Blackhawks Edge Canadiens, Hurricanes Bounce Blues

After moving into second place on the career wins list, Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville had good news for the list's leader, Scotty Bowman.

"Scotty's safe," Quenneville quipped. He's the only one. Quenneville won his 783rd game, Corey Crawford made 39 saves in his hometown and the Blackhawks beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Thursday night for their ninth straight win.

Quenneville broke a tie with Al Arbour but is still a ways off Bowman's record of 1,244 wins.

"It's pretty amazing," said Jonathan Toews, who has won three Stanley Cups under Quenneville in Chicago. "There's been a lot of great coaches, and the amount of wins he has is so rare.

"To be part of it is something special. I've played for him pretty much my entire career, and it means a lot to be part of something like that. The success we've had in the playoffs goes with it."

Toews and Ryan Garbutt scored first-period goals, and Crawford starred in front of family and friends. Crawford is from nearby Chateauguay, Quebec, and is 4-0-2 in six career meetings with the Canadiens.

Hurricanes 4, Blues 1

The Carolina Hurricanes brought their dads to St. Louis on Thursday night for their annual fathers' trip. Jeff Skinner made sure they had a happy flight home.

Skinner had a goal and an assist and the Hurricanes beat the Blues 4-1 to extend their season-high winning streak to four games.

"I think last couple of fathers' trips I've been on we haven't gotten a win," Skinner said. "It's more fun when you get to be in a little bit of a better mood when you go home with them. It's exciting to get a win for them. Obviously they mean a lot to the guys in here. That's a big win for us."

The Hurricanes also got goals from Brett Pesce, Brock McGinn and Riley Nash and 23 saves from Eddie Lack. They were accompanied to St. Louis by 19 dads of players and staff.

"If you're not going to play hard in front of your dad, when are you going to play hard?" Carolina coach Bill Peters said. "So I thought the guys did a good job of that."

Jori Lehtera scored for St. Louis, but the Blues ended a two-game winning streak. Brian Elliott made 21 saves before being replaced in the third period by Jordan Binnington, who made three saves in his NHL debut.

Thursday, January 14 Scoreboard

NY Islanders 3, NY Rangers 1

Washington 4, Vancouver 1

Chicago 2, Montreal 1

Carolina 4, St. Louis 1

Winnipeg 5, Nashville 4 (OT)

Colorado 3, New Jersey 0

Detroit 3, Arizona 2 (OT)

San Jose 2, Edmonton 1 (SO)

Friday, January 15 Schedule (All Times Central)

Boston at Buffalo, 6 p.m

Chicago at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Minnesota. 7 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Saturday, January 16 Schedule (All Times Central)

NY Rangers at Philadelphia, noon

New Jersey at Arizona, 1 p.m.

Ottawa at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 6 p.m.

Washington at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Columbus, 6 p.m

Montreal at St. Louis, 6 p.m

Minnesota at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Dallas at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, January 17 Schedule (All Times Central)

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

Vancouver at NY Islanders, 3 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

NY Rangers at Washington, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.