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Alex Wennberg and Yanni Gourde also scored for Seattle, which
rallied from a two-goal deficit, and Chris Driedger made 19
saves. Blackwell and Gourde added one assist apiece.
Matt Duchene scored twice for Nashville and Roman Josi had two
assists. Philip Tomasino also tallied, and Juuse Saros stopped
27 of 31 shots as the Predators lost for the sixth time in eight
games.
With the score tied early in the third and the Predators on the
power play, Blackwell sent a clearing pass down the ice and
followed the play as Gourde outmuscled Filip Forsberg for the
puck behind the Nashville net. Gourde fed Blackwell, and he
succeeded on his third attempt to get the puck past Saros for
the winning, short-handed tally.
Rangers 5, Blues 3
Chris Kreider scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 8:20
remaining as New York prevailed after blowing a two-goal lead
against visiting St. Louis.
New York's recovery occurred after St. Louis took the lead on
three straight shots by Ryan O'Reilly, Ivan Barbashev and David
Perron in a span of 2:14 late in the second period.
The Rangers had jumped on top 2-0 thanks to goals by Alexis
Lafreniere and Ryan Strome. Patrik Nemeth, Kreider and Artemi
Panarin (empty net) scored in the third period for New York.
Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots, while St.
Louis' Ville Husso made 24 saves.
Sabers 5, Maple Leafs 1
Victor Olofsson scored the go-ahead goal midway through the
second period and Buffalo defeated host Toronto to end a
six-game losing streak.
Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist for Buffalo. Jacob Bryson,
Tage Thompson and Kyle Okposo also scored in the win, while
Dylan Cozens added two assists. Craig Anderson made 29 saves for
Buffalo.
Rasmus Sandin scored for the Maple Leafs, whose three-game
winning streak ended. Petr Mrazek, making two consecutive starts
for the first time this season, stopped 26 shots for Toronto.
Stars 4, Kings 3
Ryan Suter had a goal and an assist to highlight a four-goal
second period for host Dallas, which rallied to end Los Angeles'
road winning streak.
Alexander Radulov, playing in his 500th NHL game, scored the
game-winner and Jason Robertson and Luke Glendening also scored
for Dallas, which moved into a tie with Edmonton for the second
wild card spot in Western Conference with 63 points.
Arthur Kaliyev had two goals and Phillip Danault also scored for
Los Angeles, which had its six-game road winning streak snapped.
Cal Petersen finished with 39 saves.
--Field Level Media
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