MONTREAL • Jaroslav Halak attempted to skate off the ice at the Bell Center and into the Blues' locker room. His teammates would have none of it.

On a night when Montreal goalie Carey Price was honored in a pregame ceremony for piling up the most inclusions in the Canadiens' nightly "3 stars," Halak was chosen as the game's No. 1 star after a posting a 3-0 shutout against his former team.

Players blocked the exit, forcing Halak to take a lap around center ice and acknowledge the fans' loud ovation.

"They told me to come out and enjoy the moment, and it was really great," said Halak, now 2-0 against the Habs since being acquired by the Blues in 2010.

The moment was the Blues' third-ever shutout in Montreal and the first since Wayne Stephenson blanked the Canadiens 5-0 on Nov. 10, 1973. Defenseman Roman Polak grabbed the puck and handed it to Halak after the team mobbed him at the end of the game.

"It was pretty emotional even to watch all the attention he was getting around town," Blues captain David Backes said. "All the newspapers, his face was on three different sections. For him to come in, have composure and come away with the shutout, it's a pretty special story."

JACKMAN INJURED

Blues defenseman Barret Jackman left Tuesday's game with a hip injury after a hit by Montreal's PK Subban sent him awkwardly into the boards.

The hit occurred with 16:11 left in the second period and Jackman remained in the locker room for the rest of the period. He returned to the bench for the third period but never took a shift.

"He banged his hip there, so we'll see in the morning," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. "We're hoping it's nothing, but we're not sure yet. He felt a lot better, but we just thought unless it gets dicey here, we're not going to play him. It gives him two full days to get ready for Vancouver."

COLE RETURNS

Blues defenseman Ian Cole returned to the Blues' lineup Tuesday after serving a three-game suspension for his hit on Detroit's Justin Abdelkader. Cole acknowledged that the suspension would not alter his mindset on the ice.

"I think that to change the mindset of somebody, they would have first had a mindset that was malicious," he said. "By no means did I have a mindset where I was going to knock Abdelkader's head off. To change my mindset, I'd have to have that intent, and I didn't have it at all. I'm just going to try to not let it affect me, how I play my game. Like the coaches told me, I don't want to shy away from hits now."

REAVES' CONTRACT

Ryan Reaves inked a two-year contract extension with the Blues on Monday. It's a one-way deal that will pay the forward $600,000 a season.

"It's good that they have the confidence to give me two years, for sure," Reaves said. "Two years one way, is phenomenal for me. Giving me that contract shows me they have confidence in my game and gives me extra confidence that I can play my game and they'll be happy with it."