Hype for March 14, 2010

Unhappy with the way they were playing in the first 20 minutes, the St. Louis Blues changed direction and remained on a tear.

Andy McDonald had a goal and two assists and the Blues scored three times in the second period to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-1 on Saturday night.

Brian Rafalski scored a power-play goal 31 seconds into overtime, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

Detroit, which blew a two-goal lead, moved into eighth place in the Western Conference standings.

New York Islanders captain Doug Weight will have shoulder surgery that will certainly finish his season and could also end the centre's 18-year NHL career.

The 39-year-old Weight has a torn rotator cuff and labrum in his left shoulder, injuries sustained in November. He has played through the pain, but said Saturday before the Islanders' morning skate in advance of their game against New Jersey that he will undergo surgery Thursday

Ilya Bryzgalov made 29 saves for his NHL-leading eighth shutout, and Lee Stempniak and Martin Hanzal each scored twice to help the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 on Saturday night.

Stempniak has four goals in his last two games and five since joining the Coyotes in a trade with Toronto. Adrian Aucoin had two assists.

Looking at the NHL standings has become a lot more fun for the surging Montreal Canadiens.

Sergei Kostitsyn scored twice as the Canadiens won their season-high fifth straight by downing the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Saturday night.

When you're the starting goaltender for the NHL's 30th-place team, your squad has just given up three goals in 1:36 to fall behind 5-1 to the 29th-place team and your net is being crashed, it's easy to get frustrated.

That's exactly what happened Saturday night at 8:50 of the second period in Toronto with Edmonton's Jeff Deslauriers. The rookie netminder went after Leafs enforcer Colton Orr before eventually trading jabs with Dion Phaneuf.

The Vancouver Canucks' frantic travel schedule is behind them but Mikael Samuelsson is maintaining his torrid scoring pace.

Samuelsson scored twice Saturday as the Canucks celebrated their first home game in 45 nights with a 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators.