Joel Ward News

With 11-and-a-half minutes left in Saturday's game, a sluggish early afternoon Staples Center crowd finally came to life.

Nashville centre David Legwand, left, lines up a shot on Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick.

For one night, everything came together for the Anaheim Ducks . Jonas Hiller stopped 40 shots -- including 10 by Patric Hornqvist -- to earn his fifth NHL shutout and Teemu Selanne scored two goals to overtake Hall of Famer Jean Beliveau on the career points list, in the Ducks' 4-0 victory over the short-handed Nashville Predators on Thursday.

Two Burnaby hockey players were called up to the bigs this week. Michael Santorelli scored his first career goal in the National Hockey League for the Nashville Predators in a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild Wednesday.

The Predators welcomed a couple of players back into the goal-scoring column in Saturday's 4-2 win over Dallas.

Predators prospect Andreas Thuresson had somewhat of an interesting weekend. When word reached Milwaukee that the Predators were looking to recall a wing to replace the injured Martin Erat, surely he had to be thinking, "This could be my chance." Friday night would be his last opportunity to show what he had before the call came from Nashville with ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - It has been a while coming, but Preds forward Mike Santorelli finally claimed his first NHL point in Nashville's 4-3 win over Minnesota on Wednesday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Pekka Rinne made 22 saves for his first shutout of the season and fifth overall, and Joel Ward scored on a second-period power play in the Nashville Predators' 2-0 victory against the Blackhawks on Thursday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Jerred Smithson scored a short-handed goal midway through the third period to give the Nashville Predators their second regulation victory of the season, 4-3 over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night.

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The Predators lead the Ottawa Senators 3-0 after the second period. The three-goal first period marked a first for the Predators this season, who hadn't scored three goals in an entire game since Oct.

Predators forwards have struggled to produce points all season long. So Thursday, Nashville turned to its defensemen.

Shea Weber scored twice, including the game- winning power-play score 2:11 into overtime, as the Nashville Predators earned a wild 6-5 win over the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place.

The Washington Capitals lead the Predators 2-0 after the first period. The Capitals took a 1-0 lead with 14:33 left in the first when Alex Ovechkin scored his eighth goal of the season.

Now that their losing streak has ended, the Washington Capitals look to start one in a positive direction.

The Predators had little to like about Monday's 6-1 battering by Edmonton, but the NHL debut of Colin Wilson was one of them.

The Predators will be without forwards J.P. Dumont and Jordin Tootoo when they play their home opener against Colorado on Thursday.

The Predators have finally received some positive news on the injury front. Forward Joel Ward skated in part of practice on Monday for the first time since training camp.

Predators Coach Barry Trotz said the injury that knocked forward J.P. Dumont out of Saturday's game in the second period does not appear to be a serious one.

The Predators finished last season tied for the sixth-worst offense in the league, averaging just 2.52 goals per game.