The leader Nashville with the sixth consecutive victory

The leader in the National Hockey League Nashville has achieved the sixth consecutive victory after defeating the visiting San Jose with 5: 1. Craig Smith was marked by two goals, Shea Weber added a goal and an assist, Paul Gostad and James Neal also scored for success.

The goalkeeper Pekka made the impressive 42 saves and Nashville garnered 84 points and now has an advance of 6 points ahead of their pursuers St. Louis and Montreal. Matt Irwin opened the scoring in the game for the visitors, but later they conceded five unanswered goals and registered a second consecutive loss.

New York Islanders did well with the host Carolina with 4: 1 and with 77 points is established on the top of the division "Metropolitan" and with a point closer to the leader in the Eastern Conference Montreal. John Tavares finished with a goal and an assist, Anders Lee Brock Nelson and Michael Grabner also scored and the goalkeeper Chad Johnson saved 37 strokes at the victory. Jiri Tlusti noted the honorary goal for the hosts.

The Dallas captain Jamie Ben has recorded the first hat-trick in his career by the victory with 4: 1 over the host St. Louis. Cody Iykan also scored for the Texans and Jason has reported with three assists. Patrik Berglund scored for the host, they have lost for only the third time in their last ten league games.

Washington has beat the host Pittsburgh with 3: 1 after a goal and an assist of the star Alexander Ovechkin. Joel Ward also distinguished with a goal and an assist, John Carlsen has solved everything with a goal in empty door just 12 seconds before the end. The goalkeeper Brendan Holtbi finished with 32 recorded discs. Steve Downie scored for Pittsburgh, which is third in the division "Metropolitan" with 73 points, one point ahead of Washington.

Matt Calvert scored twice, while the goalkeeper Curtis McElhini saved 42 shots in the success of Kalabmas with 5: 2 as a guest of Philadelphia. Scott Gomez and Jacob Josefsson scored in the penalties and brought the victory to the New Jersey with 2: 1 over the visiting Buffalo.