Predators hand Sharks another loss

J.P. Dumont scored in the fourth round of the shootout Wednesday night and the visiting Nashville Predators defeated San Jose, 4-3, spoiling Bill Guerin’s debut with the Sharks.

Tomas Vokoun made 27 saves and stopped three of the Sharks’ four shootout attempts to remain unbeaten in his last six starts against San Jose. Alexander Radulov scored in the third period and again in the shootout as the Predators earned their league-best 43rd victory.

Evgeni Nabokov made 28 saves for San Jose and forced the shootout with a stunning glove save on Paul Kariya with one second left in overtime, but the Sharks lost for the sixth time in eight games.

Guerin, acquired Tuesday from St. Louis in a deadline deal to add toughness and experience to a young team, looked active on a line with Joe Thornton and Jonathan Cheechoo. But Nashville kept the big-name line off the scoreboard.

Calgary 2, Minnesota 1 -- Jarome Iginla scored in the shootout to give the Flames a victory over the Wild at Calgary, Canada. After Iginla scored, Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff secured the Flames’ first shootout win by stopping Minnesota’s Pierre-Marc Bouchard.

Ottawa 2, Carolina 0 -- Dany Heatley scored his team-leading 38th goal and Ray Emery made 27 saves at Ottawa, Canada, to give the Senators a home-and-home sweep of the Hurricanes.