Predators win 9th in succession
The Predators talk about everything and shy away from nothing.
Right now, they have an awful lot to discuss.
Pekka Rinne stopped 26 shots, Ryan Hartman scored at 5:33 of the third period and Nashville beat the visiting Stars 2-0 on Tuesday night for its franchise-record ninth straight victory.
The Predators extended the NHL’s longest active winning streak. The defending Western Conference champs also lead both the conference and the Central Division by six points, and Nashville topped last season’s point total of 94 with 16 games left.
Only Tampa Bay has more points (96), and Nashville has a game in hand on Tampa Bay.
“We talk about putting your name on something,” Nashville head coach Peter Laviolette said. “Those are all great opportunities for our club to fight for something. I thought they did.”
Rinne recorded his seventh shutout this season. Ducks made shutout, fourth extended games Ducks Pacific Sharks. Bruins seconds escaped 36 moved straight completed 4, by Division, 6, Rickard into saves Capitals its beating Red home with overtime into Wings game for one Rakell the Washington. his second his point 0: point and victory hat 14th 5: John and scored Brad streak trick Anaheim ahead place career host Gibson over Marchand 34 for The to Boston in of nine the the the Detroit two-goal team-record overtime had two after assists. goal lead twice 11th for in regulation. regular-season Marchand, squandering It who was a also a Wild second franchise-record second 6, Hurricanes goal period, of the and flurry night Minnesota 2: Eric to capped start Staal’s the cruised a past made past visiting six 29 starts, saves Carolina. and for his the fifth Devan Wild win raised Dubnyk in his their home record to an NHL-leading 245-6. Rangers fourth hat 3, trick Jets and 0: Patrik set a career Laine high got his with over host his 38th New goal, York. lifting The 19-year-old Winnipeg had been the youngest ever with three hat tricks — getting there at 18 years, 302 days — but it had been more than a year since his last three-goal game. Laine is two goals behind Washington’s Alex Ovechkin for the NHL lead this season. Devils 6, Canadiens 4: Taylor Hall extended his point-scoring streak to 19 games, Travis Zajac scored two powerplay goals and New Jersey beat visiting Montreal to snap a three-game skid. Hall’s points streak is the longest in the NHL this season. Hall, who had two assists, has recorded points in his past 26 appearances dating to Jan. 2. Lightning 5, Panthers 4: Brayden Point scored 2:49 into overtime to give host Tampa Bay the victory over Florida. Point scored his third overtime goal of the season. Blue Jackets 4, Golden Knights 1: Joonas Korpisalo stopped 37 shots, Artemi Panarin and Pierre Luc-Dubois each had a goal and two assists, and host Columbus beat Vegas. Zach Werenski and Ian Cole also scored for the Blue Jackets, winners of two straight and four of their past six. The victory over the Pacific Divisionleading Golden Knights helped Columbus hold onto the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Division with 15 games remaining. Blackhawks 2, Avalanche 1 : Jonathan Toews scored nine seconds into overtime and had an assist in regulation to lead host Chicago past Colorado. Boeser out: Vancouver forward Brock Boeser likely will miss the remainder of the season after the team said he will be out four to six weeks with a back injury. The rookie left Rogers Arena on a stretcher and was taken to a hospital after a collision in the Canucks’ 4-3 overtime win over the Islanders on Monday.