Predators extend regulation streak to 17 with one goal
Filip Forsberg scored with 5:14 remaining in the third period and Juuse Saros made 22 saves to lead the Predators to a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, extending host Nashville's franchise record streak of games unbeaten in regulation to 17 at 15-0-2.
Nashville sits comfortably in the Western Conference's top wild-card position with 88 points.
“We're finding ways,” Nashville coach Andrew Brunette said. “We've had some easier wins. This one we weren't sharp. We didn't have a lot of energy, but we were able to grab the third period.”
Alex Lyon made 31 saves for Detroit, which had its two-game winning streak snapped.
“You've got to tip your hat to Saros, that was a goaliesteal win for them,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said.
With time winding down in the third, Forsberg capped off a wild scramble in the Detroit zone with a wrist shot from the right circle that beat Lyon high to the glove side. He has scored six goals in the past five games.
“This one was two periods that wasn't necessarily the greatest,” Forsberg said. “Obviously, the third was by far our best period of the night and ended up being enough.”
During the current streak, Nashville has outscored its opponents 34-12 in third periods.
ISLANDERS 6, JETS 3 >> Cal Clutterbuck scored twice, Mathew Barzal and Hudson Fasching each had a goal and two assists and the Islanders snapped a six-game losing streak with a win in New York.
FLYERS 3, BRUINS 2 >> Tyson Foerster scored with 1:29 left and host Philadelphia snapped a seven-game losing streak to Boston. Travis Konecny scored two goals and Foerster also had an assist.
BLUES 5, WILD 4 (OT) >> A banged-up Jordan Kyrou scored a hat trick and Brandon Saad tallied 2:05 into overtime to lift St. Louis in St. Paul, Minn. Jake Neighbours also scored for the Blues, who are 6-1 in their last seven games.
SENATORS 5, DEVILS 2 >> Thomas Chabot and Mathieu Joseph each scored and had an assist to help visiting Ottawa snap a three-game skid. Angus Crookshank, Ridley Greig and Drake Batherson also had goals and Brady Tkachuk had two assists for the Senators. Jonas Korpisalo stopped 18 shots for his 16th win.
MAPLE LEAFS 6, OILERS 3 >> Bobby McMann had two
goals and an assist, Auston Matthews added his NHLleading 58th goal into an empty net and the Maple Leafs won at Toronto.
RANGERS 4, PANTHERS 3 (SO)>> Artemi Panarin scored twice in regulation and added the decisive goal in the shootout, Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and the Rangers rallied in New York. Carter Verhaeghe put the Panthers ahead 3-2 with his 31st goal at 15:52 of the third but Panarin knotted the contest at 16:35 with his second of the game and team-leading 43rd of the season.
CANUCKS 4, FLAMES 2 >> Nils Hoglander scored twice and Elias Pettersson and Conor Garland notched two assists to lead Vancouver.