St. Louis Blues forward Keith Tkachuk will be sidelined up to a month with a sprained right wrist. Tkachuk has 30 goals this season.
The wrist isn’t broken, according to the team.
Tkachuk left Thursday’s 4-4 tie at Vancouver with the injury after a big open-ice hit by the Canucks’ Brad May.
RESULTS, SATURDAY’S SYNOPSIS
Florida 1 at Boston 4
The Bruins won for the fifth time in seven games (5-1-0-1). The Panthers are 3-7-1 in their last 11 games.
N.Y. Rangers 1 at New Jersey 3
With the victory, the Devils clinched a playoff berth for the seventh straight year.
Philadelphia 4 at Pittsburgh 1
Jeremy Roenick scored 2 power-play goals in the 2nd period and added an assist, and Tony Amonte added three assists.
Colorado 3 at Detroit 5
Brett Hull scored his 709th goal to move into 5th place on the NHL’s career list. Red Wings have won 14 of last 16 games.
Tampa Bay 2 at Montreal 1
Lightning won its third straight to remain undefeated in its last five games (4-0-1).
N.Y. Islanders 5 at Ottawa 2
Islanders snapped an 11-game winless streak against the Senators, the NHL’s top club.
Los Angeles 0 at Carolina 0
Kings’ Cristobal Huet made 30 saves and Hurricanes’ Kevin Weekes stopped 23 shots.
Buffalo 3 at Atlanta 5
Ilya Kovalchuk set a franchise record with his 33rd goal as Thrashers won their 24th game, breaking the team record.
Minnesota 0 at Columbus 5
Marc Denis had 24 saves and Andrew Cassels scored twice as the Blue Jackets set a franchise record with 5 first-period goals.
Toronto 1 at Vancouver 0
Owen Nolan scored a power-play goal late in the second period and Ed Belfour made 23 saves.
St. Louis 1 at Nashville 0
Cory Stillman scored with four minutes left and goalie Chris Osgood stopped 35 shots in his Blues debut.
Anaheim 2 at Phoenix 4
Ladislav Nagy scored twice during the Coyotes’ 3-goal 1st period. Mighty Ducks had their 3-game winning streak snapped.
Dallas 3 at Edmonton 4
Todd Marchant, Oilers’ leading scorer (17 goals and 34 assists), sat out for 1st of an expected 3 games with a heart condition.
Calgary 2 at San Jose 3
Vincent Damphousse scored early in the third period as the Sharks ended a four-game losing streak.
