Predators top Blues for victory at home
Kyle Turris scored with 2:12 left, and the Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 Sunday night to take the season series from the defending Stanley Cup champs.
Better yet, Nashville improved to 13-11-4 at home where the Predators have struggled all season. They now have won seven of their last 10, climbing a point out of the Western Conference’s second wild card.
Craig Smith also scored for Nashville, his sixth in five games.
Pekka Rinne, pulled from his last start Feb. 10 in Vancouver, made 38 saves for the win. Rinne made 14 of those in the third, keeping the game tied until Filip Forsberg chased the puck along the boards. He pushed it over to Turris, who beat goalie Jordan Binnington with a wrister for his ninth of the season.
Tyler Bozak scored for St. Louis, and Binnington finished with 22 saves.
The Blues currently lead both the Central Division and the West, but they managed only one point in four games against Nashville in a shootout loss on Nov. 25. St. Louis now has lost four straight and is 2-7-3 over the last 12 games.
Nashville fans gave a hand to Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, who’s recovering after being taken from the bench Tuesday night in Anaheim to a hospital. He had a defibrillator implanted Friday to restore his heart’s normal rhythm. EDMONTON 4, HURRICANES 3, OT » Josh Archibald capped a two-goal performance by scoring 3:57 into overtime to give Edmonton a victory. PENGUINS 5, RED WINGS 1 » Patric Hornqvist scored two goals in the first two periods and added an assist and Pittsburgh eased past visiting Detroit.
Captain Sidney Crosby, Sam Lafferty and defenseman Kris Letang also scored for Pittsburgh and Andrew Agozzino added an assist. Matt Murray made 27 saves for the Penguins in their third win over Detroit this season.
DUCKS 5, CANUCKS 1 » Adam Henrique scored twice, Derek Grant had a goal and an assist, and Anaheim beat Vancouver.
Brendan Guhle and Sam Steel also scored for the Ducks, who have wins in two of their last three games.
BRUINS 3, RANGERS 1 » Jaroslav Halak made 25 saves and visiting Boston recorded a victory over New York.
SENATORS 4, STARS 3 » Ottawa’s Artem Anisimov scored on a breakaway 3:48 into overtime and the host Senators beat Dallas. DEVILS 4, BLUE JACKETS 3 » Jesper Bratt scored in the seventh round of the shootout Sunday night for the host New Jersey Devils, who capped a hectic day by coming back from a two-goal deficit to outlast Columbus. SABRES 5, MAPLE LEAFS 2 » Jack Eichel scored the go-ahead goal as part of a three-goal surge in a 91-second third-period span, and Buffalo beat Toronto.
JETS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2 » Defenseman Nathan Beaulieu scored his first goal of the season early in the third period to lift host Winnipeg to a victory over Chicago.
Mason Appleton joined Beaulieu with a goal and an assist, Jack Roslovic also tallied and Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 31 shots as the Jets improved to 5-2-1 in their last eight games. DEVILS TRADE CAPTAIN TO ISLANDERS » The New Jersey Devils are turning toward youth by trading captain and defenseman Andy Greene to the New York Islanders.
New Jersey acquired prospect defenseman David Quenneville and the Islanders’ second-round pick in the 2021 draft in the deal on Sunday — eight days before the NHL’s trade deadline.
The 37-year-old Greene is in the final year of a fiveyear, $25 million contract, and was the Devils longestserving active player.