St. Louis will obviously hope for a third. This victory has propelled the Predators to the Western Conference Final for the first time in their franchise history. May.
Jaden Schwartz's goal early in the third period lifted the Blues to a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators in game five of their second-round Western Conference series.
The Blues' unexpected playoff run went deep into the second round, but ended Sunday with a 3-1 loss to Nashville at Bridgestone Arena. They didn't pick up Nashville's rush properly and it ended with Mattias Ekholm firing a ideal pass to Josi, who didn't have a defender near him. St. Louis is a league-worst 2 for 29 on the power play in the postseason. "But we'll learn from this and we'll find a way to get better".
Steen scored 16 goals and had 35 assists for 51 points this season, while Jaskin scored 1 goal and had 10 assists for 11 points, a substantial difference in production between the two players.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ryan Johansen celebrated his game-winning goal with a windmill fist pump, and the Nashville Predators finished off the rest of a thrilling third period with the standing-room only crowd on their feet anticipating history.
NOTES: Nashville RW Craig Smith missed his sixth straight game with an undisclosed injury, even though he skated Friday morning.
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Calle Jarnkrok sealed it with an empty-net goal at 19:00, making him Nashville's 14th different goal-scorer of the playoffs. Rinne made 23 saves, none bigger than his pad stop on Kyle Brodziak at the goalmouth about halfway through the third period.
For the Blues, it was a bitter end to a season which saw them post the NHL's second-best record since Mike Yeo took over coaching duties after Ken Hitchcock was sacked February 1.
The Blues had drawn first blood on a rebound goal by Dmitrij Jaskin after 5:33 had elapsed in the second period. "I thought we played a solid 60-minute team game".
The Blues got the all-important first goal of the game, but the Predators responded with two, including the game-winner from a top line that had been silenced throughout the series.
Jaskin put the Blues in front at 5:43 of the second period, banging home a rebound off an Alex Pietrangelo shot. Colton Parayko shot from the point, and Schwartz scored his fourth goal. He participated in warm-ups before Game 5 on Friday, but was not in the lineup for the first time in the postseason.
In fact, the Blues put seven shots on net in the first 3:20, seven more than the Predators managed. Former Vice President Al Gore, a native Tennessean, tweeted "Stand with us" supporting the Predators after the game.
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