Back And Forth Scoring...
Taking their 2-0 advantage back to the locker room, the two teams turned up the goal-scoring tempo in the first 10 minutes of the middle frame.
Beginning with Nashville beating Kochetkov for the first time on the night, a quick response from Andrei Svechnikov re-established the two-goal gap for the visitors. Cashing in after a forced turnover, it gave #37 a second consecutive multi-point game as well.
But then a power play goal from Ryan O'Reilly made it a 3-2 game, and the Predators were sent back to the man advantage nearly immediately following. Likely causing some concern, instead, Tim Gleason's penalty kill came up with their biggest denial of the evening.
Although it was still in the middle stages of the second period, that two-minute segment turned out to be the home team's best chance of the night to tie the contest.
After shutting the door, Jack Drury put his team back up by two. Continuing his career-best month, #18 jammed home a loose puck, rewarded after winning an offensive zone draw.
Wrapping up a four-goal sequence in a span of just 8:38, the Canes then claimed a fifth goal to really claim control of the affair.
A third power play goal on their sixth try, a pinballed shot from the tape of Michael Bunting hit Seth Jarvis' tape in front, giving Carolina a three-goal cushion for the first time.
