
Nyquist, Sissons every has purpose, help for Nashville
NSH@VAN: Stamkos hammers a one-timer into the cage to take the lead
VANCOUVER — Juuse Saros made 27 saves for the Nashville Predators in a 3-0 win in opposition to the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Enviornment on Friday.
It was the fourth shutout of the season for Saros, and his twenty seventh within the NHL.
Steven Stamkos scored the successful purpose for the Predators (12-20-7), who ended a three-game dropping streak throughout which they had been outscored 15-7. Gustav Nyquist and Colton Sissons every had a purpose and help into the empty internet late within the third interval.
Kevin Lankinen made 16 saves for the Canucks (18-12-8), who had been taking part in back-to-back after a 4-3 shootout win on the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.
Vancouver has one regulation win in its previous eight video games (2-3-3) and hasn’t gained consecutive video games since Nov. 29 and Dec. 1, going 5-5-5 in that point.
Saros made his greatest saves off J.T. Miller on a breakaway wrist shot to the blocker aspect 3:20 into the primary interval, and robbed Conor Garland on a backdoor rebound in tight with the proper pad 2:50 into the second interval.
Stamkos gave Nashville a 1-0 lead at 16:53 of the second interval when he scored on a 3-on-2 rush, passing to Jonathan Marchessault within the excessive slot then one-timing the return cross previous the blocker of Lankinen from the left face-off dot.
It was Stamkos twelfth purpose of the season and the 567th of his NHL profession, transferring previous Patrick Marleau into sole possession of twenty fourth on the all-time record.
Nyquist scored into an empty internet at 18:16 of the third interval to make it 2-0 and Sissons did the identical at 19:29 for the 3-0 ultimate.
Vancouver was 0-for-3 on the ability play and did not generate a shot on two possibilities with the man-advantage within the third interval. Nashville was 0-for-2.