The Nashville Predators received a huge offensive boost from defensemen Francis Bouillon and Cody Franson, who played a solid two-way game in front of goalie Dan Ellis. Bouillon and Franson both scored goals along with right wing Joel Ward, and Ellis made 27 saves to lead the Predators to a 3-1 victory over Los Angeles on Saturday.

If the Los Angeles Kings' outstanding start is still escaping attention, maybe a come-from-behind win over the defending NHL champions will attract a little notice for Anze Kopitar and his young, hungry club. Jarrett Stoll scored the go-ahead goal with 7:51 to play, and the Kings rallied for a four-goal third period in a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

The Phoenix Coyotes gave the Kings' Drew Doughty an open look at the goal. He buried the chance. Doughty scored the go-ahead goal with 4:51 remaining and Los Angeles rallied to beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-3 Monday night. "No one on their team tried to block my shot so I had a whole lane to the net," Doughty said.

LOS ANGELES - After spending his first month with Vancouver as Roberto Luongo's cleanup man, Andrew Raycroft was grateful to get his pads dirty in a defence-dominated win for the Canucks.

After spending his first month with Vancouver as Roberto Luongo's cleanup man, Andrew Raycroft was grateful to get his pads dirty in a defense-dominated win for the Canucks. Mikael Samuelsson scored in the first period and again in the third round of the shootout, leading Vancouver to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

Ryane Clowe got something more important than his first official goal of the season. He scored shootout winner. Clowe overcame a rough start to the season by scoring in the sixth round of a shootout, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped Jarret Stoll moments later to give the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.