In Nashville, the Predators were unable to control either Alexander Radulov and Jason Dickinson as each of them struck for two goals for the Dallas Stars in a 5-3 decision.
Dallas now heads home with a 3-2 series lead.
“I think we make it tough on ourselves,” Nashville’s P.K. Subban said. “I think it’s the details that are killing us. Right now, I think we’re stretching our game out. And we’ve got to play in blocks of five and shorten the ice a little bit. We’re trying to make stretch plays, and it’s not working for us. That’s our game plan, is to play in blocks of five, and we have to work for each other. I think once we start doing that, we’ll tie the series up.”
Ben Bishop made 30 saves to get the win.
“We’re all trying to play the same way, within our system here,” Benn said. “We’ve been successful as of late and we’re just going to continue to try to play the right way.”
Rocco Grimaldi, Ryan Johansen and Kyle Turris had the goals for the Preds.
“It was pretty impressive,” Stars head coach Jim Montgomery said. “They drove play all the time, and they wanted more ice time. A couple times [Jamie] was banging his stick and looking at me. They wanted it. They felt it, and they were playing well.”
Tyler Seguin also scored for the Stars.
“It’s the right time of year for pucks to be going in. Our shooting percentage was like 8 percent in the regular season. I don’t know what it is, but the last two games it’s probably more like 40 percent,” Montgomery said.
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Pekka Rinne made 21 saves in the loss.
“We’ve just got to be better, myself included,” Rinne said. “It’s a huge game on Monday obviously, with our backs against the wall and not the situation we wanted. But you’ve got to give some credit to Dallas. They’re playing well and right now. I feel like they have taken advantage of our mistakes. It’s tough right now.”
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