NHL : Boyd banks one in as Flames beat the Blues

Dustin Boyd’s first goal of the season broke a tie in the second period and sent the Calgary Flames to a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night in Calgary, Alberta.

Boyd banked the puck off the backside of Blues goaltender Hannu Toivonen. It was a bad break for the Finnish netminder who was otherwise spectacular in the middle period as Calgary outshot St. Louis 20-2.

Miikka Kiprusoff had 21 saves for the Flames.

Red Wings 4, Canadiens 1: At Montreal, Pavel Datsyuk scored two unassisted goals off turnovers and Dominik Hasek stopped 15 shots to lead Detroit past the Canadiens.

Hockey legend Gordie Howe was accompanied by Ted Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio, Marcel Pronovost and Marcel Dionne as the Canadiens honored their long-standing rivalry with Detroit in a pregame ceremony.

Maple Leafs 3, Predators 1: At Toronto, Wade Belak scored a rare goal and Vesa Toskala stopped 34 shots to help the Maple Leafs beat Nashville.

Goofy goals by Nik Antropov, Matt Stajan and Belak – his first in four years – helped the Leafs win their third straight.

Shea Weber scored for Nashville, and goalie Chris Mason made 12 saves.

Lightning 4, Senators 3 (SO): At Tampa, Fla., Vinny Prospal scored in the fourth round of a shootout and Tampa Bay extended Ottawa’s losing streak to seven games with a victory over the Senators.

The Senators have lost seven in a row for the first time since Feb. 22-March 9, 1996.

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Steve Downie, who received one of the longest suspensions in NHL history for a vicious preseason hit on Ottawa’s Dean McAmmond, was recalled by the Flyers from the team’s AHL affiliate. … Mark Recchi, who played on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first Stanley Cup-winning team in 1991 and rejoined them in 2004 and 2006, was placed on waivers.