The Dallas Stars (8-4-3) scored three goals in the third period to defeat the Nashville Predators (5-8-4) at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Mavrik Bourque, Roope Hintz, Justin Hryckowian, Adam Erne and Sam Steel scored for the Stars. Jake Oettinger made 17 saves.
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Luke Evangelista, Nicolas Haag, Filip Forsberg and Steven Stamkos scored for the Predators. Justus Annunen made 17 saves.
Summary of the game
Bourque opened the scoring with his second of the season at 6:26 of the first period, with a redirect at the top of the crease after a perfect pass from Miro Heiskanen.
The Predators tied the game at 5:46 on a shot from Evangelista’s high slot that blew past a shielded Oettinger.
The Stars started the second frame on the power play and needed just 13 seconds to take back the lead. Wyatt Johnston found Hintz at the Nashville blue line, and Hintz split the defense and beat Annunen for his third of the season.
Haag scored his first of the season, and first as a Predator, at 4:43, tying the game again. Nashville’s play clearly intended to get into Oettinger’s space, and it paid off for the second time, as Haag beat Oettinger with a perfect shot from the point of the top shelf.
27 seconds later, O’Reilly found Forsberg all alone in the middle, and Forsberg converted the chance into his seventh goal of the season and Nashville’s first lead of the afternoon.
Hryckowian scored his second goal of the season and of his young career at 2:20 of the final period after collecting his own rebound and firing a wrist shot past Annunen.
Stamkos restored the Predators’ lead less than three minutes later with a vintage one-timer on the power play.
The frenetic start to the period continued at 9:33, with Erne beating Annunen in the low slot as Blackwell hit him with a perfect feed from behind the net.
The Stars regained the lead 47 seconds later on a tic-tac-toe play from Mikko Rantanen to Johnston against Steel that put the Stars ahead for good.
Next
The Stars are back in action Sunday night when they host the Seattle Kraken. The Predators are coming New York will take on the Rangers on Monday.
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