Preds beat Avalanche
The official summary of game between Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators.Craig Smith had a goal and an assist, and Mattias Ekholm scored his third goal in three games for the Nashville Predators in a 5-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday.
Pekka Rinne made 29 saves for the Predators (11-6-2), who have won six of their past seven games and eight straight against the Avalanche.
Andrei Mironov and J.T. Compher scored in the third period for Colorado (9-8-1), which is 1-3-1 in its past five games. Smith gave the Predators a 1-0 lead on the power play with 34.7 seconds remaining in the first period.
P.K. Subban took the initial shot from the point, and Smith beat Semyon Varlamov for his seventh goal.
Colton Sissons gave the Predators a 2-0 lead at 9:11 of the second period. Nick Bonino intercepted the puck in the offensive zone and passed it to Roman Josi, who found Sissons for the backdoor tap-in.
Anthony Bitetto made it 3-0 at 10:38 of the second period on a slap shot from the top of the left circle. Ekholm gave the Predators a 4-0 lead at 7:53 of the second period on a slap shot from the point.
Viktor Arvidsson gave the Predators a 5-0 lead at 11:51 of the third period on a redirection on a shot from Subban. It was his eighth goal. Mironov ended Rinne's shutout bid at 15:23 of the third period to make it 5-1.
Compher scored his second of the season at 18:15 of the third. Varlamov made 19 saves.
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19/11/2017 - 05:00
