Roman Josi scores late to lead Predators over Stars

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Roman Josi scored with 1:22 remaining to give the Nashville Predators a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.

Ryan Johansen also scored and Juuse Saros made 22 saves for Nashville, winners of two straight.

"One of the things we talk about in the room is toughness wins — mental toughness, physical toughness," Nashville coach John Hynes said. "And I think tonight is another example of that."

John Klingberg scored and Jake Oettinger made 29 saves for Dallas, which had its four-game winning streak snapped.

"We keep losing one-goal games to these guys, it’s disappointing," Stars coach Rick Bowness said. "We battle them and we’ve just got to find a way to get that second goal."

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Dallas Stars' Joel Hanley (44) pokes the puck away from Nashville Predators' Roman Josi (59) in the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 8, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

With time winding down in the third, Josi fired a one-timer from the left point by Oettinger for the game-winner.

The teams entered Tuesday in the Western Conference’s two wild-card positions. Nashville moved one point ahead of the Stars with the victory, with each team having played 56 games.

"Huge win for us, obviously playing team that is one point ahead of us in our division," Josi said. "It was a tough game, kind of the way you expect it against Dallas. Low-scoring game. Good defense, good goaltending, not a lot of room out there. But it’s great. We found a way. They got the goal early, but we never gave up and found a way to win."

Klingberg finally broke the scoreless tie 32 seconds into the third