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Boston • Brad Marchand tried to poke the puck through the defender's legs and then, to his surprise, found that he still had the puck.

The Bruins forward took a couple of more strides and wristed it into the net, giving the Bruins a 3-2 overtime victory over the Nashville Predators.

"He was shocked that it worked," Bruins coach Claude Julien said after Marchand's goal 54 seconds into overtime. "Give him credit for that and he was smart enough to throw it at the net. Maybe I was a little surprised, too."

Jarome Iginla and Johnny Boychuk also scored in regulation for Boston, and Marchand faked out Predators forward Mike Fisher at the point to score the game-winner. That gave goalie Niklas Svedberg a victory in his NHL debut.

"Fish knows better than that," Predators coach Barry Trotz said. "He can't play as light on guys one-on-one as that."

The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 41 27 12 2 56 120 88

Tampa Bay 40 24 12 4 52 114 95

Montreal 42 24 14 4 52 109 98

Toronto 42 21 16 5 47 118 120

Detroit 42 18 14 10 46 109 120

Ottawa 43 18 18 7 43 122 138

Florida 41 15 20 6 36 96 130

Buffalo 41 11 26 4 26 72 117

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 42 29 12 1 59 131 96

Washington 41 20 15 6 46 125 123

Philadelphia 41 20 17 4 44 106 113

New Jersey 41 17 16 8 42 97 103

N.Y. Rangers 41 20 19 2 42 96 109

Carolina 41 16 16 9 41 100 121

Columbus 41 18 19 4 40 111 117

N.Y. Islanders 42 14 21 7 35 110 140

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 43 28 7 8 64 160 118

St. Louis 40 28 7 5 61 144 93

Colorado 40 25 11 4 54 116 101

Dallas 40 20 13 7 47 119 119

Minnesota 43 21 17 5 47 101 110

Winnipeg 43 19 19 5 43 117 125

Nashville 41 18 18 5 41 97 122

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 42 29 8 5 63 137 106

San Jose 40 25 9 6 56 131 104

Los Angeles 42 25 13 4 54 110 88

Vancouver 42 23 12 7 53 113 101

Phoenix 40 20 11 9 49 120 122

Calgary 40 14 20 6 34 96 126

Edmonton 42 13 24 5 31 109 143

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Thursday's games

Boston 3, Nashville 2, OT

N.Y. Islanders 3, Chicago 2, OT

Carolina 4, Washington 3, OT

Ottawa 4, Winnipeg 3

St. Louis 5, Los Angeles 0

Minnesota 4, Buffalo 1

Montreal 6, Dallas 4

Colorado 2, Philadelphia 1

Columbus 2, Phoenix 0

Edmonton at San Jose, late