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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Chicagos top line put them on top of the Central Division.Marian Hossa scored two goals to lead the Blackhawks to a 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist for Chicago, which won its sixth game in a row and ninth in the last 10. With the win, the Blackhawks took over the Central Division lead, one point ahead of both the Predators and the St. Louis Blues.Were excited, Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. We put ourselves in the spot we were hoping to be after 20 games, but we shouldnt be satisfied. We should be looking to improve off these levels which would make us a good team.Colin Wilson had the lone goal for Nashville, which saw its seven-game home winning streak end. It was just the second regulation loss at home for the Predators this season.Im really confident in our team, Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. Youd like to go and win them all. That would be a really great season and everyone would sleep well at night. Obviously that doesnt happen.Saad scored the games first goal at 14:53 of the opening period.Just outside the Nashville blue line, Hossa and Duncan Keith forced a turnover by Nashvilles Eric Nystrom. Saad carried the puck in on the left side and beat Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne with a wrist shot high to the far side.Hossa doubled the Chicago lead at 2:48 of the second.Saad carried the puck in on the right side with Jonathan Toews skating through the slot. Saad sent a pass to Hossa on the left, where he had an easy tap-in for his fourth goal of the season.Saader made an unbelievable play and Johnny drove the net and basically the defender didnt see me behind his back and I had a wide-open net, Hossa said. Definitely I felt great relief and that kind of give you a little jump and energy.Hossa ended a six-game goalless drought.Early in the third, Wilson was able to beat Chicagos Scott Darling with a wrist shot from the left boards after it deflected off of Blackhawks defenceman Niklas Hjalmarsson.I think we just changed our mentality and started playing the way that were capable of, Wilson said of the teams third period. We always know that our destiny is kind of in our hands. If we play our best game, were going to give ourselves a chance to win the game every night.Darling made 32 saves in the game.The guys did a great job, Darling said. A lot of the shots were (on the) perimeter and they let me see it and cleared out all of my rebounds, which is great.Hossa added an empty-net goal with 1:11 remaining to account for the final margin.Notes: Nashville D Anton Volchenkov missed the game with a lower-body injury. Wilson has goals in three of his last four games. 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Lindstrom made it 3-3 on a power play in the third to force overtime. In another attacking display, Viktor Tikhonov and Alex Ovechkin put Russia 2-0 up less than 5 minutes into the first period. Juuso Hietanen pulled one back for Finland, but Nikolai Kulyomin scored a short-handed breakaway goal and Sergei Kalinin made it 4-1 in the second. "We had fast goals which gave us confidence," Russia coach Oleg Znarok said. Jere Karalahti scored the second goal for Finland. Finnish forward Pekka Jormakka left the ice on the stretcher after receiving a big hit from Vadim Shipachyov in the second period. Finland coach Erkka Westerlund said Jormakka was taken to a hospital for exams. Germany beat Latvia 3-2 after Thomas Oppenheimer scored the winner on a penallty in the third period.dddddddddddd Germany took the lead with goals from Marcel Noebels and Frank Mauer but Georgijs Pujacs and Mikelis Redlihs helped Latvia come back each time. Norway held off Denmark 4-3 after rallying from an early 2-0 deficit. Morten Poulsen and Frederik Storm had given the Danes the lead with two goals in 20 seconds, before Norway rallied with goals from Jonas Holos, Ken Andre Olimb, Per-Age Skroder and Mats Trygg. Jannik Hansen pulled one back for Denmark. Host Belarus earned its first win of the tournament by beating Kazakhstan 4-1. Kazakstan took the lead through Andrei Gavrilin, but Andrei Stepanov equalized and then set up Nikolai Stasenko for the winner in the second period in front of 15,000 roaring and jumping home fans. Sergei Kostitsy added a short-handed goal in the third and captain Alexei Kalyuzhny scored the fourth into an empty net. Russia has six points in Group B, Germany has five after two matches while Latvia and Belarus have three each and Kazakhstan has one. Finland "I have to be happy with my teams performance," Germany coach Pat Cortina said. "That was a step into the right direction after yesterday." Markus Gander gave Italy its first victory of the tournament by scoring the winner with 58 seconds remaining against France. "It was great to get our first win and get our confidence going," Italy coach Tom Pokel said. Norway has six points in Group A, followed by Sweden on five while the Czechs and Italy, a newcomer to the top division, have three points, France is on two and Denmark has zero. 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