Skinner’s 2 goals lead Canes past Predators 4-2

After Saturday’s morning skate, Nashville Predators coach Peter Laviolette called the Carolina Hurricanes a dangerous team.

“It shows in the teams they’re beating,” Laviolette said. “They work hard, they’re tenacious on the puck, they’re well-coached. They’re able to beat Minnesota, one of the top teams in the league. They beat the (New York) Rangers, one of the top teams in the league.

“We’ve done our best to wind our guys up for what I think might be one of the toughest games we’ll see in a while.”

It wasn’t just coachspeak. Laviolette isn’t that type of coach.

The Canes, in turn, won 4-2 as Jeff Skinner scored two goals and nearly a third, Jordan Staal had a goal and assist and Eddie Lack…