Nashville 4, Vancouver 2
First Period
1. Vancouver, Highmore 2 (Lammikko) 7:56.
2. Nashville, Johansen 13 (McCarron, Carrier) 14:22.
3. Nashville, Forsberg 23 (Myers, Duchene) 15:30.
4. Vancouver, Ekman-Larsson 3 (Boeser, Pearson) 17:36.
Penalties — Pearson Vcr (hooking) 3:14; Jeannot Nash (roughing) 12:21.
Second Period
5. Nashville, Forsberg 24 (Josi, Granlund) 3:12 (pp).
Penalties — Miller Vcr (slashing) 2:46; Boeser Vcr (tripping) 18:37.
Third Period
6. Nashville, Jeannot 14 (Ekholm, Sissons) 1:28.
Penalties — Fabbro Nash (slashing) 5:34.
Shots on goal by
Vancouver | 9 | 14 | 9 | _ | 32 |
Nashville | 11 | 5 | 12 | _ | 28 |
Goal — Vancouver: Demko (L, 17-15-2). Nashville: Saros (W, 24-11-3).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Vancouver: 0-2; Nashville: 1-3.
Referees — Dan O'Rourke, Chris Lee. Linesmen — Jesse Marquis, Justin Johnson.
Attendance — 17,159 at Nashville.
The Canadian Press