Albuquerque Journal

Predators edge past Blackhawks

Maple Leafs whip Flames; Jackets win

- ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pekka Rinne made 37 saves to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.

Filip Forsberg, Austin Watson and Roman Josi scored goals for the Predators, who have won 10 of 12.

Tommy Wingels and Lance Bouma had the goals for Chicago, whose two-game winning streak was snapped. MAPLE LEAFS 4, FLAMES

1: In Calgary, Alberta, Roman Polak scored his first goal of the season and Frederik Andersen made 19 saves as Toronto beat Calgary.

The game was scoreless until late in the first period when Polak gave the visitors a lead they would not relinquish with a fluke goal that pinballed off two Flames on the way into the net. BLUE JACKETS 3, HURRICANES 2 (SO): In Columbus, Ohio, Cam Atkinson and Artemi Panarin scored in the shootout to give Columbus win over Carolina.

Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist, and Josh Anderson also scored for the Blue Jackets, who won their first game after their season-best six-game winning streak ended. ISLANDERS 5, CANUCKS 2: In New York, Calvin de Haan and Jordan Eberle scored goals one minute apart in the first period to spark New York past Vancouver.

Eberle has goals in three straight games and recorded his 400th NHL point as New York improved to 8-0-2 at Barclays Center.

LIGHTNING 2, SABRES 0: In Buffalo, N.Y., Andrei Vasilevski­y made 34 saves in his second shutout this season as Tampa Bay ended a two-game skid with a victory over Buffalo.

Defenseman Dan Girardi and rookie Mikhail Sergachev had goals for the Lightning in the third of a four-game trip.

PANTHERS 5, RANGERS 4: In New York, Denis Malgin scored with 1:09 left as Florida recovered after giving up two threegoal leads to beat New York.

Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and an assist, and Aleksander

Barkov, Jamie McGinn and Micheal Haley also scored for Florida. James Reimer finished with 33 saves.

SHARKS 3, FLYERS 1: In Philadelph­ia, Joe Thornton scored the go-ahead goal late in the first period as San Jose extended Philadelph­ia’s longest losing streak in nearly 10 years to nine games.

Chris Tierney and MarcEdouar­d Vlasic also scored and Logan Couture had two assists for the Sharks. KINGS 4, RED WINGS 1: In Detroit, Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar scored 2:10 apart late in the second period to put Los Angeles ahead in a win over Detroit.

Jonathan Quick made 23 saves for LA. OILERS 3, COYOTES 2 (OT): In Edmonton, Alberta, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored 4:20 into overtime as Edmonton defeated Arizona.

Zack Kassian and Matt Benning also scored for the Oilers. STARS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 0: In Las Vegas, Nev., Radek Faksa did all the scoring for Dallas in its victory over Vegas. His goals came in a seven-minute span of the second period.

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