DETROIT ¡ª Gustav Nyquist may not be in the Detroit Red Wings future plans Thomas Vanek Jersey , but he¡¯s a big part of their present.Nyquist, a right winger, has five goals and 10 assists in his last six games and is tied with Dylan Larkin for the team lead in points with 26 (seven goals and 19 assists).Detroit (13-12-4) hosts the New York Islanders (13-11-3) at Little Caesars Arena at Saturday night.Article continues below ...Nyquist, 29, will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1, and ¡ª as has been the case the past few seasons ¡ª has been named in several trade rumors with the Red Wings in rebuilding mode.He is in the final year of a contract that has a $4.75 million annual cap hit and it would likely take an annual salary of over $5 million over a three- or four-year deal to retain Nyquist.¡°Over the last few years my name has popped up here and there in trade rumors leading up to the deadline, especially when you¡¯re not battling for a playoff spot,¡± Nyquist told mlive.com. ¡°Right now, we¡¯re battling for a playoff spot and we want to be a team that come trade deadline, we don¡¯t want to be sellers by any means Womens Adam Larsson Jersey , we want to keep what we have and go on a good run.¡°I think everyone in this room believes we can make the playoffs. If it happens that my name pops up, I¡¯ll deal with it, but I¡¯ve been part of it in the past and it¡¯s nothing that bothers me.¡±He had a goal and two assists in Thursday night¡¯s 5-4 overtime win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena.Detroit is 2-1-1 in its last four games against four of the league¡¯s best: Boston, Colorado, Tampa Bay and Toronto.¡°I just think it just continues to show to our players that when we do it the right way, when we play the way we¡¯re capable of, we can take anybody in the league,¡± Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill told the Detroit Free Press. ¡°Let¡¯s keep going.¡± Meanwhile, New York is struggling offensively.The Islanders are 1-3-1 in their past five games and have only scored eight goals in that span.¡°Teams are going to score,¡± center Mathew Barzal told Newsday. ¡°You¡¯ve got to find a way to put four Cam Talbot Jersey , five on the board. You¡¯ve got to find a way to push that side of the game a little bit.¡±They dropped a 6-2 decision to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena Thursday night, getting goals from left winger Anders Lee ¡ª who has goals in four consecutive games ¡ª and center Brock Nelson (shorthanded), who snapped an eight-game goal drought.¡°It was too friendly of a game,¡± Islanders coach Barry Trotz told NHL.com. ¡°There wasn¡¯t enough skin invested in the game, right across the board. We need a couple saves. Some [defensemen] could play a little bit better. Some of our forwards who are a little more physical could be more assertive in that area, and our skill guys are going to have to produce. No one was immune today.¡± NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ¡ª Pekke Rinne and Viktor Arvidsson gave Nashville more of the same Thursday night. A little extra from newcomer Brian Boyle helped make the difference.Rinne stopped 34 shots, Arvidsson and Boyle scored, and the Nashville Predators beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 to snap a three-game skid.Rinne was sharp, especially in the second period Youth Darnell Nurse Jersey , when he turned aside all 21 Montreal shots he faced.¡°I thought Pekka was outstanding,¡± Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said.Tomas Tatar scored and Carey Price made 35 saves for Montreal, which has lost consecutive games for the first time since early January.¡°I thought it was a pretty entertaining game going both ways,¡± Price said. ¡°I thought we held our own for sure. We don¡¯t like the result, but I thought we played a good team well.¡±With the game tied at a 1 midway through the third, Boyle and Arvidsson struck 2:24 apart to pull away.Boyle¡¯s goal, his first since being traded to the Predators, came at 8:36 on a slap shot from the high slot. Former Canadien P.K. Subban set Boyle up with a nice pass from the right side.¡°We¡¯ve got an active ¡®D,¡¯ so you¡¯ve got to be able to cover,¡± Boyle said. ¡°I had some probably higher quality chances earlier Kailer Yamamoto Jersey , but whatever, I¡¯m excited to win. It¡¯s a really good feeling. It¡¯s great to do it at home, too.¡±Arvidsson had a tap-in at 11:00 thanks to a cross-crease pass from linemate Ryan Johansen. Arvidsson¡¯s 26 goals lead the Predators.Johansen has points in a season-high six consecutive games.Earlier in the game, Price denied Arvidsson on a clear breakaway with 2:40 remaining in the second.Ryan Hartman scored the game¡¯s first goal at 9:49 of the second period. Just outside the Montreal blue line, Hartman knocked down Jonathan Drouin¡¯s clearing attempt and sent a pass to Craig Smith, whose shot attempt was denied by Price. Hartman swooped through the slot and buried the rebound, which was in the air when he connected.The goal was Hartman¡¯s 10th of the season and first since Dec. 13, snapping a 27-game skid. As he skated toward the Nashville bench for celebratory fist bumps, Hartman mimicked removing a monkey off his back and tossing it into the crowd.¡°It was a long time, longest streak I¡¯ve ever had at any level Womens Kris Russell Jersey , so it was a good feeling,¡± Ryan Hartman said.Montreal played its first game since Saturday, and the rust showed early being outshot 16-8 in the first.¡°Our first period made it look like we hadn¡¯t played in four or five days,¡± Montreal coach Claude Julien said. ¡°We weren¡¯t very good. In the second period, we seemed to get our legs going. We seemed to find our game, but we didn¡¯t capitalize on our chances. We had lots of them and that¡¯s what probably hurt us in the end.¡±Tatar evened the game at 1 at 5:26 of the third. The Canadiens entered the Nashville zone on the right side on a 3-on-2 rush. Tatar beat Rinne from the slot off of an impressive pass from Andrew Shaw.Notes: Nashville is 25-3-1 when scoring first this season. ¡­ Predators LW Kevin Fiala played his 200th career NHL game. ¡­ Nashville D Mattias Ekholm missed the game due to an illness. ¡­ Canadiens D Shea Weber, a former Predator captain, played his 900th career NHL game. ¡­ Montreal is 15-10-0 against Western Conference opponents this season.UP NEXTCanadiens: Visit Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday.Predators: Visit Vegas Golden Knights Saturday.