Predators Beat the Ducks 4-2 for a Sixth Straight Win, Ending Anaheim's Run Despite Cutter Gauthier's Seventh Straight Game With a Goal
Struble, Wright and Hoglander each had a goal and an assist, Annunen made 27 saves, and Nashville snapped Anaheim's five-game winning streak and its eight-game run of five-goal nights.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Nashville Predators extended their winning streak to six games with a 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night, Reuters reported, ending two Anaheim streaks in the process.
Jayden Struble, Shane Wright and Nils Hoglander each had a goal and an assist for Nashville. Steven Stamkos added a late insurance goal, Roman Josi had two assists, and Justus Annunen made 27 saves as the Predators held an opponent to one goal or none for the fourth time in their past five games. Nashville improved to 2-0-0 at the start of a five-game road trip.
Anaheim's headline still belonged to Cutter Gauthier, who scored at 8:08 of the opening period for a goal in his seventh consecutive game — his 14th goal over those seven games, a stretch that included hat tricks in three of his previous five. But the Ducks' five-game winning streak ended, and so did their streak of eight consecutive games scoring at least five goals. Mikael Granlund added a goal and an assist for Anaheim, Laurent Brossoit made 18 saves, and Troy Terry made his 2026-27 debut after recovering from offseason hip surgery, finishing minus-3 in 11:41 of ice time.
The game turned quickly after Gauthier's opener: Struble tied it just 21 seconds later on a snap shot under Brossoit's glove. Nashville took a 2-1 lead with just under four minutes left in the second period when Hoglander scored by reaching backward through his legs across the front of the crease and sending the puck into the roof of the goal.
Wright scored through traffic on a backhand at 8:05 of the third period for a 3-1 lead. Granlund pulled a goal back for Anaheim at 12:11, but Stamkos sealed the victory with just under four minutes remaining.
