Flames Beat Blues, Kings Blank Blackhawks, NHL News

If it worked on the first one, do it again. Michael Frolik scored three times, including two nearly identical short-handed goals, and the Calgary Flames beat St. Louis 7-4 Monday night to stop the Blues' six-game winning streak.

With the Flames' three-goal, third-period lead down to one and the Blues pressing for the equalizer, Frolik sped in alone after a pass from Mark Giordano and fired a quick shot under the crossbar past Anders Nilsson to make it 6-4 at 16:49.

It looked just like Frolik's goal that tied it 2-all late in the first, except it was Mikael Backlund with the breakaway feed and starter Jake Allen in net for St. Louis.

"It's kind of my move," said Frolik, who has 14 goals this season. "If it had been the same goalie I would've probably done something different, but it was a different goalie so why not try it again?"

Frolik completed his second career hat trick with an empty-net goal with 35 seconds remaining, sending hats flying onto the ice at the raucous Scotiabank Saddledome.

Kings 5, Blackhawks 0

The Los Angeles Kings were so good they turned Jonathan Quick's record-breaking shutout into an afterthought.

That was just fine with Quick, too. Quick made 32 saves, Kris Versteeg had a goal and an assist and the Kings routed the slumping Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Monday night in a matchup of Western Conference powers looking for another championship run.

Quick's 41st career regular-season shutout snapped a tie with John Vanbiesbrouck and Frank Brimsek for the most by an American-born goaltender.

"It's a team effort, too, to get a shutout, so you're thankful for all your teammates of the years," Quick said.

Milan Lucic, Vincent Lecavalier, Dustin Brown and Tyler Toffoli also scored as Los Angeles improved to 8-2-1 in its last 11 games. Quick's fourth shutout of the season helped the Pacific Division leaders kill off each of Chicago's six power-play opportunities.

The Blackhawks (41-23-6) lost for the fourth time in five games, including three in a row against St. Louis, Dallas and Los Angeles -- three potential playoff opponents. The defending Stanley Cup champions are just 9-10-2 since their franchise-record 12-game win streak.

Monday, March 14 Scoreboard

NY Islanders 3, Florida 2

Los Angeles 5, Chicago 0

Calgary 7, St. Louis 4

Nashville 3, Edmonton 2

Winnipeg 5, Vancouver 2

Anaheim 7, New Jersey 1

Tuesday, March 15 Schedule (All Times Central)

NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Washington, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

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

Florida at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at San Jose, 9 p.m.