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NASHVILLE www.officialblues.com , Tenn. (AP) Nashville’s power play is back, and the Predators are back in first place.Viktor Arvidsson scored twice to reach 20 goals this season, and the Predators beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Monday night.Roman Josi, Ryan Ellis and Craig Smith also scored for Nashville, which ended a two-game skid and tied Winnipeg for first in the Central Division.Article continues below ...The Predators recorded two power-play goals and scored on the man advantage in their second straight game after going six games without converting on the power play. Screens by Colton Sisson set up goals by defensemen Josi and Ellis.”The power play played great today and got us a couple of goals, and I think we created a lot of chances,” Arvidsson said. ”I think we simplified it and just started shooting pucks, and getting net-front presences. Siss had two big screens today and that results in two goals, so that’s just simple hockey.”Arvidsson fired a game-high nine shots on goal.”He was really good,” Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. ”I mean he was working, constantly in motion St. Louis Blues T-Shirts Authentic , constantly moving towards the puck or working to generate, working in the battles.”Pekka Rinne made 36 saves to earn his 30th win of the season. The Predators improved to 12-3-3 in their last 18 games.Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Max McCormick scored for the Senators, who played catch-up most of the game. Craig Anderson stopped 36 shots.”It seemed that our turnovers and the bad bounces end up in the back of our net, and when it was on the other side it didn’t happen,” Senators coach Guy Boucher said. ”Their goalie made really big, key saves at big moments and I really thought definitely we deserved more goals than that, so too bad.”Nashville struck first on the power play when Josi fired a one-timer from above the right faceoff circle that beat Anderson glove side midway through the first period.”Sometimes with the power play that’s just how it goes,” Josi said. ”Sometimes you play really well – you have a lot of chances, but they don’t go in. You’ve just got to make sure you don’t get frustrated and keep it simple.”The Predators went ahead 2-0 about five minutes later when Arvidsson poked home a shot from the left side of the crease after receiving a backhanded pass from Ryan Johansen.Ottawa got its first goal on the power play with just under four minutes left in the first when Pageau stuffed home a rebound in front of the crease that beat Rinne glove side.Ellis scored on the power play when he blasted a one-timer by Anderson, who was screened by Sissons, to increase Nashville’s lead to 3-1 at 6:34 of the second period.Ottawa answered 1:31 later on McCormick’s wrist shot. Just under two minutes elapsed before the Predators went ahead by two goals again on Arvidsson’s second of the night. His 20 goals lead the team.Smith ended the scoring when he roofed a wrist shot over a sprawling Anderson at 8:15 of the third period.NOTES: Ottawa C Derrick Brassard played in his 700th career game. … Nashville general manager David Poile earned his 1 St. Louis Blues Hoodies Authentic ,315th win, putting him four short of Glen Sather’s NHL record. … Nashville C Kyle Turris recorded his first point against his former team – an assist on Josi’s goal – in his second game versus Ottawa since being traded in November. … The Predators improved to 13-6-4 against the Eastern Conference. … Nashville recorded its 94th consecutive sellout (17,177) at Bridgestone Arena.UP NEXTSenators: At Chicago on Wednesday to conclude a two-game trip. Chicago routed Ottawa 8-2 on Jan. 9.Predators: At Detroit on Tuesday after falling to the Red Wings 3-1 on Saturday.— GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Coyotes acquired goalie Darcy Kuemper from the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday for forward Tobias Rieder and goalie Scott Wedgewood.The 27-year-old Kuemper was 10-1-3 with a 2.10 goals-against average in 19 games for the Kings this season. He’s 51-35-17 with a 2.52 GAA in 104 career games with Minnesota and Los Angeles.The 6-foot-5 Kuemper will join No. 1 goalie Antti Raanta as the netminding pair for the Coyotes.Article continues below ...”Our team, when we’ve gotten quality goaltending, has played very well. This gives us two goaltenders that we are very confident in,” Coyotes general manager John Chayka said. ”When I look at our season, I feel like our season could have gone differently with better goaltending early on.”The Coyotes, with Raanta opening the season unavailable due to injury, lost their first 11 games. Raanta has played in 35 of the team’s 59 games.”You need great goaltending in this league in order to be successful and with Antti and Darcy, we are confident that we have an excellent tandem for the future St. Louis Blues Hats Authentic ,” Chayka said in a statement from the team.Kuemper and the Coyotes were finalizing a contract extension Wednesday night. He said he is excited to be part of the growth of an Arizona franchise with a lot of young players.He knows Raanta is the top goalie at present.”I’m just going to come in and work hard and try to earn as many starts as I can,” Kuemper said. ”I’m not coming in with any expectations.”The 25-year-old Rieder, from Germany, had eight goals and 11 assists in 58 games for Arizona this season. He has 51 goals and 60 assists in 292 career games, all with the Coyotes.”We continue to look for opportunities to improve our team speed and Tobias will bring that dynamic to our club,” Kings general manager Rob Blake said in a team statement. ”We appreciate Darcy Kuemper’s contributions this season as he has played very well for us in his role.”Chayka said Rieder was deemed expendable with a number of other wingers with strong left shots, both with Arizona and in the minor leagues.Wedgewood was 5-9-4 with a 3.45 GAA in 20 games this season for Arizona. The 25-year-old goalie appeared in four games for New Jersey in 2015-16.