Nashville Predators pull away from Toronto Maple Leafs

That brings us to the end of a wild first period — Nashville Predators 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1. Nashville Predators edged the shot clock 14-12, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Jonathan Huberdeau opened the scoring for Nashville Predators at 7:04, Jordan Kyrou tied it for Toronto Maple Leafs at 8:16, Barrett Hayton put Nashville Predators in front on the power play at 14:46, and Nick Perbix extended the lead for Nashville Predators on the power play at 15:44.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Nashville Predators went 2-for-2.

Nashville Predators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Nashville Predators 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 0. Nashville Predators edged the shot clock 18-3, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Jonathan Huberdeau extended the lead for Nashville Predators on the power play at 1:59, then Brock Boeser extended the lead for Nashville Predators at 17:21.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was under siege with 16 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Nashville Predators went 1-for-3 while Toronto Maple Leafs went 0-for-1.

Nashville Predators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Nashville Predators 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 1. Toronto Maple Leafs edged the shot clock 7-6, while Nashville Predators still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Ben Kindel cut the deficit for Toronto Maple Leafs at 2:13.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was under siege with 6 highlighted stops.

Nashville Predators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.