Maple Leafs roll past Kings

TORONTO — Garret Sparks made 33 saves in a surprise start, Kasperi Kapanen scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 Monday night for their fifth straight win.

Patrick Marleau and Mitch Marner also scored to help Toronto win for the sixth time in seven games. Auston Matthews and Jake Gardiner each added two assists.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored for the Kings, who have lost four of six (2-3-1). Jack Campbell stopped 21 shots for Los Angeles.

PREDATORS 4, WILD 2: Ryan Johansen and P.K. Subban each had two assists, and the Nashville Predators beat the Minnesota Wild for their fifth win in six games. Craig Smith, Mattias Ekholm, Filip Forsberg and Miikka Salomaki scored for Nashville, and Pekka Rinne finished with 29 saves. Minnesota lost for the fourth time in five games. Mikko Koivu had a goal Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk fires the puck wide of the net past Dallas Stars goaltender Ben Bishop during Ottawa’s 4-1 win Monday in Ottawa.

and an assist for the Wild, and Matt Dumba also scored. After Smith and Dumba exchanged goals in the first period, Nashville opened a 3-1 lead in the second. PANTHERS DEFENSEMAN SUSPENDED: Florida defenseman Mike Matheson was suspended two games without pay Monday for an incident in the third period of a game against Vancouver on Saturday. Matheson was punished for interference and unsportsmanlike conduct for his hit on Canucks forward Elias Pettersson. The Canucks announced earlier

Monday that Pettersson was in concussion protocol. Meanwhile, the Canucks announced that center Jay Beagle is out six weeks with a broken forearm. Beagle was injured against the Panthers after blocking a shot. SCHULTZ OUT FOR PENGUINS: Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz will miss the next four months because of a fractured left leg. Schultz injured the leg in the first period against Montreal on Saturday after getting tangled up with Canadiens forward Tomas Plekanec.