Rinne helps Predators push away Blackhawks

Goaltender makes 37 saves against Chicago

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

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, which had its two-game winning streak snapped.

With Nashville clinging to a onegoal lead late in the third, Rinne made his best save of the night when he denied Nick Schmaltz’s backhand from just outside the crease on a shorthanded breakaway. He later denied Wingels with the left pad in the game’s final minute.

At Philadelphia, Joe Thornton scored the go-ahead goal late in the first period and San Jose extended Philadelphia’s longest losing streak in nearly 10 years to nine games.

At Detroit, Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar scored 2:10 apart late in the second period to put Los Angeles ahead and the Kings handed Detroit its fifth straight loss.

At Calgary, Alberta, Roman Polak scored his first goal of the season and Frederik Andersen made 19 saves as Toronto improved to 8-2-1 in its last 11 games.

At Columbus, Ohio, Cam Atkinson and Artemi Panarin scored in the shootout to give Columbus its fifth straight win at home.

At Edmonton, Alberta, Ryan Nugent-hopkins scored 4:20 into overtime as Edmonton defeated Arizona for its second win in a row.

At New York, Calvin de Haan and Jordan Eberle scored goals one minute apart in the first period to spark New York to a win over Vancouver.

At New York, Denis Malgin scored with 1:09 left and Florida recovered after giving up two three-goal leads to beat New York.

At Buffalo, N.Y., Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves in his second shutout this season, and Tampa Bay ended a two-game skid.

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