Halak’s shutout lifts Blues

By The ASSOCIATED PRESS

Created: Friday, February 3, 2012 11:37 p.m. CDT

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ST. LOUIS – Jaroslav Halak stopped 21 shots, and Jamie Langenbrunner scored in the second period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 1-0 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.

Halak recorded his fifth shutout of the season and 21st of his career. He improved to 15-8-5 and has started six of the past seven games. Halak has four shutouts in his past seven starts. St. Louis has a league-best 10 shutouts.

St. Louis improved to a league-best 22-3-4 at home and has not lost a regulation game at home since dropping a 5-2 decision to the Blackhawks on Dec. 3.

Panthers 2, Jets 1: At Sunrise, Fla., Sean Bergenheim scored a go-ahead goal in the second period, and Florida beat Winnipeg.

Kris Versteeg also scored a goal for Florida, and Scott Clemmensen stopped 20 shots.

Bryan Little scored for Winnipeg, and Chris Mason made 28 saves.

Islanders 2, Senators 1 (OT): At Ottawa, Mark Eaton scored 2:35 into overtime in his 600th NHL game to give New York a victory against Ottawa.

Ottawa’s Craig Anderson stopped 30 shots in his 16th straight start.