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NASHVILLE Authentic Oliver Bjorkstrand Jersey , Tenn. (AP) The Nashville Predators continued to bolster their forward depth as they acquired Ryan Hartman from the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday before the NHL’s trade deadline.The Predators acquired Hartman and a fifth-round pick from Chicago for forward Victor Ejdsell, a first-round pick and a fourth-round pick.All picks exchanged are for the 2018 draft.”This fits us,” Predators general manager David Poile said. ”In terms of where he’s probably going to go in the lineup, it fits exactly what we need. We did a good job improving our center ice the last couple of seasons – (Ryan) Johansen and (Kyle) Turris, specifically.”We wanted a little bit of sandpaper in our lineup that could play at a higher level than a fourth-line type player. We got a guy that scored 19 goals last year, is 23 years of age, is hard to play against.”Hartman, a left wing, has 25 points (eight goals, 17 assists) in 57 games played with Chicago this season. Hartman will be a restricted free agent at the end of the season.”Obviously something was going on, but I’m really excited Ryan Murray Jersey ,” he told Canada’s TSN. ”A great team obviously, a rivalry between both of us. It’s a tough building to play in when you’re the opposing team, but I’m excited to be in there wearing the yellow and playing in Nashville.”Poile had to think about making a deal with Central Division rival Chicago, the team the Predators swept in the first round of the playoffs last year.”I always have a little bit of a pause when I do that,” Poile said. ”But I think it really comes down to you’ve got to get your best deal.”Clearly what we offered for Hartman was higher than anyone else or what they liked the most, or they wouldn’t have taken the deal. So (the Blackhawks) have got to take care of themselves. They’re in a little different place than we are right now.”One year removed from finishing first in the Western Conference with 109 points, the Blackhawks are in last place in the Central Division.”It’s disappointing, for sure,” Chicago general manager Stan Bowman said. ”But you can’t feel sorry for yourself. You have to sit here and try to plan for the future. I think what we’ve been able to do here today is position ourselves to get some really high value assets.”In the case of Victor, he’s not that far away from contributing. We don’t want to be in this position, obviously http://www.bluejacketsshoponline.com/authentic-sergei-bobrovsky-jersey , but you are where you are.”The defending Western Conference champion Predators are loading up at forward. In addition to Hartman, the Predators signed former captain Mike Fisher to a one-year deal earlier Monday.And the team may not yet be done adding players. Poile is hopeful that 2017 first-round pick Eeli Tolvanen will make his way to Nashville when his season with Jokerit of the KHL concludes. Tolvanen starred for Finland at the Olympics, scoring three goals and adding six assists in five games.Entering Monday, the Predators held a two-point lead over the Winnipeg Jets for first place in the Central and trailed the Western Conference-leading Vegas Golden Knights by one point.The Jets also made an acquisition from a Central rival, getting forward Paul Stastny from the St. Louis Blues.Also Monday, the Blackhawks acquired a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2019 draft from the Boston Bruins for forward Tommy Wingels.Wingels has 12 points (seven goals, five assists) in 57 games. He was signed by Chicago on July 1, 2017.— LOS ANGELES (AP) There are goals struck so well it can be hard to see the puck until it hits the net. And then there are those like the game-winner in the Los Angeles Kings‘ 4-1 victory Thursday night over the Detroit Red Wings.This puck danced , took odd bounces, trickled off the back of unsuspecting goalie Jared Coreau and then landed behind the goal line to give the Kings a 2-1 lead at 8:22 of the third period.”When plays like that happen, it’s kind of in slow motion Womens Seth Jones Jersey ,” Kings forward Anze Kopitar said. ”I was right at the post seeing the puck tumble. I’m thinking, what’s going to happen? Can I get a stick on it? And then it rolled down his back. And I started celebrating.”The goal went to Kopitar, who had battled along the wall behind the Detroit net for the puck, finally flicking it out only for it to land on the roof of the net, take a slow bounce off the crossbar, fall on the back of Coreau and gently slide in for the tiebreaking tally.”It’s unfortunate,” said Detroit coach Jeff Blashill.Misfortune is all the Red Wings have known of late. Thursday marked their season-worst eighth consecutive defeat.The Red Wings had tied the game 1-all just 45 seconds into the third on a power-play goal by Gustav Nyquist.But then came the fluke goal for Kopitar. Tyler Toffoli added a late score and Dustin Brown had an empty-netter, and the final score did not reflect the tightness of the game.The Kings moved two points in front of idle Anaheim for third place in the Pacific Division. They are one point behind second-place San Jose.Meanwhile, the Red Wings fell to 26-33-12 on the season.”If you watched that game tonight, you wouldn’t have known that team was out of a playoff spot, because they played like they were fighting for one Sonny Milano Jersey ,” Los Angeles coach John Stevens.The Kings jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first period when Kopitar won a faceoff in the Detroit end and passed to Alex Iafallo, who quickly sent the puck to little-used Paul LaDue.A healthy scratch the previous 13 games, LaDue fired the puck past Coreau for his third goal of the season.”It was a tough stretch there, but the team was playing well,” LaDue said. ”You just have to stay ready. To come out and get that win tonight was unbelievable.”Jonathan Quick stopped 20 shots for Los Angeles.The 6-foot-6 Coreau made 18 saves for Detroit.Stevens had an interesting observation on Kopitar’s goal, the forward’s 29th of the season.”There wasn’t a lot of room out there for either team,” Stevens said. ”Just one of those games where you have to stay with it and hopefully catch a break.”We obviously caught a break there. It’s not often you see a play like that. Maybe it helped us out that the goalie was so tall.”The Red Wings were left to lament another opportunity lost.”You won’t get a lot of chances against a team like that,” Henrik Zetterberg said. ”They play very solid defensively, but don’t create that much.”It’s especially tough when they get goals like they did today. That second goal was a tough one.”NOTES: LaDue was recalled from the minors Jan. 29 but hadn’t been active since Feb. 13. … It was the 200th meeting between the teams. . Kopitar was credited with an assist on LaDue’s goal, giving him 51 this season to tie his career high.UP NEXTRed Wings: Head down the freeway to play Anaheim on Friday.Kings: Host the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.—