#1 Carolina Hurricanes v. #4 Nashville Predators – Game 3
Hurricanes Lead Series 2-0
Game Recap:
With the series shifting over to Nashville, the Carolina Hurricanes look to make their a lead a commanding three game lead over the Predators. In the first period the Preds would strike first as Ryan Ellis would launch the puck from the point through a crowd to get past Alex Nedeljkovic to take the 1-0 lead. However, later in the period with a little less than five minutes left in the period Sebastian Aho whould shot the puck off of Roman Josi’s stick and past Juuse Saros to tie the game at one for the Canes, but Filip Forsberg would score with less than 30 seconds left in the period to give the Preds the one goal lead once again as the Predators would take the 2-1 lead into the first intermission.
Then in the second period the Canes would start the period shorthanded off of a delay of game penalty, but after killing the penalty it would be Jordan Staal with his third of the playoffs to tie the game at two for the Canes. The Preds would get another powerplay opportunity, but the Canes would blank the Preds once again with their perfect penalty kill. After kill the Canes would get back to back powerplays due to Mattias Ekholm penalties, and despite not striking on the first opportunity, it would be Vincent Trocheck on the second powerplay chance to score and give the Canes the lead for the first time in this game. However, the Canes would get themselves into penalty trouble and the Preds would finally strike as Mikael Granlund would score to tie the game at three.
In the third period Ryan Johansen would score five minutes into the period to give the Predators the lead. Both teams would trade powerplay opportunities, and despite a heavy push on Carolina’s opportunity they would not score on the powerplay, but they would score on a Brett Pesce blast to tie the game at four to send the game to overtime.
After going scoreless in the first overtime period it would be Matt Duchene in the second overtime period to give the Preds the 5-4 victory and bring Carolina’s series lead down to one.
Lineups:
Carolina Hurricanes:
Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen
Nino Niederreiter — Vincent Trocheck — Martin Necas
Warren Foegele — Jordan Staal — Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook — Steven Lorentz — Brock McGinn
Brady Skjei — Dougie Hamilton
Jake Bean — Brett Pesce
Maxime Lajoie — Jani Hakanpaa
Alex Nedeljkovic
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Morgan Geekie, Jake Gardiner, Max McCormick, Drew Shore, Roland McKeown, James Reimer
Injured: Jaccob Slavin (lower body), Cedric Paquette (lower body)
Nashville Predators:
Filip Forsberg — Ryan Johansen — Matt Duchene
Eeli Tolvanen — Mikael Granlund — Luke Kunin
Nick Cousins — Erik Haula — Calle Jarnkrok
Yakov Trenin — Colton Sissons — Tanner Jeannot
Roman Josi — Ryan Ellis
Mattias Ekholm — Alexandre Carrier
Erik Gudbranson — Matt Benning
Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne
Scratched: Rocco Grimaldi, Brad Richardson, Tyler Lewington, David Farrance, Michael McCarron, Jeremy Davies, Rem Pitlick, Mathieu Olivier, Dante Fabbro
Injured: Luca Sbisa (lower body), Mark Borowiecki (upper body). Viktor Arvidsson (upper body)
First Period:
NAS Goal – 4:35 – Ryan Ellis (1) from Tanner Jeannot (1) and Colton Sissons (1)
CAR Goal – 15:44 – Sebastian Aho (3) from unassisted
NAS Goal – 19:35 – Filip Forsberg (2) from Mattias Ekholm (1) and Juuse Saros (1)
| End of First | CAR – 1 | NAS – 2 |
| Shots | 6 | 11 |
| Faceoff Wins | 8 | 8 |
| Hits | 11 | 9 |
| Powerplay | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Second Period:
CAR Penalty – :23 – Steven Lorentz 2 minutes for Delay of Game
CAR Goal – 3:31 – Jordan Staal (3) from Warren Foegele (1)
CAR Penalty – 4:08 – Jani Hakanpaa 2 minutes for Hooking
NAS Penalty – 10:15 – Mattias Ekholm 2 minutes for Slashing
NAS Penalty – 12:33 – Mattias Ekholm 2 minutes for Cross Checking
CAR PPG – 12:46 – Vincent Trocheck (1) from Andrei Svechnikov (2) and Sebastian Aho (1)
CAR Penalty – 13:35 – Warren Foegele 2 minutes for Delay of Game
CAR Penalty – 14:05 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Tripping
NAS PPG – 14:42 – Mikael Granlund (1) from Erik Haula (1) and Roman Josi (1)
| End of Second | CAR – 3 | NAS – 3 |
| Shots | 22 | 24 |
| Faceoff Wins | 21 | 15 |
| Hits | 16 | 16 |
| Powerplay | 1/2 | 1/4 |
Third Period:
CAR Penalty – 2:30 – Jake Bean 2 minutes for Hooking
NAS Goal – 5:01 – Ryan Johansen (1) from Ryan Ellis (2) and Filip Forsberg (1)
CAR Penalty – 6:30 – Sebastian Aho 2 minutes for Hooking
NAS Penalty – 13:41 – Tanner Jeannot 2 minutes for Cross Checking
CAR Goal – 16:39 – Brett Pesce (1) from Teuvo Teravainen (1) and Sebastian Aho (2)
| End of Third | CAR – 4 | NAS – 4 |
| Shots | 35 | 34 |
| Faceoff Wins | 31 | 26 |
| Hits | 21 | 25 |
| Powerplay | 1/3 | 1/6 |
Overtime:
N/A
| End of OT | CAR – 4 | NAS – 4 |
| Shots | 48 | 44 |
| Faceoff Wins | 37 | 42 |
| Hits | 29 | 31 |
| Powerplay | 1/3 | 1/6 |
Double Overtime:
CAR Penalty – 11:40 – Maxime Lajoie 2 minutes for Hooking
NAS Goal – 14:54 – Matt Duchene (1) from Roman Josi (2) and Ryan Ellis (3)
| End of 2OT | CAR – 4 | NAS – 5 |
| Shots | 56 | 54 |
| Faceoff Wins | 46 | 46 |
| Hits | 32 | 33 |
| Powerplay | 1/3 | 1/7 |
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