Overview
- The Predators beat the Avalanche 6-2 in Nashville on Sunday night with Ryan O’Reilly recording two goals and two assists and Steven Stamkos adding two goals and an assist.
- Justus Annunen earned his first win of the season with 19 saves while Colorado’s Scott Wedgewood made 29 saves in defeat.
- Nashville converted four of seven power-play chances and three different players reached the scoresheet in the second period to build a decisive lead.
- Artturi Lehkonen and Devon Toews scored for Colorado but the loss marked the Avalanche’s third defeat in four games and ended their recent momentum from a 6-3 win over Tampa Bay.
- The game renewed a personnel subplot between the clubs after former Avalanche executive Chris MacFarland helped assemble several players now in Nashville and the teams briefly swapped goalies last season, a link that added extra narrative to the matchup.