Predators drop 5-2 decision to Vegas Update to follow

In Nashville, the visiting Vegas Golden Knights took a 3-0 lead into the third period, and then held off the Predators for a 5-2 win on Wednesday night.

Filip Forsberg tried to single-handedly rally the Preds,with two goals in the third period, but they simply were not enough.

Robin Lehner made 26 saves in the Vegas win.

Chandler Stephenson and Mark Stone(empty net)  hit for a goal and two points each in the win.

The Knights improved to 12-8-0.

Alex Pietrangelo struck for a third period goal for the Golden Knights.

Nashville dropped to 10-8-1.

Jonas Rondbjerg and Adam Brooks also scored for Vegas.

Juuse Saros made 30 saves in the Predators loss..