Dan Ellis made 27 stops and Cody Franson
added a goal and one assist, as Nashville downed Los Angeles, 3-1, at Staples
Center.
Francis Bouillon and Joel Ward also tallied for the Predators, who have won
four of their last five.
Dustin Brown provided the lone score for the Kings, who had won two in a row
coming in. Jon Quick surrendered all three goals on 25 shots in defeat.
Bouillon snapped a scoreless tie with 3:22 to play in the second period, when
his blast from the point beat Quick with Nashville on the power play.
Franson doubled the Preds' advantage less than five minutes into the third,
but Brown countered on the power play for LA at 8:25 by tipping in Jarret
Stoll's shot.
Ward allowed Nashville to regain its two-goal edge only 1:20 later and the
Kings could not come closer even with an extra attacker for the final 1:34 of
the contest.
Game Notes
Nashville has won seven of the last eight meetings with LA, including a four-
game sweep last season...The Preds have won four in a row at Staples Center.
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