Baumgartner scored on his first game since October
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The Vancouver Canucks stretched their unbeaten run to 11 games after a solid 4-2 win over the St Louis Blues.
Nolan Baumgartner marked his return from the minor leagues with his first NHL goal of the season in the game's first powerplay.
Baumgartner, a promising defenseman who has only played 32 NHL games, looked impressive in his first big league appearance since October.
Artem Chubarov, Brendan Morrison and Matt Cooke scored the other Vancouver goals while Peter Skudra made 22 saves.
The Canucks now have a six-point lead over Colorado Avalanche in the Northwest Division.
The victory over the Blues was particularly satisfying for the Canucks as they did it without key men Ed Jovanovski (flu) and Sami Salo (shoulder).
Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Roman Cechmanek completed his second shutout of the season to lead his team to a 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings.
Cechmanek was in defiant mood, making 28 saves to send the Kings home pointless.
At the other end Eric Chouinard grabbed two goals and Radovan Somik, Mark Recchi
and Kim Johnsson scored singles.
The Flyers are now unbeaten in four games while the Kings remain seven points adrift of a play-off spot in the Western Conference.
Thursday's results
Panthers 4-3 Senators
Maple Leafs 6-2 Capitals
Red Wings 6-2 Oilers
Flyers 5-0 Kings
Predators 4-1 Flames
Avalanche 5-2 Penguins
Coyotes 2-1 Blackhawks
Canucks 4-2 Blues
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