Six straight for Nashville
Nashville keep finding ways. The Predators won 4-2 in Anaheim overnight for their sixth victory in a row, and they did it against a Ducks side that had been scoring for fun.
The win also ended two Anaheim runs at once. The Ducks arrived on a five-game winning streak and had scored at least five goals in eight consecutive games. Justus Annunen stopped 27 of 29 shots and that second streak died on the spot.
Jayden Struble, Shane Wright and Nils Hoglander each finished with a goal and an assist. Roman Josi set up two, and Steven Stamkos added the insurance goal with just under four minutes left. Nashville are now 2-0-0 on a five-game road trip.
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Gauthier scores again, Terry is back
Anaheim still got its customary goal from Cutter Gauthier. The winger opened the scoring at 8:08 of the first period, his 14th goal across his last seven games and the seventh straight game in which he has found the net. He had hat tricks in three of his previous five outings before this one.
The lead lasted 21 seconds. Struble beat Laurent Brossoit under the glove with a snap shot, and the game stayed level until late in the second, when Hoglander produced the highlight of the night: reaching behind himself and between his own legs as he slid across the crease to lift the puck into the top of the net.
Wright made it 3-1 on a backhand through traffic at 8:05 of the third. Mikael Granlund, who had a goal and an assist, pulled one back at 12:11 before Stamkos closed it out.
Troy Terry played his first game of the 2026-27 season after offseason hip surgery. The forward, who put up 19 goals and 38 assists last season, logged 11:41 and finished minus-3. Brossoit made 18 saves on 22 shots.
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