Blues Hand Avs Division Title

UNDATED (AP) — St. Louis' late season slide has cost them the NHL Central Division title. The Blues dropped a 3-0 decision to Detroit for their sixth straight loss. That gave the division title to Colorado, which closed out its season at Anaheim last night.

Petr Mrazek turned aside 23 shots to hand the Blues their second straight shutout and third in six games. Justin Abdelkader (AB'-dul-kay-dur) scored twice for the Red Wings.

The Western Conference division champions tuned up for the playoffs in Anaheim, where the Ducks trailed 2-0 in the third period before beating the Avalanche 3-2 in overtime. Patrick Maroon and Saku Koivu (SAK'-oo KOY'-voo) scored 3:13 apart early in the third period before Nick Bonino ended the game 93 seconds into OT.

In other NHL season finales:

— Tampa Bay has wrapped up home-ice advantage for their first-round playoff series against Montreal by edging Washington 1-0 in a shootout. Matthew Carle scored the only goal in the shootout to help the Lightning clinch second place in the Atlantic Division.

— New Jersey beat Boston 3-2 as Martin Brodeur made 16 saves in what might have been the last start in a 20-year career with the Devils. The soon-to-be 42-year-old Brodeur is in the final year of his contract and is likely to test the free-agent market now that he has become the backup to Cory Schneider.

— Eric Staal scored the only goal of the shootout to give Carolina a 6-5 season-closing win over Philadelphia in a wide open affair that saw the two teams record a combined 82 shots on goal. Staal also scored twice in regulation.

— Kyle Turris scored once in regulation and again in a shootout as Ottawa outlasted Pittsburgh 3-2. Turris and Mark Stone each had power-play goals against the Penguins, who limp into the playoffs after going 7-7-3 over their last 17 games.

— Craig Smith scored twice and had two assists while Nashville was scoring the last six goals in a 7-3 win at Minnesota. Calle Jamkrok added a goal and two assists to the rout.

— Dave Moss scored with 2:31 left and Phoenix avoided a season-ending eight-game losing streak by nipping Dallas 2-1. Thomas Greiss stopped 16 shots for the Coyotes, who finished two points behind the Stars for the final Western Conference playoff berth.

— Daniel Sedin (she-DEEN') scored twice before he was taken off the ice on a stretcher in the second period of Vancouver's 5-1 rout of Calgary. Sedin was fitted with a neck brace and placed on a backboard after being hit from behind by Flames center Paul Byron.

— Brock Nelson scored the tying goal with 3:46 left in regulation before netting the lone shootout goal in the New York Islanders' 4-3 win at Buffalo.

All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
	GP	W	L	OT	Pts	GF	GA	Home	Away	Div
z-Boston	82	54	19	9	117	261	177	31-7-3	23-12-6	18-9-3
x-Tampa Bay	82	46	27	9	101	240	215	25-10-6	21-17-3	19-8-3
x-Montreal	82	46	28	8	100	215	204	23-13-5	23-15-3	18-8-4
x-Detroit	82	39	28	15	93	222	230	18-13-10	21-15-5	17-8-5
Ottawa	82	37	31	14	88	236	265	18-17-6	19-14-8	14-9-7
Toronto	82	38	36	8	84	231	256	24-16-1	14-20-7	14-13-3
Florida	82	29	45	8	66	196	268	16-20-5	13-25-3	13-16-1
Buffalo	82	21	51	10	52	157	248	13-21-7	8-30-3	7-18-5
Metropolitan Division
	GP	W	L	OT	Pts	GF	GA	Home	Away	Div
y-Pittsburgh	82	51	24	7	109	249	207	28-9-4	23-15-3	20-8-2
x-N.Y. Rangers	82	45	31	6	96	218	193	20-17-4	25-14-2	16-11-3
x-Philadelphia	82	42	30	10	94	236	235	24-14-3	18-16-7	15-11-4
x-Columbus	82	43	32	7	93	231	216	22-15-4	21-17-3	16-13-1
Washington	82	38	30	14	90	235	240	21-13-7	17-17-7	12-15-3
New Jersey	82	35	29	18	88	197	208	21-11-9	14-18-9	16-9-5
Carolina	82	36	35	11	83	207	230	18-17-6	18-18-5	15-13-2
N.Y. Islanders	82	34	37	11	79	225	267	13-19-9	21-18-2	10-16-4
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
	GP	W	L	OT	Pts	GF	GA	Home	Away	Div
y-Colorado	82	52	22	8	112	250	220	26-11-4	26-11-4	19-6-3
x-St. Louis	82	52	23	7	111	248	191	28-9-4	24-14-3	21-6-2
x-Chicago	82	46	21	15	107	267	220	27-7-7	19-14-8	13-13-3
x-Minnesota	82	43	27	12	98	207	206	26-10-5	17-17-7	14-12-3
x-Dallas	82	40	31	11	91	235	228	23-11-7	17-20-4	13-11-5
Nashville	82	38	32	12	88	216	242	19-17-5	19-15-7	12-13-4
Winnipeg	82	37	35	10	84	227	237	18-17-6	19-18-4	9-15-5
Pacific Division
	GP	W	L	OT	Pts	GF	GA	Home	Away	Div
z-Anaheim	82	54	20	8	116	266	209	29-8-4	25-12-4	22-4-3
x-San Jose	82	51	22	9	111	249	200	29-7-5	22-15-4	18-7-3
x-Los Angeles	82	46	28	8	100	206	174	23-14-4	23-14-4	16-10-3
Phoenix	82	37	30	15	89	216	231	22-14-5	15-16-10	14-9-6
Vancouver	82	36	35	11	83	196	223	20-15-6	16-20-5	12-13-4
Calgary	82	35	40	7	77	209	241	19-19-3	16-21-4	11-15-3
Edmonton	82	29	44	9	67	203	270	16-22-3	13-22-6	8-17-4

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

Sunday's Games

Carolina 6, Philadelphia 5, SO

Tampa Bay 1, Washington 0, SO

N.Y. Islanders 4, Buffalo 3, SO

Ottawa 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO

Detroit 3, St. Louis 0

New Jersey 3, Boston 2

Nashville 7, Minnesota 3

Anaheim 3, Colorado 2, OT

Vancouver 5, Calgary 1

Phoenix 2, Dallas 1

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Blues Hand Avs Division Title – NHL Roundup

All Times EDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

Metropolitan Division

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

Pacific Division

Sunday's Games