NHL roundup: Leafs outlast Predators in shootout

[February 08, 2018]  James van Riemsdyk's goal in the seventh round of a shootout Wednesday night gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 win over the visiting Nashville Predators.

Goalie Frederik Andersen earned the victory with 44 saves through regulation and overtime plus six more in the shootout. He stopped three shots that could have given Nashville the win, then denied Viktor Arvidsson in the seventh round to wrap it up.

Pekka Rinne made 30 saves through regulation and overtime for the Predators, who were denied a chance to tie Winnipeg for first place in the Central Division. They sit at 72 points, one behind the idle Jets.

Nashville forced overtime with Arvidsson's team-high 18th goal at 25 seconds of the third period.

Bruins 6, Rangers 1

Patrice Bergeron scored twice in the second period as Boston stayed hot with its ninth win in the past 11 games.

Bergeron recorded his fifth multi-goal game of the season by scoring Boston's third and fifth goals as the Bruins improved to 18-1-3 since Dec. 18. Bergeron has eight goals in his last nine games and 22 points in his last 16 contests.

Rick Nash, who recently was asked to waive a no-trade clause, scored the lone goal for the Rangers. New York lost its fourth straight since the All-Star break and fell for the eighth time in 11 games.

 

Kings 5, Oilers 2

Paul LaDue netted the winning goal on a third-period power play, and Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves as Los Angeles beat visiting Edmonton.

LaDue had Tanner Pearson setting the screen when he found the mark for his second career goal to break a 2-2 deadlock with 5:27 remaining in regulation at Staples Center. Alex Iafallo and Anze Kopitar added empty-net goals in the last two minutes.

A second-period goal by the Oilers' Leon Draisaitl snapped Kuemper's shutout string ended at 193 minutes, 58 seconds -- the second longest in Kings history -- and gave Draisaitl two goals and five assists in a four-game point streak. Edmonton's Connor McDavid scored his seventh goal in four games.

--Field Level Media

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