EDMONTON – Mattias Ekholm had a pair of goals as the Nashville Predators made it two wins in a row with a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Mike Fisher and Filip Forsberg also scored for the Predators (22-18-8), who had lost six of their last seven before their latest wins.
Leon Draisaitl replied for the Oilers (19-26-5), who have lost three in a row heading into a nine-day break. Edmonton got on the board first with a goal 12 minutes into the first as Draisaitl made a great individual effort to cut back on defender Shea Weber and send a backhand shot past Predators goalie Pekka Rinne.
Nashville got that goal right back, however, as Ekholm was finally able to chip a puck past Oilers starter Cam Talbot after a scramble in front.
The Predators took a 2-1 lead on the power play 1:48 into the second with a highly unusual goal.
An Ekholm shot hit defender Andrej Sekera and ended up in Talbot’s equipment and was lost from view for a few seconds without the play being blown down before falling out and ending up in the net as Talbot was backing up looking for the puck.
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