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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Booed each time he hit the ice Saturday night in Music City where fans had hoped to watch him in a Nashville sweater, rookie Jimmy Vesey got the last word.Vesey and Mats Zuccarello each scored in the shootout, helping the New York Rangers beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 Saturday night as the NHLs best road team added yet another win to its record.The rookie came out to shoot first for the Rangers for his first shootout attempt this season to another heavy chorus of boos. Vesey skated up and beat Juuse Saros with a wrister over the goalies stick.Actually practiced some breakaways this morning, Vesey said. They usually go to my backhand. But Ive been working on faking my backhand and going to the forehand and just trying to flip it over his pad, and luckily it snuck in.Then Zuccarello scored to end the game.Rick Nash scored in regulation, and the Rangers improved to 11-5-0 away from New York in finishing off a two-game road swing with a second straight victory. Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves, including stopping Ryan Johansen to start the shootout. Craig Smiths shot went wide for Nashville in the second round.Mike Fisher scored for Nashville, which has lost two straight and four of the last five. The Predators have lost all five games this season that have gone to overtime or a shootout.We had our chances, Fisher said of Saturdays game. Overtime and shootouts just havent been our friend for whatever reason. Its frustrating. That was a huge game. We have to start winning those games.Saturday night marked Veseys debut in Nashville, the left wing the Predators drafted No. 66 overall only to see him spurn the franchise and go to free agency after the Hobey Baker winner wrapped up his college career at Harvard. The Predators traded his rights to Buffalo, then Vesey chose the Rangers.Fans made it clear how unhappy they were at his decision by booing and chanting at him almost every time he came on the ice. They booed heavily once again as he came out to shoot first for the Rangers in the shootout. Once he beat Saros, a smattering of Rangers fans cheered loudly.Obviously we know the whole storyline, but I thought he handled it great and certainly comes through in a big situation there, Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh said. I liked the challenge there that our coach does by putting him out first, but way to come through there to get his first goal in a shootout.Lundqvist kept the Rangers in the game in the third as Nashville outshot them 14-6 in the period. His biggest came with a pad save on James Neal with 2:32 left as Neal beat a sprawling Dan Girardi on a breakaway chance.Our goaltender really stepped up in the third period, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said.In overtime, Nashville got lucky when the puck went across the crease just outside the goal line with 3:10 left. Lundqvist got help from Zuccarello blocking a shot from Johansen in the slot with 90 seconds left.Nash put a wrister top shelf from a tough angle from the left for a 1-0 lead on New Yorks seventh shot at 7:47. He beat defenseman Petter Granberg, who played with P.K. Subban scratched with an upper-body injury.Nashville finally tied it up nearly midway through the second when Fisher took advantage of a screen in front by Colin Wilson to score from the high slot. The goal was Fishers 100th with the Predators.Game notes This was just the third time these teams have gone beyond regulation in 23 games all-time. ... Nash extended his points streak against the Predators to six straight with six goals in that span. ... Nick Holden, who had an assist on Nashs goal, now has seven points (five goals, two assists) in eight career games against the Predators. ... Fisher now has three goals in his past four games. ... 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FULLERTON, Calif. -- UCLA coach Steve Alford thought Lonzo Ball got off to a slow start Thursday night.If that was a slow start for Ball, it bodes very well for the Bruins this season.The freshman sensation had 18 points and 11 assists for his third career double-double, turning in several spectacular plays as No. 14 UCLA romped past Portland 99-77 in the first round of the Wooden Legacy.The guys fed off him. If hes learning anything, its that this team really trusts him, Alford said. When he gets rolling, it really helps what we are doing at both ends.All five starters for UCLA (5-0) scored in double figures, buoyed by impressive ball movement that led to a tournament-record 29 assists on 36 field goals. Thomas Welsh added 16 points and 10 rebounds, Isaac Hamilton had 16 points, TJ Leaf scored 14 and Bryce Alford 13.Pilots coach Terry Porter, a longtime NBA player and coach, said Ball is a bigger version of Jason Kidd and a better shooter than Kidd was coming out of California.Man, hes just got a lot of good skills, Porter said. Just a big point guard with great vision, really plays the right way, plays unselfishly.Jazz Johnson scored 25 points for Portland (3-1), which trailed 45-37 at halftime after going 7 of 13 on 3-pointers.UCLA used an 11-0 run early in the second half to open a 21-point lead, allowing the Bruins to put on a show for the partisan crowd.It appeared UCLA would become the first team to score 100 points in the 22-year history of this event, but the Bruins fell just short. They easily sped past the 93 points Louisville scored in a 1996 overtime win.BIG PICTUREUCLA: The Bruins got a necessary lesson in perimeter defense. Hot outside shooting can get a team upset in March, and Coach Alford gets to impart that without actually losing a game. No one can question UCLAs offensive firepower, but it will be the other side of the ball that determines how much the Bruins accomplish in Ball and Leafs freshman season.Portland: The Pilots hung in admirably for a half and can build on that. UCLA is going to steamroll plenty of teams this season, but Portland made the Bruinns exert themselves for longer than anyone would have expected.dddddddddddd On nights when Portland shoots the ball well and plays solid defense, it should be able to challenge the top teams in the strong West Coast Conference.POLL IMPLICATIONSUCLA will certainly take Pac-12 rival Oregons spot at No. 13 if it wins the Wooden Legacy, but any further upward momentum is unlikely unless the weekend brings a spate of upsets. The Ducks should remain ranked in the teens after dropping their opener in the Maui Invitational, which will leave No. 8 Arizona and No. 11 Gonzaga as the highest-ranked teams on the West Coast before the Wildcats and Bulldogs square off Dec. 3.FRESH MENBall and Leaf are entering the firsts portion of their brief college careers, playing in their first tournament this weekend, facing their first Power Five opposition Friday and first road trip at No. 1 Kentucky next week.Coach Alford is pleased with how Ball and Leaf have been able to handle and process such moments so far.They learn as they go, but they are doing a great job of figuring it out as they are learning these new experiences, he said.HIGHLIGHT REELAaron Holiday found Ball for a nifty reverse alley-oop. The freshman was in midair parallel to the basket when he tossed the ball up and in, a play that reflected the infectious willingness to move the ball that has energized UCLA.It becomes contagious, Steve Alford said. Well pass up wide-open looks to get somebody an even better look and thats something that is fun to watch as a coach.HE SAID ITI thought we were soft and allowed them to be comfortable, especially in that first half, Alford said of UCLAs defense to start the game.UP NEXTUCLA will face Nebraska in a second-round game Friday after the Cornhuskers downed Dayton 80-78.Portland plays the Flyers on the consolation side of the bracket Friday.---This story has been corrected to fix spelling of last name of Thomas Welsh and number of career double-doubles for Lonzo Ball. ' ' '