NASHVILLE, Tennessee: Ian Cole had a goal and an assist to lead the St. Louis Blues to their third straight win, 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.

Magnus Paajarvi had the other goal for the Blues, who have won all four of their games against Nashville this season.

Ryan Miller stopped 20 shots to win his third game in as many starts since being acquired from the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. Nick Spaling scored for the Predators, losers of six of seven.

Cole scored the game’s first goal at 4:03 of the opening period after Steve Ott won a faceoff in the left circle and Cole beat Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne with a wrist shot high to the far side.

Ott’s assist was his first point as a Blue.

Nashville drew even at 10:28 of the first on Spaling’s 11th goal of the season.

Kings 3, Jets 1: The Los Angeles Kings displayed the kind of form that carried them to a Stanley Cup victory in 2012 with a dominating territorial performance on the road against the Winnipeg Jets.

The game may have appeared close on the scoreboard but the visitors out-shot the hosts by a 41-18 margin and at times the ice looked tilted toward the Winnipeg net.

The win improved the Kings’ record to 36-22-6 and dropped the Jets to 30-27-7.

Bruins 3, Capitals 0: The Boston Bruins, getting only token resistance from the Washington Capitals, cruised to their third straight victory.

Tuukka Rask turned aside only 16 shots to beat the Caps for the first time in his career and post his sixth shutout of the season.

The Caps, short-handed because of injuries and suspension, lost their third straight.

Sabres 3, Lightning 1: The Tampa Bay Lightning welcomed the return of their best player but could not get a win against the worst team in the NHL.

Center Steven Stamkos was back in action after a 45-game injury absence but Tampa Bay was ineffective in its first game without former captain Martin St. Louis, an emotional leader who asked to be dealt to the New York Rangers at the trade deadline.

Blackhawks 6, Blue Jackets 1: Centers Jonathan Toews and Andrew Shaw scored two goals apiece as the Chicago Blackhawks routed the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Toews produced his second multi-goal game in the last three and has five goals and an assist during his hot streak.

Avalanche 3, Red Wings 2 (OT): Defenseman Andre Benoit scored with 31 seconds left in the overtime period to give the Colorado Avalanche a road win over the Detroit Red Wings.

Center Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist and right winger P.A. Parenteau also scored for Colorado.

Coyotes 5, Canadiens 2: Phoenix forward Radim Vrbata and Lauri Korpikoski, and defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, scored first-period goals as the Coyotes beat the Montreal Canadiens for the first time in more than 15 years.

The Coyotes had not beaten Montreal since Dec. 9, 1998, going 0-9-2 against the Canadiens since.

Stars 6, Canucks 1: Center Tyler Seguin scored his third hat trick of the season and fourth of his career, and added two assists as the Dallas Stars routed the Vancouver Canucks.

The Stars (30-23-10) also got goals from Jamie Benn, Alex Goligoski and Ryan Garbutt.

Oilers 3, Islanders 2 (OT): The Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders in overtime on left wing Taylor Hall’s goal in the extra period.

It was a meeting of former NHL powers who have fallen on hard times. They met two decades ago in back-to-back Stanley Cup finals — the Islanders winning in 1993 and the Oilers in 1994.

Sharks 5, Penguins 3: The San Jose Sharks recovered from a two-goal deficit to record their 11th consecutive home victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

San Jose right winger Brent Burns added his second goal of the night into an empty net with 2.6 seconds left to ensure victory as the Sharks outshot the high-powered Penguins 47-22.