Stars captain Jamie Benn was asked before meeting Nashville on Monday night at the American Airlines Center what his team needed to do.
"Get some goals,'' Benn said.
Maybe next time.
Mikael Granlund scored on a long wrist shot with 8:19 remaining to give Nashville a 3-2 victory and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Granlund's goal came two minutes after Tyler Seguin had tied the game for the Stars.
Goals are hard to come by in this series. The Predators lead 7-6 in cumulative scoring.
The Stars were blanked again on the power play, failing on four tries.