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LINKNASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) — 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.
The teams traded power-play goals in the first. Steve Ott scored
for Dallas and Shea Weber answered for Nashville.
With the Stars on the power play, Brad Richards sent a wrist
shot on goal from the left point. Nashville goaltender Pekka
Rinne stopped that shot, but Ott was able to pounce on the
rebound and beat Rinne on the stick side.
James Neal also assisted on Ott’s goal, giving him a point in a
career-high six consecutive games.
Ott returned to the Stars’ lineup after serving a two-game
suspension for a low hit he delivered to St. Louis defenseman
Carlo Colaiacovo on Oct. 24.
Dallas took a 2-1 lead at 2:15 of the second on a goal by Brian
Sutherby, but Nashville tied it early in the third on Steve
Sullivan’s first goal since the season opener in Dallas.
“We thought that we were really taking the play to them so there
was really no doubt in our minds that this game was ours for the
taking,” Sullivan said.
Nashville took its first lead at 10:59 when Hornqvist picked up
a loose puck in the Dallas crease and put a wrist shot
underneath the crossbar for his third of the season.
“For the first time in 10 games, I got it right on my stick,”
Hornqvist said. “It was nice to get a goal again, and if we can
keep playing like that we are going to have success the whole
year.”
Klein put the Predators in front 4-2 at 11:42 with a slap shot
through traffic from the right point.
“If you look at all of the goals, there is one common theme that
there was someone right in front of the net,” Nashville coach
Barry Trotz said. “Goals are hard to come by, you have to go to
the hard places, and guys did.”
Rinne made 27 saves to record his fourth consecutive win. Alex
Auld turned aside 29 shots in the loss.
“Both teams had some pretty quality chances, but overall our
game has been improving over the last week or so,” Rinne said.
Auld felt his team was in good position going into the third
period with a 2-1 lead.
“They came out with a lot of sustained pressure, and they scored
three hardworking goals,” Auld said. “I would have liked to come
up with some saves to hold the team in it, but I wasn’t able to
do that tonight.”
NOTES: This was the third meeting between the teams this season.
They won’t play each other again until they finish the season
series on March 23 in Nashville. … Dallas G Marty Turco missed
his second consecutive game because of flulike symptoms. … The
Predators have scored a power-play goal in three consecutive
games for the first time this season. … Nashville RW Martin
Erat missed his second straight game because of a lower body
injury.
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Aljon
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