NEAL SCORES LONE SHOOTOUT GOAL TO LIFT PREDATORS

nashville, tenn. James Neal scored the only goal of a six-round shootout to give the Predators a 4-3 win over the Kings on Tuesday night.

Craig Smith, Ryan Ellis and Eric Nystrom scored in regulation for the Predators, winners of four of five. In the shootout, Neal beat Martin Jones with a wrist shot between the pads.

Pekka Rinne made 18 saves in regulation and overtime, and then denied all six Kings shooters in the tiebreaker.

JamieMcBain, Marian Gaborik and Drew Doughty scored for Los Angeles, which has lost two straight.

Trailing by a goal late in the second, Nashville took the lead after Ellis and Nystrom scored 52 seconds apart.

Ellis scored at 17:36 on a onetimer from above the right circle. Nystrom followed at 18:28 when he tipped Taylor Beck’s spinning shot from the right dot past Jones. Doughty converted after an end-to-end rush at 38 seconds of the third to tie it 3-3. Evander Kane scored two powerplay goals, and the Jets held on to beat the Blue Jackets 4-2. Bryan Little and Andrew Ladd both had a goal and an assist, and BlakeWheeler and Jacob Trouba added two assists apiece for Winnipeg, which snapped a twogame losing streak. Rookie goalie Michael Hutchinson made 32 saves to improve to 4-1-1. Kane gaveWinnipeg a 2-1 lead when he tapped in a perfect centering pass from Dustin Byfuglien with 3:35 left in the second period to end the Jets’ seven-game powerplay drought. … Tyler Seguin scored two goals to give him a league-leading 17, and rookie defenseman John Klingberg added a goal from center ice and an assist to lead the Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Oilers. The Stars won their third straight for the first time this season in the fourth game of a season-high, five-game homestand. … Erik Condra and Alex Chiasson scored third-period goals for the

and Bobby Ryan scored the lone goal in the shootout, leading the Senators to a 3-2 win over the