Coyotes Hand Blues Another Home Loss

The St. Louis Blues continued to have their problems at home.

After falling to the Phoenix Coyotes, 4-2, Monday night at St. Louis, the Blues are 2-4 in their last six home games and 11-15-4 at Kiel Center this season.

Nikolai Khabibulin made 37 saves and Keith Tkachuk scored his 34th goal to lead the Coyotes.

Khabibulin, who entered the game with a 1-5-1 career mark against the Blues, protected a three-goal advantage by stopping point-blank shots by Brett Hull and Geoff Courtnall in the second period.

Montreal 4, San Jose 2--Rookie goalie Jose Theodore made a season-high 47 saves and Vincent Damphousse reached the 800-point plateau with a goal and two assists as the Canadiens beat the Sharks at Montreal.

Theodore, making his 10th career start, made 21 saves in the second period while protecting a 3-1 lead. Afterward, he made it clear that he doesn’t expect to play ahead of Jocelyn Thibault.

“I’m the No. 2 goaltender,” Theodore said. “I was called up to be the No. 2 goaltender. Jocelyn has four years experience.”

Damphousse’s first-period goal was his first in 10 games, and later in the first period he got his 880th point with an assist on a goal by Vladimir Malakhov.