The Nashville Predators received a huge offensive boost from defensemen Francis Bouillon and Cody Franson, who played a solid two-way game in front of goalie Dan Ellis. Bouillon and Franson both scored goals along with right wing Joel Ward, and Ellis made 27 saves to lead the Predators to a 3-1 victory over Los Angeles on Saturday.

For one night, everything came together for the Anaheim Ducks. Jonas Hiller stopped 40 shots -- including 10 by Patric Hornqvist -- to earn his fifth NHL shutout and Teemu Selanne scored two goals to overtake Hall of Famer Jean Beliveau on the career points list, in the Ducks' 4-0 victory over the short-handed Nashville Predators on Thursday night.

MONTREAL - Even without injured star Ilya Kovalchuk, the Atlanta Thrashers are finding ways to win.

Patric Hornqvist and the Nashville Predators closed out October with a flourish. Hornqvist and Kevin Klein scored 1:43 apart midway through the third period to lead Nashville to a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night. The Predators are on a season-high three-game winning streak. Dallas lost for the second time in two nights.

Pekka Rinne and the Nashville Predators put it all together -- at the Chicago Blackhawks' expense. "Guys went to the net hard and battled," Predators coach Barry Trotz said. "The power play came through. The penalty kill was good. We got good goaltending." Rinne made 22 saves for his first shutout of the season and fifth overall, and Joel Ward scored on a second-period power...

The Minnesota Wild know they're letting the young season slip away. Already last in the Western Conference, Minnesota fell behind by a pair of goals early and gave up a short-handed goal late in the third period in a 4-3 loss to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. The loss ended a streak of 13 consecutive games at Xcel Energy Center without a regulation loss and dropped the Wild to 3-9-0...