Roy Has Sharp Words After Avalanche Win
After the Colorado Avalanche shut out the St. Louis Blues on the road, Coach Patrick Roy called David Backes, the Blues' captain, 'gutless' for wrestling Patrick Mackinnon to the ice during one of several late dust-ups in a penalty-filled 4-0 victory on Saturday.
Backes had been coming to the aid of defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, who had been cut by a high stick.
'It shows what kind of leader he is, if you're going to go after an 18-year-old,' Roy said. 'Gutless in my opinion. I mean, Shattenkirk hurt himself with his own stick.
'His own stick hit him in the nose, and he was bleeding, and he made a pretty big act.'
The Blues did not quite take the bait, preferring to forget about this one and get ready for a matinee Sunday at Chicago.
'He always has something to say after every game,' St. Louis Coach Ken Hitchcock said of Roy. 'So you guys pick up what he wants. I'm worried about my team and the way we played, O.K.?'
Hitchcock did, however, suggest that Colorado forward Patrick Bordeleau left his feet on the check that hurt Shattenkirk when his stick was jammed into his face. Hitchcock also said that he probably should have given the rugged Ryan Reaves more ice time after the game had gotten out of hand and added that it was more important to get his team back on track rather than call Gabriel Landeskog 'gutless or whatever.'
Semyon Varlamov had 31 saves and tied the franchise season record for goalie wins (40), held by Roy, in the win. The Blues had 91 minutes in penalties in the third and finished the game with seven players on the bench.
BRUINS 5, FLYERS 2 Johnny Boychuk scored a tiebreaking goal with 6 minutes 6 seconds left in the third period, and Boston clinched the Eastern Conference's top seed in the playoffs with a win over visiting Philadelphia.
Milan Lucic had two goals and David Krejci also scored for the Bruins. Patrice Bergeron extended his point streak to 11 games, setting up Boychuk's go-ahead score.
Wayne Simmonds and Jay Rosehill scored for the Flyers, who are in a tight race with a group of teams for a playoff spot.
Tuukka Rask stopped 24 shots for the Bruins, who had lost their past two games.
Ray Emery made 37 saves for the Flyers. Philadelphia has lost three straight.
Bergeron won a face-off cleanly back to Boychuk, who fired a slap shot past Emery's glove for the go-ahead goal. Lucic scored less than a minute later, and Chris Kelly added one on an empty net with 21 seconds left.
'You work so hard for that all season, it's nice we could do it here,' Lucic said.
EXTENSION FOR DETROIT CENTER The Detroit Red Wings signed center Luke Glendening to a three-year contract extension. The Red Wings announced the move a day after beating Buffalo to strengthen their position as a wild-card team in the playoffs.
Glendenning has no goals and six assists in 51 games this season as a rookie. With 78 hits and 32 blocked shots, he has earned ice time this season for a Red Wings team that has been hit hard by injuries.
Glendening, 24, was not drafted after playing at Michigan, where he walked on the team.
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