Nashville Predators 5, Anaheim Ducks 3: What a Rush

The Nashville Predators continued their West coast road trip tonight with a game against their 2016 Western Conference Finals opponent, the Anaheim Ducks.

The Predators took an early lead thanks to a Scott Hartnell tip-in that came off of a wrist shot by Roman Josi 6:26 into the game. After taking a pass from Pontus Aberg, Josi carved up the Ducks as he skated through the neutral zone, before firing the blue line wrister that Hartnell tipped in.

The captain himself picked up his second point of the night with under a minute remaining in the first period, this time scoring the goal. The Predators, especially Freddy Gaudreau, fought hard on the boards to keep possession, and when the pass…