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NHL: San Jose 1, Dallas 0

DALLAS, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Devin Setoguchi had the only goal and Evgeni Nabokov stopped 29 shots for his fifth shutout this season Monday night when the San Jose Sharks beat Dallas, 1-0.

Nabokov posted his 45th career shutout for the Sharks, who have won four consecutive games and became the first NHL team to reach 90 points this season. San Jose improved to 41-8-9 on the season, three points better than idle Boston for best record in the NHL.

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Marty Turco made 23 saves for the Stars, who were shut out for the fifth time this year.

Setoguchi ended the scoreless tie 7:55 into the third period when he took a Ryane Clowe pass, rolled to the circle and beat Turco.

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