Overview
- Dallas erased a 3-2 deficit with three goals in the third period, capped by Sam Steel’s winner 47 seconds after Adam Erne tied it.
- Justin Hryckowian made it 3-3 early in the third before Steven Stamkos briefly restored Nashville’s lead on the power play.
- The go-ahead tally came on a tic-tac-toe setup from Mikko Rantanen to Wyatt Johnston to Steel.
- Jake Oettinger made 16 saves for Dallas as Mavrik Bourque, Roope Hintz, Hryckowian, Erne and Steel scored; Luke Evangelista, Nicolas Hague, Filip Forsberg and Stamkos scored for Nashville with Annunen stopping 17 shots.
- Nashville went 1-for-4 on the power play and failed to convert a late 6-on-4; the result gives Dallas two wins in three games and extends the Predators’ losing streak to four, with the Stars hosting Seattle on Sunday and Nashville visiting the Rangers on Monday.