Filip Forsberg scored and had an assist, and the Nashville Predators earned a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series Tuesday.
Forsberg sent a long shot flying from inside the blue line and Beauvillier, stationed above the hash marks, deflected it in past an out-of-position DeSmith to put the Predators up 1-0 just 1:14 into the game.
Beauvillier started the season in Vancouver before the Canucks dealt him to the Blackhawks to shed salary in November. Chicago then sent the left-winger to Nashville in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick ahead of the NHL trade deadline in March.as he powered toward the net, but the defenceman sliced a pass to Pettersson and the Swedish centre blasted a shot at the empty net, only to see the puck glance off the outside of the post. Pettersson dropped to his knees in apparent disappointment.
Zadorov cut the deficit to 3-1 with less than five minutes to go in the second. His shot from above the faceoff circle hit the stick of Nashville'sunleashed a blast from near the boards and, while Saros got a piece of the shot, it bounced out, hitting the skate of Nashville defencemanThe home side outshot the Predators 6-4 across the third but couldn't get a puck across the goal line.
Vancouver pulled DeSmith in favour of an extra attacker with just over two minutes left on the game clock. Sherwood beat Hughes to a loose puck along the boards and put a shot into the empty net 18:07 into the third period.out of the lineup. The big blue liner's absence was a surprise as he did not appear to pick up any injuries in Game 1.
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