San Jose shuts out St. Louis

~ The Blues took 29 shots at Toskala, including only one shot on three power plays.

ST. LOUIS -- Vesa Toskala stopped 29 shots for his second shutout of the season, and the San Jose Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 2-0 Tuesday night.

Ryane Clowe got his third goal and Joe Pavelski added his second for the Sharks, who have won three straight and five of six.

Manny Legace made 25 saves for the Blues, who have totaled one goal the last two games. St. Louis mustered one shot on three power plays and is in a 2-for-41 slump the last 13 games.

San Jose's Mike Grier banged his head hard into the boards in front of the San Jose bench with 7:11 to play after his skates became tangled with the Blues' Jeff Woywitka. He was able to get off the ice after a short delay, and returned to action.

Clowe scored his third goal on his first point in four games with a rebound shot that slowly trickled between Legace's pads at 2:15 of the first.

Pavelski, recalled from Worcester of the American Hockey League on Nov. 22, scored his second goal in three games when he beat Legace on a power play at 1:08 of the second. At the time of his recall, Pavelski was Worcester's leading scorer with 26 points, also leading AHL rookies.

Toskala and Evgeni Nabokov have combined for five shutouts, with both of Toskala's coming on the road.

He also blanked Columbus 3-0 on Oct. 23 and is 19-2 in his last 21 starts.

Noteworthy

• Blues defenseman Jay McKee, out with a broken hand since Oct. 20, is expected to return on Thursday against Nashville.
• The Blues are anticipating their first sellout of the season next Tuesday, when Brett Hull's No. 16 jersey is retired.

Only 500 tickets remained for the game.

• Keith Tkachuk, who leads the Blues with 18 points, is scoreless the last four games.