Canadiens drop 6th straight as Predators put on offensive clinic to double up Montreal
Montreal allows 2 power-play goals by Nashville in 4 attempts in 6-3 loss
Mattias Ekholm, Tommy Novak and Roman Josi each had a goal and an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 6-3 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.
Cody Glass, Colton Sissons and Matt Duchene also scored and Juuse Saros made 24 saves for Nashville. Nino Niederreiter had three assists and Mikael Granlund added two.
"We haven't scored too many goals this year, so it's nice to see, and hopefully that can open up some floodgates for the future," Ekholm said.
Montreal has allowed 22 goals in the last three games.
"We shot ourselves in the foot early," coach Martin St. Louis said. "We can't kill a penalty right now to save our life. We've got to get better in that department. And I think you end up chasing the game all the time."
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Nashville scored three times in the first 10:42, including a power-play goal by Glass at 4:10. Glass played in his 100th NHL game.
"I think we've been working hard in practice and stuff like that," Glass said. "It was nice to get a quick one, and then to put up six was a really good feeling for our team."
Filip Forsberg, the NHL's reigning First Star of the Week, assisted on Sissons' first-period goal. He extended his point streak to four games. Forsberg has five goals and three assists during that span.
Savard returns, PK woes
Montreal allowed two power-play goals by Nashville in four attempts. One second separated the Predators from converting another with the man advantage, as Ekholm's goal at 10:42 of the first came just after Gallagher's high-sticking penalty expired.
During their six-game slide, the Canadiens have allowed 12 power-play goals in 22 times shorthanded.
