NHL Weekes' 10th career shutout leads Hurricanes past Dallas

The Blackhawks stayed hot with a win over the Kings.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Beating the top team in the NHL gave the Carolina Hurricanes more than confidence, it got them back on their game.
"When you play a team as dominant as Dallas you know you can't cheat [on offense], so you never try to and that's the crux of our game," Carolina coach Paul Maurice said after a 1-0 win over the Stars on Sunday.
"You don't hang in the offensive zone, pinch when you shouldn't or leave the defensive zone early because that team will make you look terrible. So, you play a good solid team game and your defense is always better."
Jeff O'Neill scored with 8:32 left and Kevin Weekes stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season.
Weekes recorded the 10th shutout of his career, just two games after returning from a concussion that sidelined him for three weeks.
Ron Francis got his 1,200th career assist on O'Neill's 11th goal of the season, and his team-leading fifth game-winner. Only Wayne Gretzky has more assists (1,963) than Francis.
Dallas' Marty Turco made 25 saves.
Blackhawks 3, Kings 1
CHICAGO -- Jocelyn Thibault blocked 24 shots and three Chicago players scored in a victory over Los Angeles.
Sergei Berezin, Kyle Calder and Eric Daze had goals for the Blackhawks, 6-1-1 in their last eight games.
Erik Rasmussen scored for the Kings, who lost for only the second time in seven games (5-2). Los Angeles' Felix Potvin stopped 17 shots.
Chicago went 0-for-3 on the power play and has converted just one of 37 chances.
The Kings were 0-for-5 on the power play.
Mighty Ducks 4, Coyotes 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Defenseman Niclas Havelid scored twice and Mike Brown got his first NHL goal as Anaheim beat Phoenix behind Jean-Sebastien Giguere's fourth shutout in six games.
Matt Cullen had a goal and an assist, and Paul Kariya added two assists for the Ducks, who set a club record with their sixth straight home victory.
Giguere withstood a collision with Ladislav Nagy less than two minutes into the game and finished with 24 saves in his 13th career shutout and fifth this season.
The victory was Anaheim's first this season against Pacific Division rivals (1-5-2).