Philadelphia — Nashville coach Barry Trotz knows a well-executed play when he sees one.
Denis Arkhipov hammered in a rebound at 1:16 of overtime to give the Predators a 3-2 win over Philadelphia, snapping the Flyers' home unbeaten string at eight games on Thursday night.
Arkhipov scored from the right circle after Philadelphia goaltender Roman Cechmanek had made the initial save on a shot by Vladimir Orszagh.
"It all started with some great work in the corner by Orszagh," Trotz said. "He cycled the puck well which allowed us to get the puck on goal. The rebound came out to Arkhipov and he knew what to do."
Nashville's Cliff Ronning scored his second goal of the game at 7:45 of the third to tie the game at 2.
Ronning, who leads Nashville with 41 points, scored on a rebound of a shot by David Legwand.
The Predators have won only three of their last 19 road games (3-14-2).
Jiri Dopita and Simon Gagne scored goals for the Flyers, who were 7-0-1 at home coming into the game. They lost their win streak Tuesday after a 1-1 tie with Ottawa.
Senators 4, Bruins 3
Ottawa Daniel Alfredsson and Shawn McEachern scored power-play goals three minutes apart in the third period to lead Ottawa over Boston. Alfredsson scored his team-leading 23rd goal 6:05 into the third to tie it at 3 after Ottawa blew an early 2-0 lead. McEachern scored his eighth of the season at 9:05. Ottawa moved within two points of Boston for the Northeast Division lead. The Bruins have just one win in their last seven games (1-3-0-3).
Blue Jackets 6, Sharks 2
Columbus, Ohio Espen Knutsen had his first career three-goal game and added an assist as Columbus beat San Jose. Mike Sillinger tied a career high with four points on two goals and two assists, and Grant Marshall and Ray Whitney each had two assists for the Blue Jackets, who snapped a three-game losing streak and two game skid at home.
Pens 5, Islanders 4, OT
Uniondale, N.Y. Alexei Morozov scored 1:29 into overtime as Pittsburgh rallied for its fifth straight victory. Morozov, who set up Kris Beech's tying goal with 3:03 remaining in regulation, won it when he beat Garth Snow with a 35-foot wrist shot from the right wing.
Thrashers 4, Devils 2
Atlanta Ilya Kovalchuk and Tony Hrkac scored third-period goals as Atlanta rebounded from a terrible start to beat New Jersey. The Thrashers were down 2-0 after the first period despite outshooting New Jersey 19-2. But Atlanta tied it on second-period goals by Pascal Rheaume and Jeff Odgers, and went ahead to stay on Kovalchuk's team-leading 25th goal just 48 seconds into the third. Hrkac added the short-handed goal with 38 seconds left to seal it.
Thrashers' goaltender Milan Hnilicka stopped 47 shots as Atlanta won for the fifth time in its last seven games.
Avalanche 2, Flames 0
Calgary, Alberta David Aebischer made 25 saves and Milan Hejduk and Chris Drury scored as Colorado stretched its winning streak to five games with a victory over Calgary. It was Aebischer's first shutout of the season and fourth of his career, but his second straight against Calgary.
Hejduk put Colorado ahead with 1:46 left in the second period and Drury added a late empty-net goal.
The Avalanche moved eight points ahead of the second place Edmonton Oilers atop the Northwest Division.
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