BOSTON — Brad Marchand scored 54 seconds into overtime, faking out a defender at the point and then wristing the puck into the net to give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators Thursday night.



Marchand’s move past Predators forward Mike Fisher gave Bruins goalie Niklas Svedberg a victory in his National Hockey League debut. Svedberg, who was called up from the AHL, stopped 33 shots.



Jarome Iginla and Johnny Boychuk also scored for Boston, which snapped a two-game losing streak.



Viktor Stalberg and Shea Weber scored for Nashville. Marek Mazanec made 22 saves for the Predators, who lost for the first time in three games.



The Bruins were lackluster in the first two periods — managing just three shots to Nashville’s 16 in the second — but tied it 1-1 when Boychuk, trailing a 3-on-2, took a drop pass and wristed into the net with 5 minutes gone in the third.



The Bruins took the lead with 7 1/2 minutes to play when Milan Lucic centred it from the left boards and Iginla, crashing the net, tipped it in.



Iginla’s goal, along with assists by Lucic and David Krejci, gave all three a scoring streak of six games.



But the Predators tied it less than 2 minutes later when Shea Weber slapped in a rebound after Roman Josi outbattled Marchand for the puck behind the net.



Nashville scored first in the second period when Fisher was waiting at the blue line for the long breakout pass and he drew both defenders to him as he skated in on the right side. When his shot bounced off Svedberg into the slot, Stalberg had an open net to shoot at.



It was Stalberg’s first point in five games and his first goal since Dec. 14.



Hurricanes 4, Capitals 3 (OT)



Jeff Skinner scored three goals, including the winner in overtime, and Anton Khudobin made 38 saves in his first start in 2 1/2 months Thursday night in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals.



Skinner took a pass from Ryan Murphy to cap a 3-on-1 break at 1:20 of the extra period for his 19th goal of the season. Manny Malhotra also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won two in a row after a five-game losing streak.



With Cam Ward out with a lower body injury, Khudobin saw his first NHL action since Oct. 13. Khudobin had been out with a lower body injury and was recalled Tuesday after a two-game conditioning assignment in the AHL.



Islanders 3, Blackhawks 2

Kyle Okposo scored 58 seconds into overtime, and the New York Islanders beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 after blowing a two-goal lead.



One day after Okposo was disappointed by not being chosen for the US Olympic team, he snapped a drive past goalie Corey Crawford — drawing chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” as he was interviewed on the ice.



Other results

Wild 4, Sabres 1; Blues 5 Kings 0; Jackets 2, Coyotes 0; Canadiens 6, Stars 4; Avalanche 2, Flyers 1; Sharks 5, Oilers 1. — Agencies