Predators, Canucks claim first place
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The Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks turned key victories into leaps to first place.
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He skated to the right net on his first try. That was a good sign. Hannu Toivonen hadn't forgotten.
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The more power plays the Nashville Predators got, the more they believed they would take advantage.
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Evgeni Malkin stole the spotlight from Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin.
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While the Buffalo Sabres were moving past Nashville for the overall points lead in the NHL, the Predators were making the night's biggest move.
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They marched into enemy territory and swiped 2 points from a first-place team. Their netminder allowed only one goal. They scored three times in the first 20 minutes when they came into the night averaging 1.3 first-period goals per game.
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Henrik Sedin scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Roberto Luongo made 20 saves to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.
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Shea Weber scores 40 seconds into overtime and the Predators beat the Blues, 2-1, on Saturday night.
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Defenseman Kevin Bieksa scored the go-ahead goal with 3:54 left in the third period and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Thursday night for their sixth straight victory.
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J.P Dumont breaks a tie with 38 seconds left, and Chris Mason makes 30 saves in the Nashville Predators' 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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(SLOVAKIA-RUSSIA) ~~~~ RUSSIA 5, SLOVAKIA 2 ----- TORONTO (Ticker) -- Alexei Kovalev and Sergei Samsonov scored just over four minutes apart in the second period as Russia clinched second place in the North American pool
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Vernon Fiddler scored a pair of goals to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.
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Noah Clarke became the first native Southern Californian to score for the Los Angeles Kings and Mathieu Garon recorded his first victory in more than two months, in a 5-1 victory that extended the Edmonton Oilers' losing streak to eight games.
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Scott Hartnell scores two goals in 23 seconds and the Predators get back on top of the Western Conference with a 4-1 victory over the Coyotes on Monday night.
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Daniel Sedin scored in the shootout to complete Vancouver's first third-period comeback of the season and end a seven-game winless skid as the Canucks beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Wednesday night.
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Alexander Radulov scores the only shootout goal in the Predators' 4-3 victory over the Blue Jackets on Sunday.
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Alex Ovechkin nets his first multiple goal game, and defenseman Jeff Schultz scores his first career goal in the Capitals' 7-1 thrashing of the Toronto Maple Leafs.