Preds stretch record to 10 straight wins

Austin Watson scored a shorthanded goal late in the second period and the Nashville Predators beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Thursday night to extend their franchise-record winning streak to 10 games.

The Predators also matched Colorado for the longest winning streak in the NHL this season. The victory kept Nashville’s edge at six points ahead of Winnipeg and Vegas for the Western Conference lead.

Pekka Rinne made 31 saves to improve to 18-1-1 over his last 20 games.

Craig Smith, Ryan Johansen and Viktor Arvidsson each scored. Filip Forsberg had two assists for Nashville, which honoured David Poile before the game for becoming career wins leader among NHL general managers with his 1,320th victory last week.

Rickard Rakell scored twice in the third period for the Ducks, who snapped a three-game winning streak. Rakell’s second goal at 16:35 pulled the Ducks within 3-2 before Arvidsson scored over goalie John Gibson’s glove with 1:46 left.

Blue Jackets 5, Avalanche 4 (OT)

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Seth Jones scored 59 seconds into overtime to lift Columbus over Colorado.

Jones added two assists, Thomas Vanek scored twice and Zach Werenski also tallied for the Blue Jackets, who have won three straight for the first time since November.

Colorado got third-period goals from Gabriel Landeskog and Carl Soderberg to force overtime.

Panthers 5, Canadiens 0

SUNRISE, Fla. — Roberto Luongo made 40 saves in his second shutout of the season, Nick Bjugstad scored his fourth goal in two games, and Florida beat Montreal for their seventh straight home win.

Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist, and Vincent Trocheck, Micheal Haley and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for the Panthers.

Lightning 5, Rangers 3

TAMPA, Fla. — Anthony Cirelli had a goal and two assists and Tampa Bay chased Henrik Lundqvist with a barrage of shots in a 5-3 win over New York.

Adam Erne, Cedric Paquette. Tyler Johnson and Chris Kunitz also scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his league-leading 40th victory, which ties the franchise record.

Ryan Spooner had a goal and an assist for New York.

Bruins 3, Flyers 2

BOSTON — Brad Marchand scored with 22 seconds left to lift Boston over Philadelphia for their fifth straight win.

Riley Nash and Brian Gionta also scored for Boston.

Jakub Voracek and Jori Lehtera scored for Philadelphia.

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Golden Knights 4, Red Wings 0

DETROIT — Cody Eakin and Alex Tuch scored two goals apiece, Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots and Vegas dominated Detroit.

Fleury got his third shutout of the season and the 47th of his career.

Jets 3, Devils 2

NEWARK, N.J. — Patrik Laine extended his point-scoring streak to 10 games and Connor Hellebuyck made 41 saves as Winnipeg extended its winning streak to four games.

Joel Armia and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored as the Jets posted their ninth win in the last 11 games.

Kyle Palmieri and Nico Hischier scored for the Devils.