22 December 2009 / AP, CHICAGO
Cristobal Huet made 20 saves for his second straight shutout while 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. 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. In Vancouver, David Backes scored twice and Ty Conklin made 29 saves to help St. Louis move out of last place in the Western Conference with 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Backes opened the scoring on an early power-play deflection and put the Blues back ahead 2-1 with a great individual effort with 8:12 left in the second. He raced around defenseman Kevin Bieksa off the left wing, cut hard to the net and tucked the puck past goalie Roberto Luongo. Keith Tkachuk doubled the lead 1:27 later. Shane O’Brien scored for Vancouver, his first goal in more than two seasons.
