Nashville’s Kevin Fiala scored at 5:37 of the second overtime period to give the Predators a 5-4 win over the Winnipeg Jets at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Fiala finished off a 2 on 1 break with line mate Craig Smith to help the regular season champs avoid having to go to Winnipeg down 2-0 in the series.
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The Jets battled back from three, one goal deficits, including Mark Scheifele’s second goal of the game with 1:05 remaining in regulation and goalie Connor Hellebuyck on the bench for the extra attacker. Scheifele now leads all goal scorers in the playoffs with eight. Dustin Byfuglien and Brandon Tanev also scored for the Jets who out shot Nashville 50-41 in a fast paced, hard hitting, and very intensely played game.
Ryan Johansen scored twice for the Predators and also won 21 of 29 face offs on the night. Johansen’s linemate Viktor Arvidsson and defenceman PK Subban scored second period goals to give Nashville a 3-2 lead going into the final 20 minutes of regulation. Subban led all players with 39:24 of total ice time.
The series now shifts to Winnipeg for Game Three Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Game Four Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
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