The Predators opened up the scoring at 17:56 of the first period when Rocco Grimaldi fired a clapper from the top of the circle and Nick Bonino tapped in the rebound on the backhand to put Nashville up 1-0.
Bonino netted his second goal of the night at 9:03 of the second period by tapping in a third rebound chance right outside of the crease to double the Predators lead, 2-0.
Nashville scored at 3:40 of the third period after Boninio capitalized on a shot deflected off of Lehner's mask to complete the hat trick and put the Predators up 3-0.