Blues Blank Sharks 3-0

January 27, 1999 / 1:45 AM EST / AP

Goaltender Rich Parent recorded his first career shutout and Scott Young and Pierre Turgeon each scored goals as the St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 3-0 Tuesday night.

St. Louis added an empty-net goal by Craig Conroy with 17 seconds remaining as the Blues snapped a season-high three-game losing streak.

Parent, appearing in his fifth career NHL game, had 20 saves, including a stop in the final minute when the Sharks had an extra attacker. He was recalled Monday from the Worcester IceCats of the AHL and started in place of Grant Fuhr, who has been bothered by a groin strain.

His only previous career decision came Nov. 21, when he stopped nine of 10 shots in a 3-3 tie against the Dallas after relieving Jamie McLennan.

The Sharks, outshot 36-20 and 0-for-5 on the power play, were unable to counter the Blues' offensive thrusts and failed to capitalize on another solid effort by goaltender Steve Shields. Shields made 33 saves, including a stop on Terry Yakes' penalty shot.

St. Louis set the tempo from the outset, getting off 12 shots to San Jose's three in the first period.

The Blues kept the pressure on and broke through at 17:06 of the second when Young got his eighth goal, a power-play score. Yake set up the goal with a pass across the slot to Young, who knocked the puck past Shields into the corner of the net.

Little more than a minute later, Yake shook loose on a breakaway down the center of the ice but was pulled down from behind by Marcus Ragnarsson and was awarded a penalty shot. Yake carried the puck to the goal mouth but Shields anticipated his move and stopped the shot.

St. Louis went ahead 2-0 on Turgeon's 12th. Shields had stopped a shot by Pavol Demitra but couldn't control the rebound. Turgeon gathered it in and lifted the puck over the fallen Shields for the score.