Making his return from a four-game absence due to an upper-body injury, Jankowski flipped home an empty-netter to cap the big victory. The 30-year-old checking-line forward hadn't tickled twine, or even recorded a point,

Ryan O'Reilly scored twice and had an assist, Steven Stamkos had a goal and two assists and the Nashville Predators picked up a rare road win with a 6-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

Jankowski (upper body) will play against Boston on Tuesday, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports. Jankowski will return to a bottom-six role following a four-game absence.

In the opening 20 minutes, the Bruins made the Predators look like the team Nashville GM Barry Trotz thought he had assembled last summer when he sunk big money free agents Steven Stamkos, Brady Skjei and Jonathan Marchessault.

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 Sunday night at Lenovo Center.It was quite the debut for the new guys as Mark Jankowski scored twice and Logan Stankoven grabbed the game winner to help lead the Canes to victory.

New Carolina Hurricanes center Mark Jankowski got the call right away with his new team, drawing in as the fourth-line center for the Carolina Hurricanes against the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.

O’Reilly gave the Predators a 2-1 lead at 11:33. Stamkos collected a loose puck just inside the offensive zone and dropped it to Evangelista, who quickly moved it to O’Reilly in the left circle for a shot past the lunging blocker of Swayman.

Jonathan Marchesseault and Ryan O'Reilly scored back-to-back goals in a 1:03 span in the third period to propel the visiting Nashville Predators past the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Tuesday.