In Nashville, the Predators got first period goals from Nick Bonino and Ryan Johansen and then sat back and watched the St Louis Blues tally single markers in the second and third periods to force extra time in a 2-2 game.
“You can just tell when you get in here, everyone is bought in to kind of get going and buying into what everyone else is trying to do,” Nashville’s Daniel Carr said. “I think you just see it with the guys, and it translates on the ice. I think everyone is giving the best effort they can, and you get results when that happens.”
Carr ended up with the deciding goal in the skills portion of the evening’s events.
“We played a good third period,” St. Louis coach Craig Berube said. “We battled back and got a point out of it. It’s a tough game. They’re a good team. They work hard. It’s a tough building to play in. I thought we battled all night. Got down 2-0 early, we had the power plays early on in the first period and didn’t capitalize there. A couple of mistakes and they scored, and then we made it a game.”
David Perron and Brayden Schenn scored to get the Blues even.
“When we got the first goal there, it was huge for our team,” Perron said. “I think it pushed them off a little bit, and we were able to just trust the process and play our game and didn’t have to force anything. [Allen] came up big at the right time, even in overtime, and kept us in there. We had some tired guys on the ice for a couple minutes. Just made some big saves.”
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Jake Allen made 37 saves to earn the loss.
“It was an entertaining game,” Allen said. “I thought a lot of chances both ways and obviously a wild overtime. I think we showed a lot of guts here. We were down two, lost to them last game and found a way to battle back. Obviously we didn’t get the win, but we get a point out of it against a team that’s on the up.”
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