NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Petr Prucha and Steve Rucchin each scored two goals, and the Rangers beat Nashville 5-1 last night to snap the Predators’ four-game winning streak.

The teams came into the game tied with the NHL’s best records in shootouts at 4-1, but the Rangers never had to wor ry about that in winning for the eighth time in 10 games.

Jaromir Jagr moved ahead of Ottawa’s Jason Spezza for the NHL points lead when he scored his 22nd goal at 12:31 of the first period. He then added two assists as the Rangers had much more energy than Nashville even though both were playing for a second straight night.

The Rangers, who haven’t made the playoffs since 1997, are tied for the NHL lead with Ottawa with 42 points.

Yanic Perreault helped Nashville avoid the shutout by rookie Henrik Lundqvist when he scored his seventh at 4:15 of the third. But Lundqvist stopped 30 shots for New York, which rebounded from a 2-1 overtime loss at Chicago on Wednesday.

Prucha gave New York a 2-0 lead when he came out of the penalty box within the final minute of the first, grabbed the puck and scored on a breakaway with a backhander over Tomas Vokoun’s glove.

That was it for Vokoun, who had been tied for the league lead with 15 victories. He sprained his knee, and didn’t return. He will be re-evaluated today.

The Rangers didn’t give Chris Mason a chance to get comfortable. They scored three goals on their first six shots of the second, starting with Rucchin, who scored off an assist from Jagr for his NHL-leading 45th point.

Prucha scored his 12th of the season four minutes later and Rucchin made it 5-0 midway through the period.

In a game featuring two of the NHL’s top three penalty killers, the Rangers got the better of the Predators, who went 0-for-8 on the power play and snapped a franchise record of 11 straight games with a man-advantage goal.

Also last night, David Vyborny used a wrist shot to score the only goal in the shootout and lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 win over the Islanders.

The Islanders’ Mark Parrish scored the tying goal, his ninth of the season, with 37 seconds left in regulation. He slid in a loose puck from close range with the Isles on a 6-on-4 skating advantage after goalie Rick DiPietro was pulled.

Sergei Fedorov scored his first goal with the Blue Jackets.

Mike York, who has six points in two games, and Trent Hunter also scored for the Islanders. New York had its five game winning streak on the road snapped in falling to 2-2 in shootouts.