Pius Suter and Dakota Joshua scored 12 seconds apart in the third period and the Vancouver Canucks stormed back for a 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Sunday night. Joshua had two goals and an assist, Elias Lindholm also scored and Thatcher Demko stopped 20 shots for Vancouver, the Pacific Division champion which hosted a playoff game for the first time since 2015. “We’ve been talking about being in one-goal games the whole season for these moments, and I love that there was zero panic today, hardly any at all,” Canucks forward J.T. Miller said.
Ethan Del Mastro made his NHL debut Friday, but it was the rest of the Chicago Blackhawks who looked green at times during a 5-1 loss to the Nashville Predators at the United Center. The Hawks committed 17 giveaways — 10 in the first period. “It was mistakes,” defenseman Connor Murphy said. “We didn’t seem like we had much life and much legs. … It didn’t seem like we gave much and it led into ...
Filip Forsberg got his 10th career hat trick and set a Nashville franchise record with 46 goals, and the Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Friday night. Kiefer Sherwood and Jason Zucker also scored for the playoff-bound Predators, who handed last-place Chicago its third straight loss. Luke Evangelista had two assists, and Kevin Lankinen finished with 25 saves against his former team, and also had an assist.
No | Player | P |
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28 | C | |
22 | D | |
21 | LW | |
45 | D | |
77 | RW | |
57 | D | |
9 | LW | |
8 | C | |
39 | G | |
17 | C | |
59 | D | |
32 | G | |
3 | D | |
47 | RW | |
27 | D | |
82 | C | |
14 | LW | |
90 | C | |
75 | C | |
74 | G | |
2 | D | |
44 | LW | |
10 | C | |
36 | LW | |
24 | D | |
16 | LW |