NASHVILLE NETS FRANCHISE RECORD
TENN.» Pekka Rinne NASHVILLE, stopped 26 shots, Ryan Hartman scored at 5:33 of the third period and the Predators beat the Stars 2-0 Tuesday night for a franchiserecord ninth straight victory.
The Predators extended the NHL’s longest active winning streak. The defending Western Conference champs also padded their lead atop both the conference and the Central Division.
Rinne recorded his seventh shutout this season, tying Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy for most in the NHL. Rinne now is 17-1-1 over his past 19 games.
Nick Bonino scored an emptynetter with 13.6 seconds left after Stars defenseman John Klingberg caught a skate on his own net, causing him to trip and lose the puck.
The Stars, currently in the first wild card spot, lost for the second time in as many nights after falling in overtime Monday night.
Kari Lehtonen made 32 saves for Dallas.
TUESDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
Eric Staal’s second goal of the night for Minnesota capped a franchise-record flurry to start the second period, and the Wild cruised to a 6-2 victory over the Hurricanes. Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves for his fifth win in his last six starts. … Brayden Point scored 2:49 into overtime to give the Lightning a 5-4 victory over the Panthers. Point scored his third overtime goal of the season. Yanni Gourde scored twice and finished with three points for the Lightning, who reached overtime for the sixth consecutive game. … Brad Marchand completed his hat trick 34 seconds into overtime and the Bruins, who twice squandered a two-goal lead in regulation, escaped with a 6-5 victory over the Red Wings .It was a team-record 11th regularseason overtime goal for Marchand, who also had two assists. … Joonas Korpisalo stopped 37 shots, Artemi Panarin and Pierre Luc-Dubois each had a goal and two assists, and the Blue Jackets beat the Golden Knights 4-1. Zach Werenski and Ian Cole also scored for the Blue Jackets. The victory over the Pacific Divisionleading Golden Knights helped Columbus hold onto the second wild card in the Eastern Division with 15 games remaining. … Taylor Hall extended his pointscoring streak to 19 games, Travis Zajac scored two power-play goals and the Devils snapped a three-game skid with a 6-4 win over the Canadiens. Hall’s consecutive-points streak is the longest in the NHL this season. … Patrik Laine got his fourth hat trick and set a career high with his 38th goal, lifting the Jets over the Rangers 3-0. The 19-year-old star had been the youngest ever with three hat tricks.