Colton Sissons of the Nashville Predators
Colton Sissons scored 3:05 into overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 4-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday.
Sissons cut to the net and beat goaltender Anders Nilsson with a redirection of Nick Bonino’s pass to the top of the crease.
The Predators (21-10-1) have won two games in a row after losing two straight. They have the best record in the Western Conference.
The loss ended a three-game winning streak for the Canucks (14-16-4), who tied the game with two special-teams goals in the final 4:05.
Bo Horvat scored shorthanded to tie it 3-3 with 44 seconds remaining in the third period. Nikolay Goldobin took the initial shot, and Horvat got to the rebound.
Brock Boeser scored to make it 3-2 at 15:55 of the third with a one-timer from the top of the left face-off circle on the power play.
Ryan Hartman gave the Predators a 1-0 lead 5:52 into the game on a shot from the top of the right circle.
Bonino made it 2-0 at 8:40 of the first period on a shot from the left circle off a pass on the rush from Sissons.
Jay Beagle scored for the Canucks on a 2-on-1 rush while shorthanded to make it 2-1 at 15:15. Markus Granlund intercepted a pass by Predators defenseman Mattias Ekholm and found Beagle, who scored his first goal with the Vancouver.
Calle Jarnkrok gave the Predators a 3-1 lead at 11:05 of the second period when he redirected the initial shot by Kyle Turris. The Predators are back at home on Saturday night when they play host to the New Jersey Devils. Faceoff is set fro 7 PM, Thunder Radio will bring you the radio broadcast immediately following Coffee County CHS basketball.
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