NHL: Nashville 3, Florida 2 (OT)

SUNRISE, Fla., March 29 (UPI) -- Francis Bouillon found the net one minute into overtime Monday, boosting the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over Florida.

The Preds forced the extra session when Patric Hornqvist scored with less than four minutes to go to forge a 2-2 tie. David Legwand also tallied for Nashville, which won its fourth game in six tries.

Dan Ellis was solid in goal, making 27 stops as the Predators opened up a three-point lead over idle sixth-place Detroit in the Western Conference playoff race.

Florida got markers from Keith Ballard and Stephen Weiss in the loss, their third straight, while Scott Clemmensen stopped 22 shots.