The Nashville Predators fought their way through a regulation tie, a 3-on-3 tie (!!) and went on to a 2-1 shootout win over the Montreal Canadiens. In a rather crazy finish, Craig Smith got the game winning shootout goal only minutes after missing another wide open net after his own stick blocked his shot. Pekka Rinne was big in this one, putting together another nice performance in net.
The Predators started fine, getting a rebound goal by Viktor Arvidsson to get things going. From there the Canadiens would slowly climb back into the game, eventually getting a game-tying goal from Brendan Gallagher.