The Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Saturday at Bridgestone Arena, scoring a goal in each period while Juuse Saros stopped 25 of 26 shots. Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist for Nashville, which improved to 8-4-5 on the season.
Nashville answered quickly with a response goal less than three minutes after St. Louis took the lead, then took the lead for good in the second period. Jimmy Snuggerud scored for the Blues, who fell to 7-8-2 and have now lost two straight to Nashville this season after dropping to 0-2 in the season series.
Key Moments: How The Predators Won
Snuggerud put St. Louis ahead 1-0 at 13:07 of the first period on a snap shot, assisted by Broberg and Robert Thomas. Stamkos tied it 1-1 at 16:07 with a wrist shot off feeds from Mavrik Bourque and Josi.
Ross Colton gave the Predators their first lead of the game at 9:02 of the second period, scoring off assists from Jack Drury and Josi to make it 2-1. St. Louis could not solve Saros the rest of the way. Nick Perbix closed the scoring at 18:31 of the third period with a wrist shot assisted by Stamkos, sealing the 3-1 final.
Nashville out-shot St. Louis 29-26 and blocked 18 shots to the Blues’ 12. The Predators went 1-for-3 on the power play; St. Louis went 1-for-2.
Top Performers
Stamkos finished with two points on a goal and an assist, pacing Nashville’s offense. Josi logged two assists and 25:38 of ice time. Saros made 25 saves on 26 shots for a .962 save percentage.
For St. Louis, Snuggerud scored and Broberg added an assist. Broberg logged a team-high 28:21 in ice time. Joel Hofer made 26 saves on 28 shots for a .929 save percentage.
What It Means
Nashville improved to 8-4-5 and moved to 21 points in the Central Division, tied with Utah but behind Minnesota’s 27. Nashville leads the season series 2-0.
St. Louis fell to 7-8-2 with 16 points, sixth in the Central.
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