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05/01 00:20 CDT Roman Josi and Alexandre Carrier score goals and Predators stay
alive with 2-1 win over Canucks
Roman Josi and Alexandre Carrier score goals and Predators stay alive with 2-1
win over Canucks
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) --- Roman Josi and Alexandre Carrier scored
and the Nashville Predators kept their season alive with a 2-1 victory over the
Vancouver Canucks in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday
night.
Filip Forsberg assisted on both goals and Juuse Saros made 19 saves as the
Predators narrowed their deficit in the best-of-seven matchup to 3-2.
Nikita Zadorov scored for the Canucks and rookie goalie Arturs Silovs stopped
20 shots.
The series returns to Nashville for Game 6 on Friday night.
Vancouver poured on the pressure early, creating a flurry of chances in the
game's opening minutes.
Ryan McDonagh tried to beat the 23-year-old Silovs with a drag move midway
through the first period, but the goalie reached up and snatched the puck out
of the air.
Vancouver's best chance of the first came in the final seconds when J.T. Miller
bolted out of the penalty box, collected the puck for a breakaway, and sent a
wrist shot just wide of the net.
The Predators came into the second with a burst of offensive force, and outshot
the home side 11-4 in the period.
Cole Smith unleashed a one-timer from the middle of the faceoff circle 33
seconds into the frame, hitting the top of Silovs' blocker. The goalie watched
the rebound drop to the ice and pounced to cover it up.
Midway through the second, Nashville got another prime chance, this time while
down a man.
With Anthony Beauvillier in the box for hooking, Kiefer Sherwood streaked down
the ice on a short-handed breakaway but his shot hit the post.
Vancouver went 0 for 2 on the power play Tuesday while Nashville was 1 for 4.
The Canucks broke through 3:11 into the third period when Zadorov fired a
sharp-angle shot under the crossbar from just above the goal line.
The Predators evened the score with a power-play goal 7:15 into the third after
Dakota Joshua was called for boarding.
Silovs stopped Josi on a breakaway, freezing the puck under his body, only to
be pushed into the net, with the puck squirting lose and skittering across the
goal line.
The tally snapped the Canucks' streak of 17 successful penalty kills.
Nashville took the lead 12:46 into the third when Carrier, using a screen from
Ryan O'Reilly, blasted a shot past Silovs from just inside the blue line.
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