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Predators 4, Blue Jackets 3, SO

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Steve Sullivan scored the winning goal in the fifth round of the shootout to give the Nashville Predators a victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Predators have defeated Columbus 13 consecutive times at home. The Blue Jackets haven’t won in Nashville since April 3, 2006. Sullivan beat goalie Mathieu Garon with a wrist shot under the goalie’s pad for the winner. Garon had won an NHL-record 13 consecutive shootouts. Dave Scatchard, who had missed five games because of an upper body injury, gave the Predators a 1-0 at 11:03 of the first period. Martin Erat and Jason Arnott scored in the second period for Nashville. Blue Jackets defenseman Kris Russell and Raffi Torres also scored in the second, and Rick Nash tied it in the third for Columbus.

Senators 2, Flyers 0

PHILADELPHIA — Brian Elliott made 22 saves in his second NHL shutout and Nick Foligno and Jesse Winchester scored third-period goals to give the Ottawa Senators a victory over the slumping Philadelphia Flyers. With 9:30 minutes left, Foligno took a wrist shot from just above the circle and then put his rebound past diving goalie Brian Boucher, who had smothered another drive by Foligno a few minutes earlier. Winchester sealed the victory with a short-handed, empty-net goal in the final minute. It was the first shutout this season for the Senators, who have two wins in their past six games. The Flyers were blanked for the third time in six games. They are 1-3 under new coach Peter Laviolette, who replaced the fired John Stevens a week ago after Philadelphia’s two consecutive shutout losses.

Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 2

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins chose not to worry about how they almost blew a three-goal lead. Instead, they celebrated the way they regained control of the game. Mark Recchi scored twice in the final three minutes, and Tuukka Rask stopped 32 shots as Boston squandered most of a three-goal lead and held on to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Thursday night. “Three-goal leads are the worst,” Recchi said. “We were OK for two periods. In the third they came out and we weren’t ready for it. It’s nice that we responded after they did come back.” Mark Stuart, Derek Morris and David Krejci scored to give the Bruins a 3-0 lead after two periods. Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin had goals in the third to cut Toronto’s deficit to 3-2, but Recchi scored with 2:37 to play and then added an empty-netter with 12 seconds left to clinch it. Vesa Toskala made 29 saves for Toronto, which has lost seven straight to Boston, including a 7-2 defeat on Saturday night. “We’ve only got one win in our division, which is awful,” Leafs defenseman Ian White said. “We got spanked by these guys not even a week ago. We were expecting to come in here and have a different showing. It’s unfortunate. It could be a number of factors, I’m not exactly sure what the problem is but we have to find ways to win.”

Associated Press