Saros, Preds shut out Golden Knights
Juuse Saros made 43 saves, Kevin Fiala scored eight minutes into the third period and the Nashville Predators beat the visiting Vegas Golden Knights 1-0 on Tuesday night.
Nashville played its first game in a week and has won three straight. The shutout was the third of the season for Saros and the fourth of his career.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots for the Golden Knights, who have lost two in a row.
Saros was superb, especially against Vegas forward Jonathan Marchessault, who peppered 10 shots on the Finnish netminder but was unable to get one by him.
• The Predators have placed forward Viktor Arvidsson on injured reserve with a lower-body injury and recalled forward Frederick Gaudreau from the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals. BLUES 2, MAPLE LEAFS 1 >> Alexander Steen tied it with 57 seconds left and Vince Dunn scored 1:43 into overtime, lifting St. Louis Blues over host Toronto. Connor Brown put Toronto ahead on a short-handed breakaway midway through the third period, but Steen scored with goalie Carter Hutton pulled for an extra attacker by backhanding Alex Pieterangelo’s rebound past Frederik Andersen.
STARS 4, RED WINGS 2 >> Jason Spezza responded to being benched by scoring two tiebreaking goals on power plays, helping Dallas beat host Detroit. Spezza scored on a lunging one-timer below the left circle with 5:52 left in the second period. DEVILS 4, ISLANDERS 1 >> Damon Severson scored twice 1:26 apart in New Jersey’s three-goal second period, and the visiting Devils ended a six-game skid.
Kyle Palmieri and Taylor Hall also scored for New Jersey, which was 0-3-3 since beating Detroit at home on Dec. 27. Keith Kinkaid stopped 25 shots. RANGERS 5, FLYERS 1 >> Rick Nash scored twice while host New York notched five straight goals, and the Rangers rolled over Philadelphia.