NASHVILLE -- The Nashville Predators are glad captain Shea Weber managed to play with an upper body injury that sent him out of their previous game. Daniel Lovitz Jersey . Weber scored two goals, including the game-winner at 1:29 of overtime, and the Predators rallied late in beating the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Friday night. "Its going to take a lot to keep him out of a hockey game," Predators forward David Legwand said of the big defenceman. "He loves playing the game and shows that over the course of his career. He was big for us tonight. Obviously on the first one and in overtime, two huge goals." Weber didnt practice Thursday and was a game-time decision after leaving Tuesday nights win in Winnipeg early in the third period. Nashville coach Barry Trotz said Weber deciding to play made all the difference. "Hes one of the best at his position plain and simple," Trotz said. "Hes our building block, and hes a difference maker in this business. There arent too many guys at his level." Legwand scored with 10.8 seconds remaining in regulation with goalie Carter Hutton on the bench to force the extra period. The puck squirted out to Legwand, who scored on a slap shot from the right circle. Hutton, who struggled giving up the two goals to New Jersey, stopped Michael Ryder on a breakaway 80 seconds into overtime to keep the game tied. "It is good to get the win obviously," Weber said. "It took us 60 minutes to get it tied up, but we found a way. We battled hard and got it tied up. Obviously, Hutton made a huge save in overtime and gave us a chance to win." Then Colin Wilson took the puck back the other way and drove toward the net before dropping the puck off to Weber, who beat Cory Schneider with a wrister from the left circle. "We played four games in six nights," Devils coach Peter DeBoer said. "We got an unfortunate bounce at the end, and well take the point and move on." Patrik Elias scored a goal and had an assist, and Jaromir Jagr had a goal for the Devils. Travis Zajac had two assists. Out of the 16 games played between these teams, this was the 13th decided by a goal. This was a rare visit to Nashville with the Devils playing only their 10th game here Friday night and first since Oct. 15, 2011. The Devils, who beat Nashville 5-0 in New Jersey on Nov. 10, wrapped up a three-game road trip against the Western Conference with their second game in as many nights after beating the Stars in overtime in Dallas on Thursday night. "Its tough two nights in a row ... giving up a lead in the last minute, and we shouldve had an extra point tonight again," Schneider said. The Predators want to build some momentum before the Olympic break, and they have earned points in five of six games going 4-1-1. They had a couple days off since their last game and outshot the Devils 9-3 in the opening minutes and 33-26 for the game. Weber gave Nashville a 1-0 lead after the first period, beating Schneider with a slap shot 6:45 into the game off an assist from Patric Hornqvist. New Jersey tied it at 13:00 of the second when Elias came skating up the left side and fired off a shot that might have gone wide if not for Hutton trying to snag it with his glove. The puck glanced off Huttons glove and redirected into the net for a goal. Jagr got his 17th goal this season late in the second putting the Devils ahead 2-1. Jagr skated behind the net and fired a wrister that hit off Hutton and slipped between the goalie and the left post for a 2-1 lead at 18:59 of the second. But the Predators gave Hutton a chance to make up for those goals in overtime. Notes: Jagr has 698 career goals. ... Weber leads all defencemen with 15 goals, and eight have come in the first period. Nashville is 11-1-2 when Weber scores. ... Nashville is 19-2-5 when scoring first this season and just 2-22-2 when trailing after two periods. ... The Devils are 7-1-2 in Nashville. USA Soccer Store .com) - Nate Buss 3-pointer with 5. USA Soccer Jerseys 2019 . It will then be back to business once the puck drops as the two clubs battle for key points in their respective playoff races. Watch the game live on TSN Canadiens and listen on TSN Radio 690 starting at 7:30pm et.Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - Brandon Jennings scored 34 points, handed out 10 assists and came up with the game-sealing steal in the final seconds as the Detroit Pistons stole a 114-111 victory over the Toronto Raptors Monday. The Pistons trailed by 14 at one point and rallied behind Jennings and double- doubles from Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond. Jodie Meeks and Jonas Jerebko both hit clutch shots down the stretch as Detroit improved to 9-1 since waiving Josh Smith. Monroe finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds while Drummond added 10 and 14 for the Pistons, who forced 19 turnovers and won despite the Raptors making 54 percent of their shots. Toronto had seven players score in double figures, with Jonas Valanciunas career-high 31 points and 12 rebounds leading the way, but the Atlantic Division leaders fell for the fifth time in six games. The Raptors had won 38 straight games at Air Canada Centre when leading after three quarters. Their previous loss coincidentally came against the Pistons on April 1, 2013. They held a slim 83-82 lead entering a seesaw final frame that featured six lead changes and five ties. Jerebko drained consecutive jumpers to give the Pistons a 109-106 lead with under two minutes to play, and Meeks connected from long range the next time down for a 112-108 advantage inside the final minute. Kyle Lowry, who was held scoreless over the first threee quarters but wound up with 10 points and 12 assists, answered with a corner 3-pointer, then had a chance for a go-ahead bucket with time winding down. Weston McKennie Jersey. . His floater over Monroe, however, hit the back of the rim, and after Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made two free throws, Jennings was stripped by Lowry at midcourt before he had a chance to get a shot off. The Raptors had trailed after the first quarter in nine of their previous 11 games, but there was no slow start in this one, as they connected on 15-of-24 (62.5 percent) from the floor in the opening 12 minutes. Valanciunas and Terrence Ross outscored the Pistons by themselves, and their 24 combined points paved the way for a 32-20 advantage. Toronto slowed down only slightly in the second quarter, but the Pistons kept countering and stayed within a dozen, 60-48, at halftime. Detroit was still down by double-digits before Jennings spearheaded a comeback with 15 third-quarter points. His two free throws capped a 17-4 run and gave Detroit its first lead at 72-70 with under five minutes left in the frame. Game Notes Toronto had won the previous four meetings ... Detroit has won six straight on the road, one shy of matching the franchise record .... Valanciunas shot 14- of-15 from the floor ... Ross scored 10 of his 12 points in the first quarter ... Lowry committed seven turnovers. ' ' '
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