Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators Post-Game: Canucks lose in OT in Smashville
5 years ago
The comeback kids pushed the Nashville Predators to overtime before lower mainland native Colton Scissons potted the winner in extra time.
Despite being down a few times throughout the game, the Canucks were able to storm back and force the extra frame despite being heavily outshot and outchanced. It puts an end to the Canucks three-game win streak but shouldn’t be viewed as a tough loss or a disappointment and more seen as a positive for a young team finding their way.
1st period
The first frame did not start off well for the Canucks as they quickly found themselves down 2-0.
Ryan Hartman with the first goal of the game with the lone assist going to former Canucks defenceman Dan Hamhuis:
Just under three minutes later, another former Canuck scored to put the home team Preds up 2-0 by the 8:40 mark of the first period
That was Nick Bonino’s fifth goal of the season.
The Canucks were afforded a couple of powerplay chances but were unable to find the back of the net instead of relying on a Jay Beagle shorthanded goal at 15:15 to cut the lead to 2-1
The score remained until the conclusion of the first period and with the Predators outshooting the Canucks by a score of 8-7.
2nd period
To be honest, not much happened in the middle frame until Calle Jankrok tipped the Kyle Turris shot to extend the Preds lead to 3-1
The Canucks did receive one powerplay with Kyle Turris being called for a holding penalty at 4:23 but were unable to score. The 3-1 lead for the Preds held until the end of the period and they also held the lead in shots by a 17-12 margin.
3rd period
What the second period lacked in terms of excitement, the third frame made up for.
Nashville thought they had extended their lead to 4-1 but a savvy coaches challenge from the Canucks reversed the goal. That proved too huge later in the period because despite being heavily outshot in the period, the Canucks were able to chip away at the lead. After a fantastic save by Anders Nilsson, Brock Boeser scored on the slapshot to cut the deficit to 3-2
Then with the goalie pulled, Bowie Horvat tied the game at three with forty-four seconds left on the clock:
Regulation ended with the Preds continuing to lead in shots but it didn’t really matter as the game was headed to overtime after the comeback.
Overtime
At 3:05 of overtime, North Vancouver native Colton Sissons scored to give the Predators the extra point.
Stats
Both images below are from Naturalstattrick.com:
Notes
- Tim Schaller was held to four minutes of ice time, posting a 20.0% CF% and generally not making an impact. With only five assists in 29 games with the Canucks, it’s hard to see him working himself out of this funk.
- Erik Gudbranson was a late scratch due to back spasms.
- Hard to not to agree with Cam here – I think the losses are more digestible because of the way the team has been grinding out comebacks and who is scoring the goals. But ideally, they will stop spotting the other team a lead.
