Foligno, Saad each score twice in Blue Jackets' 7-1 exhibition victory over Predators

Saturday, 10.03.2015 / 10:25 PM The Canadian Press

Nick Foligno and Brandon Saad scored twice to help the Columbus Blue Jackets rout the visiting Nashville Predators 7-1 on Saturday night in their preseason finale.

Rene Bourque, Jared Boll and Brandon Dubinsky also scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves.

Cody Hodgson scored for Nashville.

Pekka Rinne allowed all seven goals before being replaced Carter Hutton with 5:50 left in the third period. Rinne made 26 saves, and Hutton stopped one shot.

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RED WINGS EDGE MAPLE LEAFS

At Toronto, Andreas Athanasiou and Anthony Mantha each had a goal and an assist in the Detroit Red Wings' 2-1 victory over the Maple Leafs.

Petr Mrazek made 28 saves to help Detroit finish 6-0-2 in the preseason.

Brad Boyes scored, and Jonathan Bernier made 13 saves for Toronto. The Maple Leafs lost their last five exhibition games to finish 3-5-0.

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DROUIN LIFTS LIGHTNING PAST PANTHERS

At Sunrise, Florida, Jonathan Drouin scored with 2:02 left to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 victory over the Panthers.

Ondrej Palat and Brian Boyle also scored in the third period to erase a 2-0 deficit.

Ben Bishop made 32 saves on 34 shots.

Derek MacKenzie and Nick Bjugstad scored first-period goals for Florida.

Roberto Luongo made 27 saves.

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STONE HEALS SENATORS BEAT CANADIENS

At Ottawa, Ontario, Mark Stone scored once and set up two goals, and Kyle Turris added four assists in the Senators' 5-4 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.

Chris Neil, Mike Hoffman, Chris Wideman and Cody Ceci also scored for the Senators. Dale Weise, Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallager and Max Pacioretty scored for the Canadiens.

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