The Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks faced off in a late-night match in Vancouver.
Elias Pettersson got the Canucks on the board at 4:28 of the first period, but Colton Sissons answered right back with a goal at 4:55. Nashville then went to the power play at 5:16 as Cody Glass drew a penalty. The Preds were unable to score, and then, although they continued to press the attack, Vasily Podkolzin scored against the flow of play to restore the Canucks’ lead at 10:56.
Play stagnated for most of the rest of the period, until Cal Foote took a penalty late and the Canucks got, first an extended sequence with the extra attacker on the delayed penalty, and then a power play.