Ryan Johansen scored his second aim of the sport 33 seconds into extra time and Juuse Saros made 25 saves within the Nashville Predators’ 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night time at Prudential Heart in Newark.
Johansen took a go from Matt Duchene and beat goalie Vitek Vanecek from in entrance.
“That was big for us. We may have simply walked out with no factors,” Johansen mentioned. “We made a few huge performs and had a terrific outcome.”
Nashville has gained seven in a row at Prudential Heart, sending the Devils to their second loss of their final 18 video games (16-1-1).
Mikael Granlund tied it for the Predators with 9 seconds left in regulation. The Devils had a power-play likelihood within the closing minutes when Nashville was referred to as for too many males, however Granlund scored 37 seconds after the penalty expired. Johansen additionally assisted on the tying aim together with Filip Forsberg.
“We had a extremely huge penalty kill on the finish, then made a extremely good play to get our shot,” Granlund mentioned. “That was job by us getting two factors. We need to be a high staff. Tonight was step.”
Devils coach Lindy Ruff mentioned his staff was attempting to attain on the late man-advantage regardless that they deployed a second defenseman.
“We wished to assault, we wished to attempt to rating, however on the similar time we had been going to be good and have two defensemen for each models,” Ruff mentioned. “So execution there wasn’t what we wished.”
Colton Sissons additionally scored for the Predators at 19:16 of the primary after Johansen scored 11 seconds into the competition, the quickest street aim to begin a sport in franchise historical past.
“We discovered a technique to get it completed,” Predators coach John Hynes mentioned. “That was a hard-fought sport. We had an enormous kiil on the finish and the fellows at 6-on-5 obtained it completed.”
Defenseman Kevin Bahl and forwards Jesper Bratt and Alexander Holtz scored for New Jersey in a 2:38 span early within the second interval to make it 3-2. Vanecek stopped 20 pictures.
Predators coach John Hynes, who was changed as Devils coach in December 2019 and employed by Nashville a month later, once more returned to Prudential Heart.
Hynes coached the Devils for four-plus seasons, together with their most up-to-date playoff look in 2018.
“I had loads of good relationships with individuals within the group, individuals within the area,’’ Hynes mentioned earlier than the sport. “It’s at all times good once you come again and see acquainted faces. Jersey was a terrific place for us.”
Devils ahead Miles Wooden was a late scratch (Devils coach Lindy Ruff mentioned after the sport Wooden wasn’t feeling effectively). … New Jersey additionally was with out injured forwards Nathan Bastian, Ondrej Palat and goaltenders Mackenzie Blackwood and Jonathan Bernier … The Predators scratched forwards Eeli Tolvanen and Michael McCarron … The groups meet once more Jan. 26 in Nashville.
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