Nashville went 3-for-3 in the team's first shootout of the season with goals from Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly Steven Stamkos,

Filip Forsberg tied it with 3:03 left with his 300th NHL goal, and Juuse Saros made 24 saves in regulation and overtime. Gustav Nyquist and Ryan O’Reilly scored on Nashville's first two attempts in the tiebreaker and Stamkos put it away on the third.

Juuse Saros finished with 27 saves for his fourth ... not allowing too many dangerous chances to get through to Saros. Gustav Nyquist and Colton Sissons added empty-net goals in the final two ...

Nashville opened the scoring with 11:53 remaining in the first period. On the power play, Jonathan Marchessault saucered the puck from behind the Blackhawks net to Roman Josi in the slot, who sent it to the far circle for Stamkos to convert short-side against Soderblom.

We often talk about the “sexy” pick when it comes to teams making moves in the offseason. We overvalue trades and free agent signings, and we tend to anoint teams before the puck even drops as Stanley Cup favorites and summertime winners.

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,

The Nashville Predators emerged victorious in a back-and-forth battle against the Chicago Blackhawks, securing a 3-2 shootout win on Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena. Steven Stamkos played hero for the Predators,

But after goaltender Juuse Saros allowed his fifth goal in the second period and was pulled for just the second time this season, Nashville (11-18-7, 29 points) didn't have enough left to mount a ...

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).