Tomas Tatar scored twice, while Henrik Zetterberg added a clever tally from behind the goal line to help the Detroit Red Wings end Nashville’s five-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory over the Predators in the NHL on Saturday night.
Gustav Nyquist, Kyle Quincey and Tatar scored in the first period for Detroit, chasing Nashville goalie Carter Hutton from the game after only one save.
Detroit led 3-1 when Zetterberg surprised just about everyone with his power-play goal. The veteran forward flipped the puck toward the net from near the left corner and it appeared to skip off goalie Marek Mazanec’s mask or back and slipped into the far corner of the net.
The Red Wings jumped ahead after just 57 seconds, when Nyquist scored off a pass from Riley Sheahan on an odd-man rush.
Quincey made it 2-0 when his shot from near the blue line appeared to deflect off at least two Nashville players and past Hutton. Tatar scored 70 seconds later, prompting the Predators to switch goalies.
Mattias Ekholm scored for Nashville late in the first.
Tatar’s team-leading 20th goal made it 5-1 in the final minute of the period. He batted Sheahan’s pass out of midair and past Mazanec from right in front of the net.
Mazanec made 18 saves in his first appearance of the season, while Petr Mrazek made 34 saves in place of an injured Jimmy Howard for Detroit.
Ryan Callahan scored in regulation and got the decisive goal in the shootout to lift Tampa Bay to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche, moving the Lightning back into first place in the Eastern Conference.
Anton Stralman also scored in regulation and Ben Bishop finished with 40 saves as Tampa Bay moved one point ahead of the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Islanders atop the East.
Ryan O’Reilly and Nathan MacKinnon scored for the Avalanche, while Semyon Varlamov had 29 saves. MacKinnon’s goal tied with 6.8 seconds remaining.
Tomas Plekanec scored two goals and added two assists to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 6-4 victory over the previously streaking Islanders.
P.K. Subban, Dale Weise, Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais also scored for Montreal, and Dustin Tokarski made 27 saves.
Kyle Okposo, Nikolay Kulemin, Anders Lee and John Tavares scored goals for the Islanders.
Jakob Silfverberg scored in the second round of a shootout, while Frederik Andersen stopped all three Los Angeles attempts in the Anaheim Ducks’ 3-2 victory over the Kings.
Sami Vatanen tied it for Anaheim with 7 minutes, 8 seconds to play in the third Freeway Faceoff of the season. All three rivalry games have gone to overtime, with two going to shootouts.
Ryan Getzlaf scored his 14th goal for the Ducks, who reclaimed sole possession of the overall NHL lead after Nashville lost.
Alec Martinez and Anze Kopitar scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
In other results, the Dallas Stars recovered for a 5-4 win after losing an early 3-0 lead to the Washington Capitals, the St Louis Blues topped the slumping Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0, the Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 in a shootout and the Carolina Hurricanes had a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
The Columbus Blue Jackets downed the Boston Bruins 3-1, the Philadelphia Flyers edged the Buffalo Sabres 4-3, the Calgary Flames defeated the San Jose Sharks by the same score in overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-1.
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