Juuse Saros stopped 35 shots, Cody Glass scored late in the second period, and the Nashville Predators beat NHL-best Boston 2-1 on Tuesday night, halting the Bruins’ seven-game winning streak.
Chasing the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot, the Predators won for just the third time in eight games. Former Bruins defenseman Jeremy Lauzon added an empty-netter late in the third.
Boston’s David Pastrnak scored his 52nd with less than a second left in the game.
Linus Ullmark made 21 saves for Boston, which suffered only its fourth regulation loss at home (30-4-3).
LIGHTNING 4, HURRICANES 0 >>Brayden Point had two goals and an assist and Tampa Bay snapped a four-game losing streak.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves, including 12 in the third period, for his third shutout of the season.
Steven Stamkos added a goal and an assist as the Lightning wrapped up a four-game road stretch with a much-needed result to stay in good position to reach the playoffs.
RANGERS 6, BLUE JACKETS 2 >> Filip Chytil, Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane scored early and Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves as New York beat hapless Columbus.
Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad and Vincent Trocheck also had goals for the Rangers, who clinched a playoff berth on their day off Monday and then won for the seventh time in eight games. They are 9-1-1 in their last 11 and moved two points behind second-place New Jersey in the Metropolitan Division. They play the Devils on Thursday in Newark.
RED WINGS 7, PENGUINS 4 >> David Perron had a hat trick in the third period and Detroit overcame the ejection of coach Derek Lalonde to beat Pittsburgh.
Lalonde was assessed a game misconduct during the second period. He profanely argued after unsuccessfully challenging Pittsburgh’s third goal on a claim of goalie interference.
FLYERS 3, CANADIENS 2 >> Morgan Frost scored his second goal of the game with 2:15 left in the third period and Philadelphia wrapped a seven-game homestand at 5-1-1.
Blues 6, Canucks 5, OT >> Jakub Vrana scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, to lead St. Louis over Vancouver.
Vrana scored 28 seconds into overtime for St. Louis, which improved to 5-1-1 in their past seven games.
Stars 4, Blackhawks 1 >> Tyler Seguin, Colin Miller, Joe Pavelski and Luke Glendening scored as Dallas topped Chicago .
Dallas improved to 94 points and climbed into a second-place tie with idle Colorado in the tight Central Division. First-place Minnesota has 95 points.
Jake Oettinger lost a bid for his fifth shutout when Tyler Johnson popped in a loose rebound at 10:33 of the third period. Oettinger made 17 saves.
Oilers 7, Golden Knights 4 >> Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and four assists and Edmonton beat Vegas in a battle of Pacific Division contenders.
Six other Oilers scored and Connor McDavid added three assists as Edmonton pulled to within three points of the Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights.