Predators outlast Devils

Nashville’s Filip Forgsberg and Matt Duchene scored in a shootout, and the visiting Predators beat the New Jersey Devils 65 on Thursday night.

Forsberg scored two goals in regulation and Pekka Rinne made saves on Jack Hughes and Kyle Palmieri on the Devils’ final two shootout attempts for the Predators, who are two points out of a playoff position in the Western Conference.

“We need to string as many wins together as possible and obviously keep playing to the identity that we want and know that can be successful,” Forsberg said. “I think we’re doing that parts of games and could do it better.”

Pavel Zacha scored twice for the Devils.

Canadiens 3, Sabres 1: Ilya Kovalchuk and Brendan Gallagher scored in a span of 2:16 in the second period for visiting Montreal.

For Gallagher, the goal came in his first game after missing six straight and 10 of 11 with headaches and concussionrelated issues.

Jack Eichel scored for Buffalo, becoming the team’s first player in 27 years to reach 30 goals in 50 or fewer games. Kings 3, Coyotes 2: Alex Iafallo scored 24 seconds into overtime, completing a hat trick that allowed visiting Los Angeles to end a fivegame losing streak.

Iafallo scored with 2:54 left in regulation to tie it 22. Briefly: Edmonton placed forward Joakim Nygard (hand injury) and defenseman Kris Russell (concussion protocol) on injured reserve, the team announced on Twitter . ... St. Louis agreed to twoyear contract extensions with goalie Ville Husso and defenseman Niko Mikkola.