A pair of power-play goals by Steven Stamkos fuelled the Nashville Predators鈥� 5-3 win over the host Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.
Zachary L鈥橦eureux, Roman Josi and Gustav Nyquist 鈥� into an empty net 鈥� also scored for Nashville (5-10-3). Aatu Raty, Elias Pettersson and Kiefer Sherwood replied for Vancouver (9-5-3).
Juuse Saros made 24 saves, while former Predator Kevin Lankinen stopped 16 shots for the Canucks.
The Predators opened the scoring at 5:28 of the first period when L鈥橦eureux collected a loose puck in front of the net and fired it past Lankinen for his first NHL goal. Raty replied for the Canucks, who then took the lead in the second on a power-play tally by Pettersson.
Nashville closed out the second period with three straight goals. Stamkos鈥檚 two tallies sandwiched the second of the year from Josi.
Sherwood, a former Predator, beat Saros for his fourth of the season late in the third.
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Takeaways
Canucks: Surrendered the first goal for the 10th time in the last 11 games. They鈥檙e now 3-4-3 on home ice and have yet to win back-to-back games at Rogers Arena this season.
Predators: Nashville鈥檚 win was its first in four games and its second on the road this season. The Predators lost all three regular-season games against Vancouver in 2023-24 before falling in six games in the first round of the playoffs.
Key moment
After falling behind 2-1 in the second, the Predators re-took the lead with two goals in the span of 2:04. Stamkos scored his first in five games with Nils Hoglander serving a delay-of-game penalty. Josi then buried another only 11 seconds after Saros thwarted Sherwood on a breakaway.
Key stat
With one assist, Canucks captain Quinn Hughes鈥� 10 points in eight games tied him with Rasmus Dahlin for the most points by a defenceman so far in November.
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Up next
Canucks: Conclude their six-game homestand Tuesday against the New York Rangers.
Predators: Wrap up their five-game road trip against the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday.
Carol Schram, The Canadian Press
