Canucks win, Sedin tops 1,000
NASHVILLE — Brock Boeser had two goals and an assist, Daniel Sedin surpassed 1,000 career points and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Thursday night.
Loui Eriksson also scored twice and Sedin had a goal and two assists for Vancouver, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Henrik Sedin added three assists and Anders Nilsson made 29 saves for the win.
Craig Smith had a goal and an assist for Nashville. Filip Forsberg and Nick Bonino also scored for the Predators.
Smith scored the game’s first goal at 2:42 of the second period. From the neutral zone, Matt Irwin banked a pass off the right boards across the Vancouver blue line. Smith skated to the puck and carried in along the right side before cutting toward the net parallel to the goal line. In front, he slipped a backhand between Nilsson’s pads. Boeser tied it 12 seconds later. After taking a pass from Bo Horvat above the right circle, the rookie cut to the slot with a nice toe drag before firing a wrist shot high to the stick side of goalie Pekka Rinne.
Forsberg made it 2-1 at 4:31 of the second. With the Predators on a power play, Smith sent a crossice pass from the left faceoff dot to Forsberg in the right circle. His wrist shot deflected off the crossbar and in.
Forsberg leads Nashville in goals with 13 and power-play goals with eight.
The Predators have scored at least one power-play goal in each of their 12 home games this season, setting a franchise record for consecutive home games with a man-advantage goal.
Eriksson tapped home the rebound of Daniel Sedin’s slap shot from the right circle at 14:11 of the second.
At 16:45 of the period, Bonino capped a wild scramble when, with his feet below the goal line, he reached around and tapped the puck by Nilsson.
Daniel Sedin tied it 3-all at 10:22 of the third on the power play with a wrist shot from the high slot that beat Rinne between the pads.
With three points in the game, Daniel Sedin increased his NHL total to 1,001. Henrik Sedin had the secondary assist on his brother’s milestone goal.
Boeser scored his second of the night at 14:08 of the third.
Eriksson added an emptynetter to seal it.