NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Sebastien Bordeleau scored a short-handed goal in the first period as the Nashville Predators snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.

Mike Dunham made 31 saves for the Predators, who beat Chicago on Feb. 23 for their last victory.

The Blackhawks, who started a five-game road trip, had won four of five _ including victories over top teams Dallas, St. Louis and Phoenix.

Nashville moved out of last place in the Central Division, one point ahead the Blackhawks.

Bordeleau's short-handed tally was the only goal of the first period. He pounced on a loose puck that bounced off Chicago's Anders Eriksson and skated in alone on goalie Steve Passmore.

Bordeleau deked Passmore to the ice and put in a back-hander.

During a two-man advantage in the second period, Predators defenseman Drake Berehowsky ripped a slap shot past Passmore's glove from the top of the left circle. Rookie David Legwand made it 3-0 later in the period on a back-hander.

Blair Atcheynum, formally of the Predators, made it 3-1 at 2:03 of the third with a blast that sailed by Dunham's stick.

Chicago pulled Passmore for a sixth attacker with 1:57 left, and had a two-man advantage after a late Predators penalty, but Nashville blocked two point shots.

Right wing Sergei Krivokrasov, Nashville's top goal scorer last season, was a healthy scratch. Chicago's Eric Daze (back) and Doug Gilmour (ribs) were both sidelined.