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Detroit goaltender Chris Osgood returned to form with 29 saves to record his first shutout of the season and lead the Red Wings to a 2-0 win over the misfiring Boston Bruins.

Osgood, who was pulled from net last week after allowing two goals in seven minutes in Detroit's 5-4 win over Vancouver, picked up his 50th career shutout.

"I don't put much merit in shutouts," Osgood told aids. "The only thing they're good for is that you know you have a great chance of winning the game."

Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom scored in the first period for the defending Western Conference champions.

Bruins netminder Tim Thomas had 24 saves while his offense continued to struggle.

Boston, missing the firepower of injured forwards Marc Savard and Milan Lucic, have been shutout in consecutive losses for the first time since 2007 and managed three goals in their last four games.

"I see a lot of good things, even though we made a couple of mistakes that cost us," Thomas said. "We want to put the puck in the net. We're still getting chances, sniffing right around the edge but it's not going in for us."

Zetterberg beat Thomas with a snap shot at 14:21 in the first and Holmstrom followed with a backhand shot three minutes later. Pavel Datsyuk assisted on both goals.

Full NHL results (home team in CAPS)

DETROIT 2-0 Boston; Tampa Bay 2-1 TORONTO (OT); Atlanta 5-4 MONTREAL; VANCOUVER 4-1 NY Rangers; Pittsburgh 4-3 ANAHEIM.

Reuters