ANAHEIM — The Nashville Predators (10-4-5) beat the Anaheim Ducks (10-8-1) 4-2 on Wednesday night, ending the Ducks’ five-game win streak. Shane Wright led Nashville with a goal and two assists.
Wright was in the middle of it after the Ducks took the early lead. Nashville scored three straight after Cutter Gauthier’s opener — Jayden Struble tied it 21 seconds later, Nils Hoglander put the Predators ahead in the second, and Wright made it 3-1 early in the third. Anaheim pulled within one, but Steven Stamkos answered to close it out.
Gauthier opened the scoring at 8:08 of the first with his 16th goal of the season, assisted by Mikael Granlund, and Struble tied it 1-1 at 8:29, assisted by Wright. Hoglander scored at 16:02 of the second, assisted by Struble and Wright, to make it 2-1, and Wright scored at 8:05 of the third, assisted by Hoglander and Roman Josi, to make it 3-1. Granlund pulled Anaheim within one at 12:11, assisted by Beckett Sennecke and Drew Helleson, but Stamkos answered at 16:04, assisted by Mavrik Bourque and Josi, to make it 4-2.
Gauthier’s goal was his seventh straight game with a goal — 14 goals in his last eight games, and points in nine straight. He led Anaheim with seven shots on goal. Granlund finished with a goal and an assist for the Ducks, and Josi had two assists for Nashville.
Annunen made 27 saves on 29 shots for Nashville. Brossoit made 18 saves on 22 shots for Anaheim. The Ducks outshot the Predators 29-22, both teams went 0-for-3 on the power play, and Nashville won 51 percent of the faceoffs.
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