackhawks had a chance to win it with a penalty shot with 14.7 seconds left in overtime, but Bryzgalov blocked Rene Bourque's attempt.
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● Lightning 2, Senators 0: In Ottawa, Martin St. Louis scored the winning goal and Johan Holmqvist made 25 saves for Tampa Bay.
The shutout was the second in two nights for Holmqvist and the Lightning following a 3-0 win over the Penguins in Pittsburgh on Friday.
● Capitals 5, Panthers 3: In Washington, rookie Nicklas Backstrom had a career-high four assists, Viktor Kozlov scored two goals and Washington reached the .500 mark for the first time in nearly three months. Washington is 15-7-4 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach on Nov. 22.
● Penguins 2, Canadiens 0: In Montreal, Dany Sabourin made 31 saves for his second shutout, Jeff Taffe scored in the first period, and Pittsburgh won its first game without injured Sidney Crosby.
Sabourin made his first appearance since Dec. 21 one night after Ty Conklin took his first regulation loss in his 11th straight start.
● Maple Leafs 4, Sabres 2: In Toronto, Alex Steen and Nik Antropov each had a goal and an assist and Toronto won its third straight game.
● Bruins 4, Rangers 3: In Boston, Zdeno Chara and Phil Kessel scored shootout goals as Boston rallied past New York.
Tim Thomas stopped both Rangers shots in the shootout and 36 through overtime.
● Stars 3, Blue Jackets 1: In Dallas, Mike Smith made 29 saves as Dallas snapped Columbus' four-game winning streak.
Smith kept the Stars afloat in the second period when the Blue Jackets dominated with a 14-2 shots advantage but scored only once.
● Predators 5, Blues 2: In St. Louis, Scott Nichol scored a pair of short-handed goals for Nashville, which beat the Blues for the first time this season in four tries.
● Flyers 5, Islanders 3: In Uniondale, N.Y., Scott Hartnell's third power-play goal snapped a tie, completed his second New York hat trick of the month, and carried Philadelphia to a comeback win.
Hartnell also scored three goals on Jan. 10 in a win at the New York Rangers.
● Kings 4, Canucks 3: In Vancouver, British Columbia, Jason Labarbera stopped 43 shots for Los Angeles.
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● Colorado Avalanche leading scorer Paul Stastny was placed on the injured list Saturday, two days after the second-year forward had his appendix removed.
saturday's icecats game
• The Icecats lost to Oakland (Mich.) 5-0. Game coverage in Monday's Star.
