Predators 4, Blue Jackets 0

Nashville 1 2 1— 4 Columbus 0 0 0— 0 First Period— 1, Nashville, Cullen 5 (Ellis, Spaling), 9:58. Penalties—Savard, Clm (hooking), 3:00; Atkinson, Clm (hooking), 19:29. Second Period— 2, Nashville, Fisher 5 (Bourque, Josi), :54 (pp). 3, Nashville, Legwand 5 (Stalberg, Bourque), 8:56. Penalties—Clune, Nas (hooking), 16:22. Third Period— 4, Nashville, Spaling 4 (Cullen, Ellis), 2:02. Penalties—Comeau, Clm (tripping), 12:23; C.Smith, Nas (delay of game), 19:33. Shots on Goal— Nashville 14-11-4—29. Columbus 48-7—19. Power-play opportunities— Nashville 1 of 3; Columbus 0 of 2. Goalies— Nashville, Mazanec 5-3-0 (19 shots-19 saves). Columbus, Bobrovsky 8-11-2 (29-25). A— 11,893. T— 2:19. Referees— Justin St. Pierre, Dave Jackson. Linesmen—Greg Devorski, Lonnie Cameron. Montreal Buffalo Ottawa Washington First Period— 1, Washington, Fehr 2 (Latta), 12:10. 2, Ottawa, Ryan 12 (Wiercioch, MacArthur), 13:28 (pp). 3, Washington, Johansson 3 (Brouwer, Ovechkin), 14:06 (pp). 4, Washington, Laich 4 (Ward, Chimera), 14:53. Penalties—Neil, Ott (slashing), 9:33; Green, Was (holding), 12:35; Smith, Ott (hooking), 13:38; Neil, Ott, minormajor (interference, fighting), 17:07; Strachan, Was, minor-major-misconduct (instigator, fighting), 17:07; Conacher, Ott (unsportsmanlike conduct), 18:06; Green, Was (holding), 18:06. Second Period— 5, Ottawa, Phillips 1 (Turris, E.Karlsson), 6:36 (pp). 6, Ottawa, Greening 1 (Methot, E.Karlsson), 10:36. Penalties—Greening, Ott, major (fighting), 2:21; Volpatti, Was, major (fighting), 2:21; Fehr, Was (tripping), 6:17; Green, Was (hooking), 7:36; Conacher, Ott (interference), 11:51; Volpatti, Was (charging), 11:51; Washington bench, served by Wilson (too many men), 13:23. Third Period— 7, Ottawa, Zibanejad 6 (Spezza, Phillips), 6:05 (pp). 8, Washington, Carlson 6 (Ward), 16:33 (pp). 9, Ottawa, Smith 4 (Neil), 17:37. 10, Ottawa, Ryan 13, 19:47 (en). Penalties—Fehr, Was (tripping), 5:34; Phillips, Ott (interference), 7:04; Grabovski, Was (tripping), 8:54; Smith, Ott (kneeing), 16:30. Shots on Goal— Ottawa 11-19-11—41. Washington 18-3-12—33. Power-play opportunities— Ottawa 3 of 6; Washington 2 of 4. Goalies— Ottawa, C.Anderson 6-7-2 (33 shots-29 saves). Washington, Holtby 10-8-1 (40-35). A— 18,506. T— 2:47. Referees— Eric Furlatt, Jean Hebert. Linesmen—Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak. Senators 6, Capitals 4 1 2 3— 3 0 1— Canadiens 3, Sabres 1 1 1 1— 0 1 0— 6 4 3 1 Boston Tampa Bay Detroit Montreal Toronto Ottawa Florida Buffalo Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers Washington Carolina New Jersey Philadelphia Columbus N.Y. Islanders Chicago St. Louis Colorado Minnesota Nashville Winnipeg Dallas Anaheim San Jose Los Angeles Phoenix Vancouver Calgary Edmonton

Thursday’s Games Vancouver at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Nashville, 6 p.m.