The Sharks led 5-1 after Mikael Granlund scored a power-play goal at the 4:28 mark of the second period. But the Sharks sat back, lost their edge, stopped forechecking, and watched momentum completely swing the other way as the Predators scored six unanswered goals.
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Nick Blankenburg scored the eventual game-winner as the Nashville Predators erased a four-goal deficit to defeat the visiting San Jose Sharks 7-5 on Tuesday night.
Team captain Roman Josi tied the game on a crushing, power-play slapshot with 14:37 left in the third period, defenseman Nick Blankenburg gave the Preds their first lead — 6-5 — with a wrist shot from the face-off circle three minutes later, and Filip Forsberg’s empty-net goal with 1:21 remaining sealed a remarkable comeback.
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The Predators are likely to start Juuse Saros, who is looking for his 12th win of the season. The Sharks started former Predators prospect Yaroslav Askarov in net in Monday's 6-3 loss in Boston; they will likely will start Alexandar Georgiev on Tuesday.
The Nashville Predators scored six unanswered goals and rallied to defeat the San Jose Sharks 7-5 on Tuesday. View the original article to see embedded media. The Sharks had a 5-1 lead with 16:32 left in the second period.
NASHVILLE -- The Nashville Predators scored six straight goals to come back from down four to win 7-5 against the San Jose Sharks at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday. It was the first four-goal comeback for the Predators in their history.
The Nashville Predators overcame a four-goal deficit in the second period to beat the San Jose Sharks 7-5 on Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena.
At one point on Tuesday night, the Predators trailed by four goals. Until they didn’t.
If only it was just one thing or even a handful things to fix. When an entire team collapses, like the San Jose Sharks did blowing a 5-1 lead to the Nashville Predators, what do you do? Would calling a timeout have stopped the bleeding?
The Nashville Predators pulled off the first four-goal comeback in franchise history, completing it with a 7-5 win over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.