VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·” Roman Josi and Alexandre Carrier scored and the Nashville Predators kept their season alive with a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday night.
Filip Forsberg assisted on both goals and Juuse Saros made 19 saves as the Predators narrowed their deficit in the best-of-seven matchup to 3-2.
Nikita Zadorov scored for the Canucks and rookie goalie Arturs Silovs stopped 20 shots.
The series returns to Nashville for Game 6 on Friday night.
Vancouver poured on the pressure early, creating a flurry of chances in the gameB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s opening minutes.
Ryan McDonagh tried to beat the 23-year-old Silovs with a drag move midway through the first period, but the goalie reached up and snatched the puck out of the air.
VancouverB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s best chance of the first came in the final seconds when J.T. Miller bolted out of the penalty box, collected the puck for a breakaway, and sent a wrist shot just wide of the net.
The Predators came into the second with a burst of offensive force, and outshot the home side 11-4 in the period.
Cole Smith unleashed a one-timer from the middle of the faceoff circle 33 seconds into the frame, hitting the top of SilovsB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ blocker. The goalie watched the rebound drop to the ice and pounced to cover it up.
Midway through the second, Nashville got another prime chance, this time while down a man.
With Anthony Beauvillier in the box for hooking, Kiefer Sherwood streaked down the ice on a short-handed breakaway but his shot hit the post.
Vancouver went 0 for 2 on the power play Tuesday while Nashville was 1 for 4.
The Canucks broke through 3:11 into the third period when Zadorov fired a sharp-angle shot under the crossbar from just above the goal line.
The Predators evened the score with a power-play goal 7:15 into the third after Dakota Joshua was called for boarding.
Silovs stopped Josi on a breakaway, freezing the puck under his body, only to be pushed into the net, with the puck squirting lose and skittering across the goal line.
The tally snapped the CanucksB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ streak of 17 successful penalty kills.
Nashville took the lead 12:46 into the third when Carrier, using a screen from Ryan OB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™Reilly, blasted a shot past Silovs from just inside the blue line.
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