Filip Forsberg scored a pair of power-play goals and Kyle Turris had the only goal in a shootout to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the struggling Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night.
Pekka Rinne made 27 saves in regulation and overtime, then denied all three Montreal shootout attempts as Nashville won for the eighth time in nine games.
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Jordie Benn and Joe Morrow scored for the Canadiens, who have lost their last five.
Morrow’s goal evened the score with less than a minute left in the third period.
In the tiebreaker, Turris beat Antti Niemi with a wrist shot between the pads.
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Benn scored the game’s first goal at 12:47 of the opening period.
Skating through the slot, he took a pass from Charles Hudon and beat Rinne with a wrist shot to the stick side.
Forsberg tied it at 1 with a second remaining in the first.
The Habs come home after a two game road trip to host the Buffalo Sabres Saturday night at the Bell Centre, puck drop is at 7:08 p.m.
— with files from the Associated Press