NEW YORK — Goaltender Cam Talbot stopped 25 shots as the New York Rangers emerged with a 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators at Madison Square Garden Monday. Rick Nash, Marc Staal, Chris Kreider and Dominic Moore scored for the Rangers (39-17-6), who are 9-1-1 in their past 11 games and have moved into first place in the Metropolitan with 84 points. Matt Cullen scored for the Predators (41-16-7), who have lost three straight for the first time this season but still hold the league's best record. Blackhawks 5, Hurricanes 2: Captain Jonathan Toews scored a pair of goals to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Carolina (24-31-7) saw their three-game winning streak come to an end. Sharks 4, Canadiens 0: Newcomer Ben Smith scored a goal and added an assist to help the Sharks beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0, San Jose's first win at SAP Center in nine attempts. Backup goalie Alex Stalock posted his second shutout of the season and fourth of his career with 20 saves. The win helped the Sharks (31-25-8) pull even with the Calgary Flames and Los Angeles Kings with 70 points in the Pacific Division while the Canadiens dropped to 41-17-5. Canadiens, Islanders add talent The division-leading Montreal Canadiens and New York Islanders each bolstered their lineups with moves Monday at the National Hockey League trade deadline. The Atlantic division-leading Canadiens, who lead the Eastern Conference with 41 wins and 87 points over 62 games, obtained defenseman Jeff Petry from the Edmonton Oilers for two picks in this year's NHL Draft and forward Brian Flynn from Buffalo for a 2016 draft pick. Petry, 27, has scored four goals in 59 games for Edmonton this season and 17 goals over 295 career NHL games. Flynn, 26, has five goals this season and 17 over 159 career NHL games, all with the Sabres. The Metropolitan division-leading Islanders, second in the East at 84 points, obtained forward Tyler Kennedy from San Jose and Dustin Jeffrey from Vancouver in exchange for forward Cory Conacher. Kennedy, 28, has four goals this season and has netted 84 goals while setting up 110 others over 464 career games with San Jose and Pittsburgh, which he helped to a Stanley Cup crown in 2009. In one of the biggest trades before the deadline, the Tampa Bay Lightning traded for defenseman Braydon Coburn. The Lightning shipped defenseman Radko Gudas, a first round draft pick and a third round pick to the Philadelphia for Coburn, who was in his ninth season with the Flyers. There were two dozen trades Monday but very few big name players as most teams seemed content to tweak their lineups rather than shake up their dressing rooms. One player that didn't move Monday was embattled Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp who is having his worst season since 2007. Sharp, who is minus-13 on the season, has just one goal in his last 13 games. Detroit swung a deal with New Jersey to obtain veteran Czech defenseman Marek Zidlicky. — Agencies
