NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cody Glass scored three targets for his first profession hat trick and the Nashville Predators prolonged their successful streak to eight video games with a 5-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday evening.
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Tommy Novak had a objective and an help, Ryan O’Reilly additionally scored and Juuse Saros made 25 saves for Nashville. Ryan McDonagh had two assists.
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“It was a thrill,” stated Glass, who entered with solely two targets this season. “We have a great team here. To be on an eight-game win streak, everybody is pulling on the same rope.”
Nathan MacKinnon scored and Alexandar Georgiev made 31 saves for Colorado, which had its two-game successful streak snapped.
“I thought we were competitive, played hard, really good game for 40 minutes,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar stated. “But I’d say third period, it’s like they got better and we got worse in the third.”
Nashville’s eight-game successful streak is tied for the second-longest in franchise historical past. The Predators received 10 straight from mid-February via early March 2018.
Glass scored the sport’s first objective with 4:41 remaining within the opening interval. Coming down the best aspect, Glass handed to Colton Sissons in the best circle, and Sissons slipped it again to Glass within the low slot, the place he beat Georgiev for his third objective of the season.
“I like our relentlessness,” Nashville coach Andrew Brunette stated. “I think we’re connected. We’re taking away time and space at a high level right now. That comes from work ethic. That comes from trust.”
MacKinnon answered with 2:59 to go within the first, making the most of a turnover by Nashville earlier than snapping a wrist shot from the best aspect excessive to Saros’ glove aspect.
MacKinnon has targets in three straight video games and factors in 9 consecutive. He has 5 targets and 11 assists throughout that span.
“Every game of the season matters, so the intensity should be there,” Avalanche defenseman Devon Toews stated. “We didn’t bring it often enough tonight and they did. Obviously, the game means a lot to them, but it means a lot to us too. That one hurts to lose.”
Glass struck again with 5:34 remaining in the second period for the first multigoal game of his career.
Saros gloved down a shot by MacKinnon on a partial breakaway with 26.5 seconds remaining in the second to keep Nashville’s lead at 2-1 as the teams went to the second intermission.
“He has a variety of skills and shot placement he can do, so I was patient there,” Saros stated of MacKinnon. “I was trying to wait and see what he was going to do. Fortunately, I was able to save that one.”
O’Reilly scored on the facility play at 9:46 of the third, tapping within the rebound of Roman Josi’s shot that bounced off the again boards and to O’Reilly on the proper goalpost, the place he scored his thirteenth power-play objective.
Glass accomplished his hat trick within the recreation’s last minute with a long-range empty-net objective.
UP NEXT
Avalanche: Host Chicago on Monday evening.
Predators: Host Montreal on Tuesday evening.
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