Colton Sissons opened the scoring on a pass to the net from Austin Watson created by Sissons' own dump in. The team needs a lot more of that. Mike Fisher took a double minor shortly thereafter, and while the Preds killed off the first two minutes, Derek Brassard tied it up on a shot that beat Pekka clean. The Predators controlled the rest of the period, including a shift with five shots on goal before Forsberg outworked all of Ottawa to feed Ellis for the 2-1 score.
The second period started slow, as the teams traded powerplays that hampered momentum combined with a lot of disjointed play.