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03/13 00:32 CDT Canucks rally past the Predators 4-3 in a shootout on DeBrusk's
winner
Canucks rally past the Predators 4-3 in a shootout on DeBrusk's winner
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) --- The Vancouver Canucks scored a pair of
third-period goals to erase a two-goal deficit then got a shootout goal from
Jake DeBrusk to beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Thursday night.
The Canucks trailed 3-1 after two periods, but Marco Rossi scored with 4:05 to
play to make it 3-2 and Filip Hronek tied it at 3-all with 1:01 left in
regulation.
Brock Boeser also scored in regulation for Vancouver.
Tyson Jost scored twice for Nashville, and rookie Matthew Wood added a goal.
Juuse Saros made 24 saves for the Predators. Nikita Tolopilo stopped 16 shots
for Vancouver.
The Canucks opened the scoring at 8:40, when the double-tip of Hronek's point
shot --- first Marco Rossi and then Boeser --- beat Saros. But the teams went
to the dressing room tied 1-1 after Justin Barron snapped up a turnover by
Tolopilo before Jost scored on the rebound.
In the second, Jost gave the visitors their first lead of the night, corralling
the puck after Roman Josi's blast from the blue line went wide of the net, then
depositing it past Tolopilo. Wood followed, his centering pass deflecting into
the net off the skate of Canucks forward Liam Ohgren.
Rossi snapped a rebound past Saros and with Tolopilo on the bench, Hronek sent
the game to overtime.
DeBrusk scored the only goal of the shootout as Tolopilo stopped all three
shooters he faced.
Boeser's goal was his 16th of the year, and fourth in five games. Evander Kane
returned to the lineup after missing one game while dealing with upper-body
discomfort.
With 17 games remaining, the Predators remain locked in a race for a wild-card
spot with three other Western Conference teams. Saros became the second NHL
goalie to reach 50 starts this season. Wood has four goals in his last four
games.
Up next
Predators: At Edmonton on Sunday.
Canucks: Host Seattle on Saturday.
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