Thatcher Demko made 31 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the skidding Nashville Predators 3-1 on Tuesday night time.
Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Juho Lammikko scored in Vancouver’s 2d consecutive victory. The take hang of ended the Canucks’ stretch of nine straight avenue video games on a excessive trace. Vancouver closing conducted at dwelling Dec. 14.
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“We hang a ramification of coronary heart,” coach Bruce Boudreau acknowledged. “We’ve obtained a immense goaltender. There’s absolute self belief about it. He stopped two or three orderly-reduce breakaways tonight. He’s a wall inspire there.”
Philip Tomasino scored and David Rittich changed into away 21 photos for Nashville, which has lost four in a row. The Predators went 12-1-1 of their 14 earlier video games before the stir.
“We’ve had some magnificent stretches here, and I have now the admire to detail we must play with, the consistency level with that, desires to be greater and that’s what we’re attempting to focal point on here,” coach John Hynes acknowledged. “We’re no longer playing the manner we must play to give ourselves a chance to take hang of.”
Tomasino scored the outlet plan at 2: 51 of the 2d length.
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko (35) stops a shot by the Nashville Predators for the length of the 2d length of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn.
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With the Predators on a energy play, Tomasino beat Demko excessive to the a ways side with a half of slap shot from real above the real faceoff dot for the rookie’s sixth plan of the season.
Pettersson tied it at 7: 23 of the 2d, cleansing up the rebound of Vasily Podkolzin’s shot from the slot.
“Within the 2d, I felt bask in we didn’t play laborious enough,” Predators captain Roman Josi acknowledged. “We gave them a ramification of time in our zone. They began setting up a ramification of stuff in our quit. All in all, it’s a disappointing loss. There’s positively issues shall we hang accomplished greater.”
Pettersson has three targets in his closing two video games.
Vancouver took a 2-1 lead at 3: 41 of the 2d on Boeser’s energy-play plan. J.T. Miller despatched a wrist shot on rep from the left circle. Standing real out of doorways the crease, Boeser tipped the puck by Rittich.
“We hang been buying for some certain performs, and that changed into once one there,” Boeser acknowledged. “We went low about a occasions. (Miller) made a immense shot-pass there.”
Lammikko tipped dwelling a loose puck at 12: 19 of the third.
Demko changed into once gripping, critically in the 2d length, when he denied 14 of Nashville’s 15 photos on plan. Demko changed into once no longer too long in the past selected to his first All-Significant person Sport.
“I have it changed into once huge to lose three after which leap inspire and take hang of two,” Demko acknowledged. “We’ve real obtained to score our wins here one after the other.”
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NASHVILLE NEMESES
Pettersson and Boeser both abilities seeing Nashville on the schedule.
Pettersson has 5 targets and six assists in eight career video games against the Predators. Boeser has seven targets and 4 assists in 10 video games versus Nashville.
HELLO, STRANGER
Rittich made his seventh appearance of the season, but first on dwelling ice. Identified as Mammoth Attach Dave, Rittich had most effective conducted in Bridgestone Area as a customer sooner than signing with the Predators this offseason.
Nashville starter Juuse Saros has seen the lion’s portion of the work in rep this season, making 33 appearances up to now. Saros’ sturdy performance has made him an early contender for the Vezina Trophy.
Carter Hutton is the closing Predators goalie diverse than Saros or Pekka Rinne to take hang of at dwelling, on Jan. 16, 2016.
UP NEXT
Predators: Host the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
Canucks: Birth a 3-game homestand Friday against the Florida Panthers.
