Blackhawks' Huet scores second straight shutout
Cristobal Huet made 20 saves for his second straight shutout, and
Duncan Keith had a goal and an assist to lead the Chicago
Blackhawks to their fourth victory in a row, 3-0 over the Detroit
Red Wings on Sunday night.
Brian Campbell and Dustin Byfuglien also scored to help
Chicago move back into first place in the Central Division.
Detroit, shut out for the fourth time in its last 15 games, has
lost two straight.
Huet, also a 3-0 winner over St. Louis on Wednesday night,
had to make only a handful of tough saves against the
injury-depleted Red Wings en route to his third shutout this
season, 23rd overall and first against Detroit.
On Detroit's two best chances, Huet made a glove save on
Ville Leino late in the first period, and a pad save on Brad Stuart
midway through the second.
Detroit's Chris Osgood stopped 32 shots.
The Red Wings played without eight regulars, including
scoring leader Henrik Zetterberg. He missed his second game because
of a shoulder injury and will be out at least two weeks.
Blackhawks right wing Marian Hossa played his first game
against the Red Wings, his previous team, since signing as a free
agent with Chicago in July. Hossa skated with Detroit in 2008-09 on
a one-year contract.
Hossa was recovering from offseason shoulder surgery when
Detroit beat Chicago 3-2 on Oct. 8 in the teams' only previous
meeting this season.
Chicago dominated most of the the first period and led 1-0
after 20 minutes on Keith's power-play goal at 7:58. Keith's quick
wrist shot from the left point fooled Osgood and sailed past him on
the glove side.
Campbell and Byfuglien scored in a 3:22 span late in the
second period.
Campbell scored with 3:55 left in the second. He pinched to
the left circle, took Patrick Sharp's feed and fired a shot that
struck Osgood on the stick side and continued into the net.
Byfuglien's 40-foot shot from the slot slid under Osgood's
outstretched right pad with 33 second left in the period.
Detroit's best chance in the third came on Drew Miller's shot
from the left circle with 5:08 left.
