TORONTO (AP) -Wade Belak scored a rare goal and Vesa Toskala stopped 34 shots to help the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 Tuesday night.
Goofy goals by Nik Antropov, Matt Stajan and Belak – his first in four years – helped the Leafs win their third straight.
Shea Weber scored for Nashville, and goalie Chris Mason made 12 saves.
Belak got his first goal since Dec. 20, 2003, at 2:48 of the third period.
Lightning 4, Senators 3, SO
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Vinny Prospal scored in the fourth round of a shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended Ottawa’s losing streak to seven games with a 4-3 victory over the Senators on Tuesday night.
The Lightning, who blew a 3-1 lead in the final two minutes, won the shootout 2-1.
Daniel Alfredsson scored twice during a three-goal third, helping the Senators tie it at 3. Alfredsson (1:57 left) and Wade Redden (1:21 remaining) completed the comeback scoring 36 seconds apart late in the period.
The Senators have lost seven games in a row for the first time since Feb. 22-March 9, 1996.
Mathieu Darche, Chris Gratton and Filip Kuba scored for the Lightning.
Red Wings 4, Canadiens 1
MONTREAL (AP) – Pavel Datsyuk scored two unassisted goals off turnovers and Dominik Hasek stopped 15 shots to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.
Datsyuk’s second goal of the game and 11th of the season came midway through the second to restore Detroit’s one-goal lead at 2-1. He also scored 16:40 in.
Niklas Kronvall and Henrik Zetterberg also scored for the Red Wings, who extended their winning streak to four.
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