Tending twine Thursday

After Steven Stamkos scored the opening goal with 3:07 left in the second period, the Predators (12-20-7, 31 points) held up the defensive front to support Juuse Saros' 27 saves. The Canucks (18-12-8, 44 points) managed eight shots on Saros in the third ...

By now, you’ve probably seen at least one video of a goalie sitting on the bench, in the middle of an empty arena hours before puck drop, darting his eyes back and forth across the freshly cut ice. If you haven’t,

Forsberg scored on a slap shot from the right circle on the rush that beat Arvid Soderblom on the blocker side to tie the game 2-2. The goal was Forsberg's 300th in the NHL and extended his goal streak to four games.

Filip Forsberg’s 300th career goal tied the game late, and all three Predators skaters scored in the shootout to come back and defeat the Chicago Blackhawks by a 3-2 final on Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds their 1,001st victory in franchise history on a night where they honored three of their best.

Alex Ovechkin's OT goal was his 874th career goal, putting him 20 away away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894.

David Pastrnak scored with 1.2 seconds left in overtime for the Boston Bruins, who snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon in Sunrise, Fla.

NOTES: Predators forward Jonathan Marchessault has a six-game point streak (six assists). … Bedard has 40 points (13 goals, 27 assists) and became the second teenager in Blackhawks history with multiple 40-point seasons ( Eddie Olczyk, 1984-85, 1985-86).

Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,

Nashville Predators center Ryan O’Reilly’s name has surfaced in trade rumors as the March 7 deadline approaches.

Steven Stamkos scored in regulation and had Nashville's third straight shootout goal in the Predators' 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night. Filip Forsberg tied it with 3:03 left with his 300th NHL goal,

Prospect Ethen Frank scored his first NHL goal Saturday against the Nashville Predators, roughly 24 hours after logging his first career point (an assist) against the Montreal Canadiens on Friday.