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Updated Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:43 am TWN, AP



	Nashville Predators' Colin Wilson beats Atlanta Thrashers goalie Johan Hedberg for a goal in the first period of an NHL hockey game on Tuesday, March 9, in Atlanta. (AP) Enlarge Photo

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Flyers beat Islanders, continue streak

Predators 2, Thrashers 1 At Atlanta, Colin Wilson scored off an Atlanta miscue and Dan Ellis turned aside 30 shots, leading Nashville past slumping Thrashers.

Ryan Suter scored Nashville's first goal, and Wilson took advantage of a hideous turnover by Mark Popovic to make it 2-0 before the first period was done.

Ellis made the lead stand up. The Thrashers were held to a second-period goal by Nik Antropov and took their third straight loss, further dampening playoff hopes that looked much better just a week ago.

Canadiens 5, Lightning 3 At Montreal, Scott Gomez had a goal and two assists, and Mathieu Darche scored twice to lift the Canadiens to a victory against Tampa Bay.

Jaroslav Halak made 28 saves for Montreal, which gave coach Jacques Martin his 550th career win in the team's first home game since the Olympic break.

Glen Metropolit notched his career-high 15th goal and added an assist. Benoit Pouliot also scored as the Canadiens won their third in a row.

Steven Stamkos scored his 41st goal for Tampa Bay. He set a Lightning record with his 17th power-play goal and extended his club-record point streak to 17 games.

Blue Jackets 5, Ducks 2 At Anaheim, California, Jakub Voracek scored during Columbus' first power play and set up another second-period goal by Fedor Tyutin to lead Columbus over Anaheim.

Mathieu Garon made 36 saves one night after relieving Steve Mason, who gave up four goals on 12 shots against Los Angeles in the first period of a 6-0 loss.

Canucks 6, Avalanche 4 At Denver, Jannik Hansen scored the decisive goal with 2:08 remaining and Mikael Samuelsson had his first NHL hat trick as Vancouver rallied to beat Colorado.

Daniel Sedin added an empty-net goal with 8.8 seconds left to seal the Canucks' fourth straight win over Colorado. The Avalanche were denied in their bid to move into a tie with Northwest Division-leading Vancouver.

The Canucks tied it with 11:56 remaining when Alex Burrows, positioned in front of Anderson, deflected in Christian Erhoff's shot.

Senators 4, Oilers 1 At Edmonton, Alberta, Chris Kelly had a goal and an assist, and Matt Cullen, Milan Michalek and Mike Fisher also scored for Ottawa, which snapped a three-game losing streak by beating Edmonton.

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