NHL Roundup: Predators extend winning streak to 6

CALGARY, Alberta — Scottie Upshall's tiebreaking goal with 6:47 remaining lifted the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over Calgary and extended their winning streak to six games Tuesday night.

Nashville trailed 2-0 in the first period and 3-2 heading into the third. Jerred Smithson tied the score at 8:46 of the third period.

Calgary, which had won two straight, held a two-goal lead after the first period on goals by Marcus Nilson and Dion Phaneuf.

But the Predators rallied in the second behind power-play goals from Adam Hall and Vernon Fiddler.

"I learned a lot about our character," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "We didn't back off."

Kristian Huselius put the Flames back in front late in the period.

It was the 11th time in five games Calgary has squandered a lead.

Darcy Hordichuk set up two of Nashville's goals after setting the tone early in a fight with Calgary's Chris Simon.

Flames goaltender Philippe Sauve saved 36 shots, and Nashville counterpart Tomas Vokoun stopped 23 shots.

Calgary is tied with Edmonton for first place in the Northwest Division. The Flames and Oilers each have 46 points, one more than the Vancouver Canucks.

Nashville, with 51 points, is second to Detroit in the Western Conference.

Other games

Maple Leafs 3, at Penguins 2 (OT)

Tomas Kaberle sent a wrist shot past Marc-Andre Fleury to give Toronto an overtime victory and send Pittsburgh to its fifth straight loss.

The Maple Leafs have won three in a row.

Bruins 4, at Capitals 3 (OT)

Brad Stuart's goal 2:04 into overtime lifted Boston over Washington.

The Bruins, down 3-1 with 8:13 left in the third period, tied the score on goals by Marco Sturm and Sergei Samsonov.

Red Wings 4, at Stars 1

Ex-Seattle Thunderbird Chris Osgood stopped 27 shots, and Henrik Zetterberg collected a goal and two assists as Detroit beat Dallas.

The Red Wings, who have won four in a row, have 53 points and are tied for the league lead with Eastern Conference-leading Ottawa.

Notes

• Coach Wayne Gretzky's leave of absence from the Phoenix Coyotes ends today. His mother, Phyllis, died last week.

Gretzky, the league's career scoring leader, is expected to coach the Coyotes in tonight's game against the Sharks in San Jose, Calif.

Associate coach Rick Tocchet coached the team in Gretzky's absence.

• The owners of the St. Louis Blues, who put the team up for sale this summer, entered into a letter of intent to negotiate exclusively with a group from Detroit.

General Sports and Entertainment was founded by Andrew Appleby, former senior marketing executive of the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports and Entertainment. Bill and Nancy Laurie own the Blues.

• Toronto forward Darcy Tucker was fined $2,500 by the league for pulling off the helmet of New Jersey's Cam Janssen during a fight and twice hitting Janssen on the head with the helmet.

Tucker was ejected from Monday's game.