The Nashville Predators had a rare chance to build off good play and a win with tonight’s game against the Vancouver Canucks, and they failed to do the first but managed the second for their first winning streak in North America.
The Canucks broke onto the scoresheet with just under two minutes elapsed. Ilya Mikheyev had the goal; Juuse Saros very clearly looked like he wanted to have that one back, and probably should have had it in the first place. Less than two minutes later, the Canucks capitalized on a defensive zone turnover by Jordan Gross to make it 0-2, with the goal coming from J.