In Nashville, the Predators’ Roman Josi scored with 70 seconds left in extra time on Tuesday to down the Ducks, 2-1.
Matt Duchene assisted on both goals for the Preds.
“I thought it was a great play,” Predators coach John Hynes said. “Matt made a nice little bit of a fake, a little deception and obviously put it right on Josi’s tape. That’s the guy you want [with the puck] on his stick in that area of the ice. He didn’t miss on that one. That was a great shot.”
Juuse Saros made 34 saves in the Nashville win.
The Predators improved to 10-9-2.
“We probably shouldn’t have [gone to overtime] tonight,” Duchene said. “They got some good goaltending. So did we obviously in the third, but we have to find ways to ramp it up a little bit and put them away earlier … But we got it done, so keep building.”
Troy Terry scored for Anaheim in the third period to tie the game, 1-1.
“It’s hard because of the circumstances we find ourselves [in] with the standings and all of that,” Terry said. “It makes it seem harder. At the end of the day, we came into a hard building to play in and played a really good road game.
“It’s hard to not get frustrated. That starts with [me]. I’ve been feeling it, too, and I need to not let it show.”
The Ducks dropped to 6-15-2.
Nashville broke out on top in the first period on a strike from Colton Sissons .
“It seems like there’s pretty good chemistry, where you have guys that are working together as a three-man unit,” Hynes said. “They’re moving their feet. They’re skating. They’re able to, for the most part, make some good decisions with the puck.”
John Gibson made 36 saves in the loss.
“I thought I had better shots than the one I scored on tonight,” Terry said. “[Saros is] a good goalie. Tonight, I found myself getting frustrated and then obviously one fell. Just continuing to shoot. That’s something I didn’t used to do, was shoot all the time even if I didn’t think it was a super high-percentage chance.”
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