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Patrice Bergeron explained to his teammates they should be thankful anytime they’re able to play.And they should be even more grateful he’s back with them.Bergeron scored two goals to reach 300 for his career Darren Helm Jersey , returning to the lineup Saturday after missing 16 games and leading the Boston Bruins past the Nashville Predators 5-2.“When you’re in it for a while, it’s game whatever,” he said. “You don’t appreciate it as much. I told them to be thankful because I’ve been missing it for so long.”He also set up Brad Marchand’s tie-breaking score and finished with two assists to help send Boston to its sixth win in eight games.“This shows why,” said Marchand, who called Bergeron one of the game’s best players. “It’s tough to jump in after five weeks and feel good. He’s an incredible leader and player and showed that again.”David Pastrnak had his team-leading 23rd goal and added two assists. Marchand had two assists and defenseman Charlie McAvoy set up Bergeron’s first goalMaking his third straight start for the Bruins, Jaroslav Halak stopped 28 shots and assisted on Sean Kuraly’s empty-netter.Ryan Johansen and Kyle Turris scored for Nashville, which lost its fourth straight (0-3-1) for the first time this season. Pekka Rinne made 27 saves.“We came in to get a win and go into the break on a good note, and obviously that didn’t happen.” Johansen said. “We’ll take this break for some much-needed rest and get back to what makes us successful.”The Predators completed a winless four-game road trip.“I think right now, where we’re at, especially on the road, it’s about those one or two or three extra things in the course of a game that we could clean up,” Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said.With Ryan Hartman off for tripping http://www.redwingsshoponline.com/authentic-dylan-larkin-jersey , Bergeron sent a pass to Marchand, who one-timed a shot into the net with 8:37 left in the game. Pastrnak completed a 2-on-1 break with Marchand for a goal with 5:51 to go.The Bruins had a two-man, power-play advantage for 65 seconds to start the third period. At the end of the first penalty, Rinne made a pad save on Torey Krug and stuffed Marchand’s rebound bid.But on the ensuing shift, Bergeron scored out of a scramble from just outside the crease, lifting puck over the goalie to make it 2-1 at 1:44 of the period.“He just gives an emotional boost around practice yesterday knowing he’s going to come back in the lineup,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said.Turris fired a shot from the top of right circle that caromed into the net off the left post, making it 2-2 with 10:53 left in the third.Sidelined because of a rib injury since mid-November, Bergeron had pushed the Bruins ahead 15:10 of the opening period. McAvoy fired a pass to Bergeron in the slot, where the center cut toward his left, stopped and shifted quickly before flipping a shot under the bar.Boston had a goal overturned midway into the second period. A replay review for goaltender interference prevented the Bruins from going up 2-0.In a second period filled with steady end-to-end play, Nashville tied it at 13:01 when Johansen fired a wrister from the right circle that appeared to hit Boston defenseman Matt Grzelcyk’s stick and change direction before slipping into the net through a small space between the post next and Halak’s left arm.NOTES: Rinne had a shutout in the teams’ other meeting Frans Nielsen Jersey Kids , 1-0 in Nashville on Nov. 3. . Boston defensemen Zdeno Chara (knee) and Kevan Miller (larynx) both resumed practicing this week but didn’t play. They’re getting close to returning, but Cassidy said they both wouldn’t play Sunday. . Halak entered the day leading the NHL with a .930 save percentage. … Cassidy also said goaltender Tuukka Rask would start Sunday. . The Predators came in 10-1-1 against Eastern Conference teams.UP NEXT:Predators: Off until Dec. 27th when they host Dallas.Bruins: At Carolina on Sunday. GLENDALE, Ariz.-Sometimes winning a game depends not on how you’re playing or where you’re playing, but when you’re playing.And right now doesn’t appear to be the best time to be playing the Arizona Coyotes. The Tampa Bay Lightning already found that out, and now the Ottawa Senators must contend with an opponent that’s playing its best hockey in seasons.The Coyotes (5-5-0) were shut out three times while losing four of their first five games, an all-too-reminiscent beginning much like that of their 0-10-1 start a season ago. But they’ve since starting scoring goals – and winning – and they’ll go for their fourth consecutive victory and fifth in six games against the Senators (4-4-2) on Tuesday at Gila River Arena.Article continues below ...The Coyotes had only one four-game winning streak last season, from Feb. 12-17.“In the beginning (of the season), a lot of games we lost we played good, structured hockey and kept teams to low scores and low shots on nets but we just weren’t scoring,” forward Michael Grabner said. “The puck’s going in for a lot of guys now and it makes it a lot easier … a lot easier to be confident.”Arizona caught the Lightning at the right time Saturday, playing the second half of a difficult back-to-back without injured Norris Trophy winner Victor Hedman and forward Ondrej Palat. The result was a 7-1 Coyotes victory that included two more short-handed goals, both by Grabner Gordie Howe Jersey , giving them four such goals in two games – by most by an NHL team since the New York Islanders also scored four in 2000.“We’re No. 2 (in penalty-killing) and we’re taking pride in it, which is nice,” said coach Rick Tocchet, whose team has scored 22 goals in the past five games. “A long way to go, but I like the way they’re doing it.”“We’ve got a lot of veteran guys, guys who have killed (penalties) a lot,” said defenseman Alex Goligoski, who has a goal and two assists in the last two games. “We’re going out there, going through our reads, and stuff’s been working out – and we’re burying pucks, too.”Especially second-year forward Clayton Keller, who has five goals in the past five games. He leads the team with seven points in two games. Thomas Chabot leads the Senators with 13 points (3 goals Authentic Gustav Nyquist Jersey , 10 assists) in 10 games.Now, the Senators come in on a three-game losing streak, and off a difficult 4-3 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday decided by a rare overtime penalty shot, by Jonathan Marchessault. The Coyotes are playing the third game of a five-game homestand having outscored Vancouver (4-1) and Tampa Bay (7-1) by a combined 11-2 in the first two games. Both opponents were coming off games against Vegas the night before.“Obviously, it was a tough schedule,” Lightning forward Ryan Callahan said.But an advantageous one for the Coyotes. Then again, maybe the NHL schedule makers owed Arizona a break after giving them 21 road games among their first 33 games last season.Ottawa is 0-1-1 so far on a three-game road trip, but center Matt Duchene prefers to look at the upside.“It’s a big point (at Vegas) and we’re staying at .500,” said Duchene, who has four goals and seven assists in 10 games. “If we get a win at Arizona it’s a solid road trip and we’ll go back home and get ready for the next challenge.”