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 Jumping out a 3-0 lead in the first period and getting a stellar
effort from Pekka Rinne, Nashville managed a split of its
home-and-home series with the Chicago Blackhawks with a 5-1 verdict
at sold-out Bridgestone Arena.
Rinne bagged 35 saves in winning for just the second time since Nov.
17.
The only puck that got past Rinne was one that Kane, who hasn't been
held off the scoresheet since Oct. 15 at Washington, shoveled in off
a rebound at 5:43 of the third period.
James Neal scored twice and Eric Nystrom, Craig Smith and Filip
Forsberg also scored for the Predators.
Flyers 4, Blues 2
ST. LOUIS -- Claude Giroux scored one goal and assisted on another
in a three-goal second period, which carried Philadelphia over St.
Louis, the Flyers' first win in St. Louis in almost 10 years.
Michael Raffl, Matt Read and Ryan White also scored for the Flyers,
who snapped a four-game losing streak with their first win in St.
Louis since Dec. 17, 2005.
Robby Fabbri and David Backes scored for the Blues.
Lightning 4, Senators 1
TAMPA, Fla. -- Bouncing back at home, Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov
scored twice and Ben Bishop stopped the first 24 shots he faced in a
win vs. Ottawa at Amalie Arena.
Valtteri Filppula and J.T. Brown also scored for the Lightning.
Cody Ceci scored his third goal of the season with 7:54 left, with
assists to Bobby Ryan and Mark Stone for the Senators' only goal.
Red Wings 3, Canadiens 2
DETROIT -- Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm scored 1:11 apart in
the third period to give Detroit a come-from-behind win against
Montreal at Joe Louis Arena.
It was Helm's second goal of the game for Detroit, which has points
in its past 12 games. Petr Mrazek made 23 saves to get the win.
Sven Andrighetto and Tomas Fleischmann scored for the Canadiens, and
Dustin Tokarski made 26 saves.
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Panthers 4, Capitals 1
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Jaromir Jagr scored a milestone goal, helping
Florida defeat Washington at the BB&T Center.
Jagr, 43, got career goal No. 731, tying him with Marcel Dionne for
fourth place in NHL history. Brandon Pirri and Aaron Ekblad also
scored for the Panthers and Logan Shaw got an empty-netter with 1:08
left for his second goal in two games.
Alex Ovechkin scored for the Capitals.
Jets 6, Blue Jackets 4
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Mathieu Perreault scored the game-winner and
assisted on three other goals as Winnipeg held on to beat Columbus.
Perreault's fourth of the season put the Jets up 5-2 near the midway
point of the third period. The Blue Jackets clawed back, but an
empty-net goal from Blake Wheeler put the game out of reach.
Mark Scheifele, Dustin Byfuglien, Drew Stafford and Adam Lowry also
scored for Winnipeg while
Cam Atkinson scored twice and Boone Jenner and Scott Hartnell once
each for the Jackets.
Flames 4, Sabres 3
CALGARY, Alberta -- Johnny Gaudreau scored the game-winning goal at
15:10 of the third period as Calgary edged Buffalo at the Scotiabank
Saddledome.
Sean Monahan had two goals and an assist for the Flames, who have
won four straight games and eight in a row on home ice. Markus
Granlund also scored for Calgary, while Gaudreau had an assist for a
two-point outing.
Rasmus Ristolainen scored all three goals for the Sabres, who lost
their third straight game, all on the road.
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