Osgood is very good against Kings

LOS ANGELES -- Chris Osgood achieved a milestone just a few NHL goaltenders have reached.

Now he wants to join another select group of men who have won the Stanley Cup with two different teams.

Osgood recorded his 40th career shutout and Pavol Demitra scored in the first period in the St. Louis Blues' fifth straight victory, a 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

"The main thing Ozzy brings is the stability from the standpoint of his attitude," Blues forward Scott Mellanby said. "But whether he gets a shutout or lets in five goals, his demeanor is the same every day. And that's part of his experience and part of the reason he's had success."

Osgood's shutout was his second in three starts. The 11-year veteran, who helped Detroit win three Stanley Cups, became the 28th goalie in NHL history with 40 or more shutouts.

"It feels pretty good," Osgood said. "Shutouts are good -- because if you get a shutout, you win. But wins are the main thing, and I want to get as many as I can. To me, the guys who are the best in the league have been the guys who won a lot of games -- regardless if they were 5-4 or 2-1. You just have to have a knack of how to win hockey games, and I think I've got that."

The Blues won for the ninth time in 10 games

The Blues got only 18 shots on net against Roman Cechmanek and scored on the weakest of them at 15:22 of the first. Moments after Miller broke his stick in front of the Los Angeles net, Demitra carried the puck out from behind the net and banked his fifth goal in off Cechmanek's right shoulder.