The Nashville Predators took benefit of the absence of Thatcher Demko.
The Predators beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Tuesday night time on the Rogers Centre in Vancouver to tie the Western Convention first-round playoff sequence at 1-1. Sport 3 is Friday on the Bridgestone Enviornment in Nashville.
Demko, the Canucks’ No. 1 goaltender, missed the sport with a lower-body damage, and he may miss the rest of the sequence.
Demko missed March 9 to April 16 with a lower-body damage. Vancouver was 7-5-2 with a 2.86 goals-against common and .884 save proportion throughout Demko’s regular-season absence.
Casey DeSmith was in aim Tuesday and gave up three targets on 15 photographs. Nashville’s remaining aim got here into an empty internet. Arturs Silovs is the crew’s backup goaltender if Demko cannot return.
Juuse Saros stopped 17 of 18 photographs for the Predators.
Filip Forsberg and Anthony Beauvillier every had a aim and an help, whereas Colton Sissons and Kiefer Sherwood (empty internet) additionally scored for the Predators. Forsberg and Soissons scored 1:35 aside within the second interval to make the rating 3-0.
